When mobile gmail (m.gmail.com) first came out, I used iton a Nokia 6680. A brilliant service: it was optimized for a small screen, supported mobile browser numeric shortcuts, and used very little bandwidth. This was a step-change for mobile apps - and finally a real use for my much hyped 3G Smartphone. But for a variety of reasons, mainly to do with data plans and international travel, I didn’t actually use it that much.
Fast-forward to Feb 2008 and I got a Nokia E61 from SwissCom - a great phone, and good data package, so I was in mobile gmail all the time. That’s when I noticed that hyperlinks in emails don’t appear most of the time.

