Test from cell

August 23, 2006 By

Here is a test blog from my cell phone.

Edit: I was just playing around with some software that I can’t talk about yet. Unfortunately I don’t have a cell phone with a keyboard, so it makes this a lot less fun than it otherwise would be, but it’ll let me blog from places where I might not have my computer.

Just a test, this has only been a test, please move onto the next post. Thank you very much! This concludes this test of the cell phone broadcasting network. :-)

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  • http://theappleofmyi.wordpress.com/ mossman

    Hi Robert, I am photoblogging from my K800i phone here in the Uk – works very well – I just post anything interesting – http://www.theappleofmyi.blogspot.com
    The cool thing is – it comes ready configured to Blogspot so SE must have some tie up with Google. I wish it was configured to WordPress!

  • http://theappleofmyi.wordpress.com/ mossman

    Hi Robert, I am photoblogging from my K800i phone here in the Uk – works very well – I just post anything interesting – http://www.theappleofmyi.blogspot.com
    The cool thing is – it comes ready configured to Blogspot so SE must have some tie up with Google. I wish it was configured to WordPress!

  • http://paulcape.blogspot.com/ Paul

    Whoa, blogging from a cellphone? This is revolutionary!

    Come on Robert, keep up :D

  • http://paulcape.blogspot.com Paul

    Whoa, blogging from a cellphone? This is revolutionary!

    Come on Robert, keep up :D

  • http://sudhakar.wordpress.com/ Sudhakar

    Is that a blackberry pearl ? ;-)

  • http://sudhakar.wordpress.com Sudhakar

    Is that a blackberry pearl ? ;-)

  • http://www.kipost.net Pierre-Olivier

    You should try with the Nokia E61… Great experience ;-)

  • http://www.pocarles.com Pierre-Olivier Carles

    You should try with the Nokia E61… Great experience ;-)

  • http://www.joshuamaher.com Joshua Maher

    What is wrong with the “email a post to my blog” thinking? MSN Spaces has it down, wordpress is behind, but it is still a very efficient way to post from anywhere

  • http://joshmaher.wordpress.com Josh Maher

    What is wrong with the “email a post to my blog” thinking? MSN Spaces has it down, wordpress is behind, but it is still a very efficient way to post from anywhere

  • colin

    Text blogging from a phone – that’s so old ;) ;)

  • colin

    Text blogging from a phone – that’s so old ;) ;)

  • http://www.glpelletier.wordpress.com/ Guy Pelletier

    Thats just what I was looking for, when will you be able to release this info?

    Guy

  • http://www.glpelletier.wordpress.com Guy Pelletier

    Thats just what I was looking for, when will you be able to release this info?

    Guy

  • http://www.douglaskarr.com/ Doug Karr

    Writing isn’t as important as reading it from a PDA or cellphone! I would recommend WordPress Mobile Edition.

    http://www.douglaskarr.com/2006/08/19/my-wordpress-top-14-plugins/

    Cheers!
    Doug

  • http://www.douglaskarr.com Doug Karr

    Writing isn’t as important as reading it from a PDA or cellphone! I would recommend WordPress Mobile Edition.

    http://www.douglaskarr.com/2006/08/19/my-wordpress-top-14-plugins/

    Cheers!
    Doug

  • Anonymous Coward

    Robert,

    I enjoy your blog tremendously, and I to am a SJSU alumnus.

    However, there is a general problem in the blogosphere and more specifically with your blog.

    I like following the tech blogs because it gives me a heads up on new technologies, but, for those of us not privy ot the inner circle, do not appreciate the the self-gratuitous posts that read, “I can’t tell you about this application.”

    It’s akin to the old schoolyard behavior of telling someone, “I have a secret and your not cool enough to know”

    It seems as if a post happens like this once a day, and is very frustrating. If and when the the application comes out you mention how wonderful you are to have known about it.

    -Anonymous Coward

  • Anonymous Coward

    Robert,

    I enjoy your blog tremendously, and I to am a SJSU alumnus.

    However, there is a general problem in the blogosphere and more specifically with your blog.

    I like following the tech blogs because it gives me a heads up on new technologies, but, for those of us not privy ot the inner circle, do not appreciate the the self-gratuitous posts that read, “I can’t tell you about this application.”

    It’s akin to the old schoolyard behavior of telling someone, “I have a secret and your not cool enough to know”

    It seems as if a post happens like this once a day, and is very frustrating. If and when the the application comes out you mention how wonderful you are to have known about it.

    -Anonymous Coward

  • http://blog.robdolin.com/ Rob Dolin

    For some interesting mobile blogging scenarios, check out ontella: http://www.ontela.com/

  • http://blog.robdolin.com Rob Dolin

    For some interesting mobile blogging scenarios, check out ontella: http://www.ontela.com/

  • http://blog.robdolin.com/ Rob Dolin

    Re: #5 – I like Windows Live Spaces’ support for email blogging (http://spaces.live.com)

    Using public YahooGroups (http://groups.yahoo.com) with email posting turned-on is also an interesting way to go.

  • http://blog.robdolin.com Rob Dolin

    Re: #5 – I like Windows Live Spaces’ support for email blogging (http://spaces.live.com)

    Using public YahooGroups (http://groups.yahoo.com) with email posting turned-on is also an interesting way to go.

  • Christopher Coulter

    Get the LG 9800, great keyboard and best 3GP out there, imho. Not a true smart phone tho…so this software might not run on it, but if it was WAP or webcentic…

    But I want great video on my cell phone, and the 9800 is the best thus far…imho.

  • Christopher Coulter

    Get the LG 9800, great keyboard and best 3GP out there, imho. Not a true smart phone tho…so this software might not run on it, but if it was WAP or webcentic…

    But I want great video on my cell phone, and the 9800 is the best thus far…imho.

  • Larry

    Now you know why I wouldn’t even consider a cell phone without a full keyboard.

  • Larry

    Now you know why I wouldn’t even consider a cell phone without a full keyboard.

  • http://www.geise.com/ PXLated

    Sorry Robert but…Wow, a few posts ago you were claiming to be the Blog King. Now we discover that you are “just now” figuring out MoBlogging?
    Hmmmmm! Where ya been? Probably too busy writing a standard blogging book! ;-)

  • http://www.geise.com PXLated

    Sorry Robert but…Wow, a few posts ago you were claiming to be the Blog King. Now we discover that you are “just now” figuring out MoBlogging?
    Hmmmmm! Where ya been? Probably too busy writing a standard blogging book! ;-)

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    PXLated: I moblog photos from my phone on my Flickr feed. What, you now saying a photo blog isn’t a blog?

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    PXLated: I moblog photos from my phone on my Flickr feed. What, you now saying a photo blog isn’t a blog?

  • http://www.geise.com/ PXLated

    No, a photoblog is a blog, it’s just that you seem so amazed/enamored that now you can do it to your regular blog. That’s nothing new or amazing.
    Is that really new to you?

  • http://www.geise.com PXLated

    No, a photoblog is a blog, it’s just that you seem so amazed/enamored that now you can do it to your regular blog. That’s nothing new or amazing.
    Is that really new to you?

  • http://blogs.s60.com/creatingcarbidecpp Markus Ahonen

    Having dedicated blogging software does help in my experience. Naturally I’m biased but Lifeblog (www.nokia.com/lifeblog) is the pioneer in this space, and it’s major benefits are that it allows you to blog >10Mb videos (typical limit for an email server), and selecting multiple photos for immediate publishing is easier than creating an email with multiple entries. Additionally, having a posting history comes in handy.

  • http://blogs.s60.com/creatingcarbidecpp Markus Ahonen

    Having dedicated blogging software does help in my experience. Naturally I’m biased but Lifeblog (www.nokia.com/lifeblog) is the pioneer in this space, and it’s major benefits are that it allows you to blog >10Mb videos (typical limit for an email server), and selecting multiple photos for immediate publishing is easier than creating an email with multiple entries. Additionally, having a posting history comes in handy.

  • http://www.2020hindsight.org/ Susan Kitchens

    Robert, posting to a blog from a celphone is an excellent thing to do as a test for emergency communications.

    At BlogHer’s workshop on Community Assistance (see Christine.net’s posts on it here: http://www.christine.net/2006/07/best_practices_.html), someone mentioned the way that Ham Radio Operators have a Field Day — away from home, household electricity, etc., to a remote location, in order to practice communications for an emergency. Someone suggested having a blogger field day, and I said, hey, maybe we can coordinate it with the ham radio field day. I wrote a long post about it. On my To Do list is to get together with some local ham radio operators to find out more about what they do.

    http://www.2020hindsight.org/2006/08/06/disaster-preparation-a-blogger-field-day/

    and to then talk about ways we can work together if they’re amenable. I think that a dedicated effort to communicate with blogs using non-traditional means — like what you’re doing with this test post — is exactly what’s needed to prepare for communications in the event of a disaster.

  • http://www.2020hindsight.org/ Susan Kitchens

    Robert, posting to a blog from a celphone is an excellent thing to do as a test for emergency communications.

    At BlogHer’s workshop on Community Assistance (see Christine.net’s posts on it here: http://www.christine.net/2006/07/best_practices_.html), someone mentioned the way that Ham Radio Operators have a Field Day — away from home, household electricity, etc., to a remote location, in order to practice communications for an emergency. Someone suggested having a blogger field day, and I said, hey, maybe we can coordinate it with the ham radio field day. I wrote a long post about it. On my To Do list is to get together with some local ham radio operators to find out more about what they do.

    http://www.2020hindsight.org/2006/08/06/disaster-preparation-a-blogger-field-day/

    and to then talk about ways we can work together if they’re amenable. I think that a dedicated effort to communicate with blogs using non-traditional means — like what you’re doing with this test post — is exactly what’s needed to prepare for communications in the event of a disaster.

  • http://www.geise.com/ PXLated

    >> Having dedicated blogging software does help

  • http://www.geise.com PXLated

    >> Having dedicated blogging software does help

  • http://www.nickiesnook.com/ Nickie

    If your cell has a bluetooth connection, why not just buy a bluetooth keyboard? I *think* that would be cheaper. Or, and I’m not sure that mobile phones have them, if you have a USB port, you can get these little keyboards that are rubber and roll up. But, the disadvantage with those is that you can’t very easily use them in your lap.

  • http://www.nickiesnook.com Nickie

    If your cell has a bluetooth connection, why not just buy a bluetooth keyboard? I *think* that would be cheaper. Or, and I’m not sure that mobile phones have them, if you have a USB port, you can get these little keyboards that are rubber and roll up. But, the disadvantage with those is that you can’t very easily use them in your lap.

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  • http://tech.am/ Mike Puchol

    I’m with the people that say this is nothing new, unless the system makes it easy to type on a tiny keypad without getting RSI on your fingernails after three posts.

    Here are a couple of links, hot off the first page of Googling “sms to blog”:

    http://www.bestkeptsimple.org/mpost/

    and a test:

    http://m-post.blogspot.com/

    Please, don’t give the service up, but give us a few more clues as to why you think this is revolutionary.

    Regards,

  • http://tech.am Mike Puchol

    I’m with the people that say this is nothing new, unless the system makes it easy to type on a tiny keypad without getting RSI on your fingernails after three posts.

    Here are a couple of links, hot off the first page of Googling “sms to blog”:

    http://www.bestkeptsimple.org/mpost/

    and a test:

    http://m-post.blogspot.com/

    Please, don’t give the service up, but give us a few more clues as to why you think this is revolutionary.

    Regards,

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Mike and PX: did I ever say this was revolutionary? I did NOT. I just said I was testing out a new piece of software. Sorry, the guy who did it asked me not to tell you about it, but, to do a freaking test post I needed to admit that I was doing something fun.

    Anyway, the system worked, I’m sure you’ll hear about it soon.

    It’s not revolutionary and I know there are other ways to do it.

    Email doesn’t work cause you can’t tag via email.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Mike and PX: did I ever say this was revolutionary? I did NOT. I just said I was testing out a new piece of software. Sorry, the guy who did it asked me not to tell you about it, but, to do a freaking test post I needed to admit that I was doing something fun.

    Anyway, the system worked, I’m sure you’ll hear about it soon.

    It’s not revolutionary and I know there are other ways to do it.

    Email doesn’t work cause you can’t tag via email.

  • http://joshmaher.wordpress.com/ joshmaher

    So why not improve the blogging software so that you can tag via email?

    The problem with the specialized software or specialized websites to make entries is that now I have to remember to have that software loaded on every mobile device I use, or remember what the URL is to access…. everytime I’m stuck on 520 I forget what Dave’s NytRiver URL is :(

    It seems that enabling a way to email or SMS blog entries would make the practice much more ubiquitous then another application or website to load.

  • http://joshmaher.wordpress.com/ joshmaher

    So why not improve the blogging software so that you can tag via email?

    The problem with the specialized software or specialized websites to make entries is that now I have to remember to have that software loaded on every mobile device I use, or remember what the URL is to access…. everytime I’m stuck on 520 I forget what Dave’s NytRiver URL is :(

    It seems that enabling a way to email or SMS blog entries would make the practice much more ubiquitous then another application or website to load.

  • LayZ

    @18 in exactly what type of EMERGENCY scenario would it be a matter of life or death to blog from your cell phone?

  • LayZ

    @18 in exactly what type of EMERGENCY scenario would it be a matter of life or death to blog from your cell phone?

  • Josh

    Wake me up when you can talk into a cell phone and post that to a blog.

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