Got a TypePad account? Using MovableType? How about an iPhone? If you answer yes to all three, SixApart has just made your mobile blogging experience a whole lot easier. While the iPhone is pants at rendering any standard webpage, having a web frontend optimized for iPhone’s native resolution is like licking cake batter off a spoon - yummy.
SixApart has announced full iPhone support for all TypePad bloggers. No downloading any scripts or hacking involved; it’s there waiting for you. Now when you login to your admin account you’ll be greeted with a pretty but minimalist interface that gets you where you want to go in the blink of an, or tap of the finger anyway.
But TypePad users aren’t the only bloggers getting some iPhone love. Just so you MT users out there won’t feel left out, SixApart has offering a free plugin for customers using their MovableType publishing system as well. The plugin is available as free download here and here.
So, um…hey, WordPress? Are you guys busy right now? Cause I was thinking, if you’re not doing anything important, you might want to offer a similar solution. Just a thought.
Veveo has announced the launch of its new service designed for mobile users, called VTap. What this solution does is enable anyone, iPhone users in particular, to search for and view videos right from their mobile device. Just type in a search, hit the the search button, and VTap will aggregate a list of results, allowing you to bookmark or view the selected media on any supported device.
This isn’t the first such service to come along. Another popular mobile video search engine called TinyTube has been around for some time and gained a following among YouTube junkies. But VTap works pretty well, so let’s give these guys a try, shall we?
Syd from Alien Camel sends word that his company is offering free full IMAP email service to a select group of hardcore users that spend all day in their inbox, to test out their new service and provide feedback.
You must meet a specified list of requirements in order to join.
You must be willing to participate in providing us with feedback about our service. The feedback maybe requested via email, Instant Messaging, telephone call or by completing a web form.
You will need to be a registered and activated iPhone user. We will require your mobile phone number if you are selected as we will be sending out your confirmation code via SMS. If you don’t want to provide us with your mobie phone number please do not apply.
We will remind you to cancel your “free account” before the year is up or signup for a standard plan.
Your account must be active and used at least once a month, if not, we may close the account.
The code monkeys at AlwaysBeta are introducing a new online service, called pxPipe, that enables iPhone users to upload photos from their iPhoto to FaceBook via email.
pxPipe works exactly as claimed. Just go to their website - create an account - email photos to your unique address which are then automagically queued up in your FaceBook profile once you’ve logged in.
What could be more convenient than ordering pizza by phone? Ordering pizza by iPhone, of course. A service called Tribal Pizza puts a new spin on the tired concept of street corner Pizzerias by combining all the social network flair of Digg with the convenience of fast food, topped with web 2.0 goodness.
Here’s how it works. By visiting Tribal’s website, you design your very own Pizza creation through a web interface - any combination of toppings and layers you like. Users then vote or “Digg” your creation up or down, in a matter of speaking. If your Pizza design proves to be popular enough, Tribal will market it and pay you on a commission basis. You know, a slice of the profits, a piece of the action, share the dough.
Now, what the hell does any of this have to do with iPhone, you ask? Only that Tribal Pizza informs me that it currently has a special iPhone enabled website in the oven that will ultimately allow users to create their very own Pizza via Safari. Design your Pizza on the iPhone, order it, then eat. Hot, fresh, out of the box.
Quick, someone throw me a life jacket. I’m drowning in a sea of social networks! I’ve actually lost count of the exact number in existence, but it has to be in the hundreds by now.
Well you can add another bookmark to your overflowing list of socials. This one goes by the name Multiply, who has developed a web-based social networking application for the iPhone. One feature that differentiates Multiply from other networks is that it integrates Media-Sharing Capabilities into its service rather than act just as a web frontend for text, like so many other services - Twitter, I’m casting an eye in your direction.
Among the list of things you can do with Multiply…
View blog entries, videos, photos, reviews, events, and more from friends and friends-of-friends
Customize settings to determine who can see posted photos, videos, and blog entries
Add comments and replies to blogs, videos, photos, etc.
Invite new users to join Multiply
Visit “group” sites to see content based on common interests
Minglets is a new social network designed specifically for iPhone users to meet and mingle. Just go to app.minglets.com, select one of many different categories of topics to choose from, then chat with other iPhone users who share your common interest.
My only complaint is that a broader range of topics is desperately needed. I didn’t see a Suicide hotline for overcharged AT&T users available, and that is a must have.
Kyle Stoneman managed to successfully setup his very own Myth TV box. After dancing wildly through the living room, shouting with glee, like a nine year old boy on Christmas morning, his elation was soon dampened when he realized that controlling the box required sitting next to a computer. Lame.
So the industrious would-be hacker came up with a solution - use the iPhone as a remote. And wouldn’t you know it, the son of a b*tch did it!. He even posted a video demonstrating his creation.
You can read more about his exploits and download the script, which he is making available for free.
Enophi is a new online service designed specifically for iPhone users. This RSS feed reader allows you to track your favorite newsfeeds, sprinkled with some social web trappings as well.
The service works as advertised and is free. Just point your iPhone to enophi.com and register. Create a list of feeds, then sit back and let your fingers do the walking…or scrolling, such as it is.
Listen up Skype junkies! You can now use your iPhone to make Skype calls over the wireless tubular interweb…nets. A German-based company called SHAPE Services, whoever the hell that is, is offering a new service (invitation only, in beta) allowing iPhone users to connect with other users in the Skype ecosystem.
You can make calls to any Skype user at their PC, make el cheapo phone calls all over the world, or do the IM + Skype cally thing. Try it yourself and see what you think.
The iPhone Blog merged with the Phone different site in May of 2008. Both sites were founded on a premise that comes one from one of Apple's old slogans: Think different. The iPhone Blog: for people who dare to phone different.
