Mobile Publishing: N80 + WiFi + Lifeblog
I think my recent trip to the US was the first time I really had a simple, mobile download/upload capability. With Telstra roaming setup on my 3G sim, I could obviously jack-in (pretending to be Blade Runner) to Cingular or T-Mobile depending on where i connected. And T-Mobile/Telstra allowed me to get into airport-supplied WiFi on my Powerbook with a simple, one-time SMS activation.
But the real piece of workflow that I enjoyed, was the connectivity between my Nokia N80, the Lifeblog app, Flickr and NYC's free WiFi. There are plenty of free WiFi spots in NYC and these were conviently bundled into a pocketsize guide for Wired's NextFest. Nokia also added a bunch of spots to celebrate the launch of their concept store (where I got to paw a Vertu!).
The N80's decent camera and WiFi connectivity really set me up nicely to record and upload my musings. When there's no authentication, the WiFi on the N80 works nicely. And Lifeblog lets you easily upload SMSs you've sent/received, emails, notes you've taken, photos, videos etc into blog posts on Blogger. I also recently discovered that Flickr has a tool where you can set the Lifeblog photo post to go directly to Flickr and your blog (set here: http://www.flickr.com/tools/lifeblog/.
All of these capabilities have been around in various forms for a while, but it just feels like it's finally getting simple (how it was always described, but never was).
But the real piece of workflow that I enjoyed, was the connectivity between my Nokia N80, the Lifeblog app, Flickr and NYC's free WiFi. There are plenty of free WiFi spots in NYC and these were conviently bundled into a pocketsize guide for Wired's NextFest. Nokia also added a bunch of spots to celebrate the launch of their concept store (where I got to paw a Vertu!).
The N80's decent camera and WiFi connectivity really set me up nicely to record and upload my musings. When there's no authentication, the WiFi on the N80 works nicely. And Lifeblog lets you easily upload SMSs you've sent/received, emails, notes you've taken, photos, videos etc into blog posts on Blogger. I also recently discovered that Flickr has a tool where you can set the Lifeblog photo post to go directly to Flickr and your blog (set here: http://www.flickr.com/tools/lifeblog/.
All of these capabilities have been around in various forms for a while, but it just feels like it's finally getting simple (how it was always described, but never was).
posted by Dave King at 9:59 AM
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