Probably one of the best-known iPhone blogging tools is Automattic’s native Wordpress iPhone application. As far as I know, this is Automattic’s first foray into application development after creating one of the most popular blogging tools that is free and open source to boot.
This is a free application that will handle 80% of Wordpress bloggers’ needs. There’s only one small thing that keeps me from using this application as my primary mobile blogging tool, so I hope that they get it fixed in the next revision.
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A Boston woman ignited a 3-alarm fire last night after attempting to find her missing cell phone using a lighter. The blaze caught two buildings on fire, sending 20 people into the streets and causing damage to the structures. Luckily no one was injured.
I’ve always thought it was silly to use a mobile phone to look for misplaced items in a dark room or car, but there’s obviously a huge advantage in that a phone isn’t likely to catch anything on fire. Maybe she can quit smoking and get her fix with the iPhone iLightr application, pictured above.
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For the last few weeks, I’ve been tooling around with about a dozen different iPhone blogging tools from the iTunes App Store. So I’ve decided to do a series of in-depth reviews to talk about the features, strengths and weaknesses of each iPhone blogging tool I’ve used. Most of applications are blog editors for the iPhone, but I also checked out a few image editors. A good editor that can, at minimum crop and resize photos, is a necessary implement in any bloggers toolkit.
The series will begin later today and I will continue to post a new review every weekday until I get through them all in the next 2-3 weeks. Since I blog on Wordpress and am a huge fan of it, I’ll start out by reviewing Wordpress iPhone blogging tools. I’ll also be sure to cover other blogging platforms to make sure the series is well-rounded. Read more…
The long awaited Blackberry Bold 9000 was released yesterday on AT&T’s 3G network. The long-awaited phone has been experiencing delays since its announcement in May, whipping Blackberry fans into a bit of a fervor. Yesterday was the first time I’ve heard of fans lining up to buy a Blackberry, usually a device reserved for Corporate email junkies.
The Blackberry Bold builds on the company’s reputation as a Corporate-capable email device with multimedia and camera features. The company has recently begun focusing on building its appeal to mass market customers that want excellent web and multimedia functionality built in. Read more…
Last week the Androidboy GameBoy emulator package was released into the Android Market for download to T-Mobile G1. The Androidboy emulator is a fork of the JavaGB open source mobile GameBoy emulation project. There are versions that will run on Java based phones using MIDP and one that you can run on your PC, though I’m not sure why you would want to. Read more…
Tired of using your mobile phone to take dark grainy pictures in anything but optimal lighting conditions? Motorola is releasing the new Motozine ZN5 dual-mode camera through T-Mobile that aims to help you shoot a little straighter.
The Motozine ZN5 transforms to reveal a 5 megapixel camera lens and xenon flash with a little help from technology created by Kodak. The best part is that this photo-phile’s dream will be available through T-Mobile for just $99 with a 2-year service contract. Read more…
We’ve been chronicling the trials and tribulations of new T-Mobile G1 owners as they attempt to go all-Google for their online and mobile phone data management. The Google Contacts CSV format is drastically different than virtually any other contact format. There are various ways to go about syncing your contacts to Google.
So, just this once, Microsoft Office users have the edge in anything technical. Ever. Check out the simple solution after the jump. Read more…
