<li><strong>Built on jQuery core</strong> for familiar and consistent jQuery syntax and APIs for minimal learning curve</li>
<li><strong>Compatible with all major mobile platforms</strong> - iOS, Android, Blackberry, Palm WebOS, Nokia/Symbian, Windows Mobile, bada, MeeGo with baseline support for all devices that understand HTML</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight size</strong> (9k compressed for all mobile functionality) and minimal image dependencies for speed.</li>
<li><strong>Progressive enhancement</strong> approach brings core content and functionality to all mobile, tablet and deskstop platforms and a rich, installed application-like experience on newer mobile platforms</li>
<li><strong>Automatic initialization</strong> by using HTML5 <code>data-role</code> attributes in the HTML markup to act as the trigger for the <code>mobilize()</code> function to automatically initialize all jQuery Mobile widgets found on a page.</li>
<li><strong>Accessibility</strong> features such as WAI-ARIA are also included to ensure that the pages work for screen readers (e.g. VoiceOver in iOS) and other assistive technologies.</li>
<li><strong>Normalized events</strong> streamline the process of supporting touch, mouse, and cursor focus-based user input methods with a simple API. </li>
<li><strong>Powerful theming framework</strong> and ThemeRoller application make highly-branded experiences easy to build.</li>