I ‘ve been eyeballing a number of smart phones lately, but their cost (low as it is) made them untouchable for now. I don’t wan’t to spent much on phones and gadgets, because I really don’t need them that much.
But, I envy those with iPhones and BlackBerries that can tweet, blog and generally sociallize on their way to anyplace. That was until I discovered jibjib and google mobile.
Jibjib is an MIDP twitter client, that run on any java enabled phone, including my nokia 3500 classic. Its features include posting tweets, tetrieving your friends timeline, direct messages, replies etc. You cannot follow links from tweets, search for friends, view avatars and pictures and other minor things. I must say that I was extatic when I discovered it, as now I too could tweet along the way to ‘anyplace’. Best of all I don’t need an internet connection. I just need signal on my phone.
Google mobile now, has a mobile app for gmail management. It runs in most mobile phones (not only the smart ones) and gives you the ability to read messages, write messages, access you mail folders etc. So, now I can follow my email correspondance on the go.
But not just that. I can even blog now! How is that possible? Signin to your blogger account and go to settings-> Email & Mobile. Under ‘Posting Options’ there is an ‘Email Posting Address’ field. Fill in the desired name, select ‘publish email immediately’ and there you have it! All you have to do now is to send an email to that address and your email will be posted with your email subject as tittle. Open up your gmail mobile app and send emails to that address in order to publish posts from your phone (and it doesn’t have to be a smart one).
I used the above method to publish this post, while I was on my way home from work. Made the time, spent in public transportation, just fly.
