Toplist of moblogsites

Have you seen Topmobogs?

Ok, it's a fairly new site, so I will not be too hard on them, and I guess they will

1- add more moblogs
2- create and present thumbnails for all mobogservices in their list.

And I hope their list, with inputs from the visitors, will be as complete as possible. I sometimes think I spend too much time looking for moblogservices and moblog news, it would be nice to have one, reliable and updated source.

But I am always suspicious when I see toplists of services or software... who's behind? And why? Is it one of the moblog outfits on the top ten list?

Category: moblogging
Category: moblogs

Ohh.. the DANGER OF MOBLOGS *wahhhh*

Shit what a load of crap.

Same story eveytime a new technology gets mainstream. The camera, the video, the cable TV, the mobile camera, the web and now the moblogs. They all are DANGEROUS because they WILL be used for one pupose only!

Dont leave home except for church on sundays.

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An when that is said- remember the Tammy NYP scandal

TA's CEO interviewed by CBS Channel 8

Brilliant. Watch the interview here before it's edited and broadcasted on TV by channel 8 themselves- and don't miss the comments written by the TA Community.

Chris Hoar makes some very good points, and sort of pops the baloon for the TV crew looking for scandals.
"Why should they be held to higher standards than MTV which is owned by your company" and
"we are not 100% perfect, but we do take action" are my favorite quotes.

But the subject brought up by channel 8 is important for all picturesharing sites, - what is ok and what is not OK to post, and who enforces the rules when you have tenthousands of pictures incoming everyday?

It is easier than you might think (but not easy, I said easIER)). My theory is this-

1- There are moblogs and picturesharingsites where your picture is welcome, regardless of what it is. Then why bother posting to sites where they are not welcome, and therefore removed, (and you get banned)?

2- Most communities are pretty self governed, with alphausers deleting or reporting all violations to the rules. An active (and healthy) community is the best defense against unwanted pictures.


Category: moblogging

Tele2 Comviq offers MMS for free

Tele2 Comviq in Sweden now offers their clients free MMSes.

"We think that this initiative, with free MMSes, is what is needed to get the MMS market going" Says Thomas Ekman at Tele2 Comviq .

Yes indeed. Lower the prices is one important step. Another one is to create useful services and applications for MMSes, like moblogging.

SMS and MMS differ in how they are used.

SMSes are fantastic for short, urgent messages, like "Im a bit late" or "Im there now, where are you?" and "remember to buy milk". None of these examples are in need of a picture to illustrate the message. All of them in some way demand a reply and a SMS often is the start to a longer chain of SMSes in a dialogue.

MMSes are in nature different. The picture IS the message. The text more or less just comes with it,(and sometimes not, the picture speaks for itself). The timing is also different. SMSes are "read now and reply now"- MMSes are more like postcards- the NEED to reply is not there in the same way as in a SMS. Unless you have an equally good pic to reply with, you don't (instead you reply with an sms).

And when the picture is the message a moblog is better than a phone to view, collect and share the pictures.


Category: moblogging
Category: mms

Nokias Lifeblog 2.0

Exciting times we moblogoholics live in. Last week, SonyEricssons moblogphones and now NOKIA launches Lifeblog 2.0

And what are people saying? Usual comment on SE's initiative is "Nice but only if you use Blogger, googles blogtool" (and between the lines we understand that google will turn "evil" any time now, which happens to all companies with total marketdomination.)

But lets compare these two initiatives.

SE chose blogger, NOKIA Six Apart, (according to this article, couldn't find any references on nokia.com)

SE puts the main focus on simplicity - with the Bestpic solution we all can use regardless of how and where we share. One click and you have a moblog.

NOKIAS features with tagging and locations are far more sophisticated, but still only works with Liefblog 2.0 (?) And on PC only. No mac users allowed. ( I have a mac and is somewhat biased)

NOKIA demands one download for your N Series phone, one for your PC.
SE phones are ready to go.

So the most platform independent and user friendly initiative is SE's, (based on that you dont need a PC, or even a computer)?

The most sophisticated and with the most functionality is NOKIA? (based on all the functions with tagging and audioclips that SE don't have- yet)

(And about the audioclips- that will soon be a feature on all moblogs).

Both of them thinks that moblogs first of all are medialbums, or simple blogs.
None of them emphasizes community moblogging- which maybe is natural. But for most who discovered moblogging, for them it is a social thing. It is not about photoalbums.

PS
I have one objection to the comparison I made here. It all collapses if you claim that Lifeblog 2.0 is not moblogging. It is something else, maybe Life recording.

See the difference?
(And where do you want to record your life?)


Category: moblogging
Category: lifeblog2.0

What are people moblogging?

We now have had mobilblogg.net up and running for 2 years, and I often get the question "what are the favourite motives for moblogging, what are people taking pictures of?

The short answer is food, wheather, and (their) kids.

Of course there are many other preferred motives, like cars, pets, famous buildings, scenery, parties and so on, but kids, food and weather, - that must be in human nature to show and share.

Nothing starts a flood of pics like a sudden snowfall, or a thunderstorm. Every parent has at least a dozen pics of their little ones snapped away to their moblog. Every damn day at noon someone moblogs their lunch!

Why?

I surely can understand the kids, I blog my little ones quite often, using the album function to gather the pics, (a perfect link to send my mother in law :-)

But the food? Why food but not coffee? I must admit, every time I sit down to eat I feel an urge to blog my food. I seldom feel the same about coffe...

And what else do Homo Sapiens need? If the weather is nice, you have food, and your kids are safe and sound, then no worries?

Cavemen would moblog about the same things.

And here is a guy who not only blogs his lunch, he blogs EVERY meal.. , keep on blogging cypher.. at least I'm interested in what you will have for lunch tomorrow.

Category: moblogging

Sony Ericsson and Blogger

I have earlier been complaining about the lack of moblog initiatives from Sony Ericsson. But here is one!

Sony Ericsson have released a new brand- the cyber shot for K800 and K790 cameraphones, with built in mobloggingfeatures. Apparently, the cybershot have the option to "blog" a picture, instead of just send as MMS/Email/bluetooth/IR. (Sound a bit like a pre-installed Shozu).

The blogging option works with - tadaaa- googles blogtool, also known as blogger.

Another very nice feature is the BestPic function, that delivers 9 pics - 4 before and 4 after you press the button, and obviously one when you do.. :-)

This sure as hell is interesting. Not just that Sony Ericsson takes moblogging seriously, that was bound to happen. But the partnership with google. Who could have guessed that a few years ago?

Now I wonder, will it stop here - forcing all Cybershotusers to moblog at blogger, or can the Cybershot be configured to blog to other moblogs and photosharingsites, like textamerica, moblog.co.uk, Flickr and mobilblogg.net?

Via the Inquirer

Category: moblogging
Category: Sonyericsson