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BoardGameGeek is a great resource on the web, but the information is so dense that it can be difficult to use on mobile devices with small screens.
BGG can be a useful tool when away from a computer. For example you can check game ratings on games found at flea markets, log plays during a game session, add interesting games to your wishlist for later consideration, etc.

There are a few options for using BGG on mobile devices.

MiniBGG.com

beefsack hosts a lightweight web based BGG search tool called MiniBGG, which can be accessed from most mobile browsers and can be used to compare games and log plays for games. MiniBGG uses the XML_API.

It can be accessed at http://www.minibgg.com

Discussion thread: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/464899

Mobile BGG for Windows Phone 7

justmarks created a new Windows Phone 7 application available on the marketplace called Mobile BGG. Using the XML_API, it has an optimized mobile experience that gives you the ability to:

Search for games
View description and detailed information of games
View the Top Games on BGG
View your collection and wishlist
Filter your collection by time and number of players
Add games to your wishlist
Rate Games
Record plays using your phone's contact list
View plays

More features are being added weekly so please email feedback@mobilebgg.com for new feature ideas.

BGG Mobile Tool

This is an open source application for Java enabled mobile devices currently maintained by Aelf.

The dedicated website has a lot more information and links to download the current version. There is discussion of the tool (including bug fixes and feature requests) in this thread: Free BGG API Tool for Java phones - search games, log plays

It takes advantage of the XML_API to allow for a wide range of features including:

Searching by title, user collection, trade, want and wish lists
Logging games played*
Adding games to wishlist*

(*)these features require you to use your BGG username and password to log in to the tool.

Since the application is Java based, it is not compatible with every phone model. There is discussion of supported models on the discussion thread.

BGG Mobile Search (currently down)

mkgray hosts a lightweight web version of the BGG game search

Bookmark the following address on your mobile web browser:
http://server.boardgamestuff.com:8000/cgi/bgg

This option is very simple and is almost guaranteed to work with any mobile web browser since it uses only basic text and has no complicated features.

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