Moblitize.com Offers Mobile Developers Community, Gabfest

Looking to get started in the mobile internet?  Get in on the ground floor with Moblitize.com (PC Link), a website forum community created to bring developers together in one place.   One caveat, they don’t have a mobile version, yet.  (We know, it’s in the plans) Read more

Can Your Phone Save You Money? mShopper Thinks So.

One of the primary reasons that I bought my first smartphone was to be able to check and see if I was actually getting a good deal on something when I was out and about and away from my computer.  I hate buying something only to find out that I paid more than I should have.  Then you have to fight the return lines, find the receipt, and deal with the “I can’t believe I only get paid $6 an hour” employee behind the counter.  Lovely. Read more

Palm Centro Scores #4 On Time Magazine’s Top 10 Gadgets

Kudos to you Palm.  It appears that you might have a winner here with your new Centro.  Admittedly, this is the longest that I’ve been able to hold off on purchasing one of your new phones, but I went to play with one again tonight.  Nicely done.  Definitely what my Treo 755p should have been. 

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Palm Releases Product Update 2.11 For AT&T Treo 680

Just in case you have a Treo 680 on AT&T’s network and you haven’t heard yet, there is a free update available over at Palm.com (PC Link). 

So what’s new?  Read more

Blue Apple Offers Mobile Video Searching

If you have a media-capable phone, searching for streaming video can be somewhat aggravating.  Youtube has their mobile site, but only allows you to search a limited amount of videos.  There have been smaller video sites that have popped up (and gone down almost as quickly) but because of bandwidth and legal issues, there aren’t many to choose from. Read more

Shameless Self Promotion: wapSwap In The News

OK.  We realize that this has been out for a while, but we’re pretty sure you can handle it.  In the December issue of PC Today, wapSwap.com has some pretty nice words written about it (not too mention some pretty good company).  Read more

Palm Misses Key Product Certification, Reports Financials

Palm has reported their latest financial health on their investor web site.  Amongst the typical financial rhetoric is this:

“We are disappointed that we did not get a key product certified for delivery…”

Makes you wonder, are they they talking about the Treo 800w? Read more

MyFoxLocal Keeps You Connected, Local, Mobile

 

Fox has a nifty little secret.  If you live in or around one of the 30 affiliates listed, you now have access to all of the news that they see fit to print.  Pretty convenient stuff if you need/want to read the headlines and keep up with the local happenings on your phone.

Added to the Local Info Directory.

-wS.

MobilePlay.com Offers Fun For Phones, Personalized Mobile Site

Here is another example of a social networking site that is created for mobile phone users.  We’re not a huge fan of most of these types of sites because of the sheer amount of useless content, but MobilePlay has a redeeming quality in their robust portal.  You will still find plenty of semi-nude photos of people who couldn’t get their camera phone up and running fast enough, however, MobilePlay.com gives the user the ability to create a somewhat customized home page that is more useful than most (though Plusmo is still reigning champion in our book.) Read more

Itsmy.com - Why Some People Shouldn’t Own Camera Phones

OK, maybe we’re being a bit harsh here, but there are some things that certain people just shouldn’t do.  We realize that not everyone is supermodel material, but file this one under tube tops and thongs for 300+ lb ladies, camera phones and certain people just don’t mix…

The site that is itsmy.com (you’ve undoubtedly seen their ads) is mildly entertaining at best.  The idea is there - provide a place where users can easily share content created from their mobile phone, keep up with friends, etc., etc.  The whole thing has a “Made for early teens” feel about it, and what is just overwhelming is the sheer amount of people that feel the need to post pictures of themselves that even their significant others may not want to see (hmm…maybe there is a lack of “others” - have we stumbled on something here?)  Just check out the photo blog, you don’t need to go to far into it to see what we mean.

The good news is that the service is free.  You can set up your account with your phone pretty easily, just remember that you need to add a “+1″ to your phone number, otherwise you will never make it past step 3. 

Once you are in, there is a myriad of options and things to do and see, a virtual cornocopia for those addicted to social networking (you know who you are).  The chat rooms seemed to be a good idea to check out, but apparently are set up for those only interested in your horniness status (sorry Texaz_boi, not really interested in one of your fireside chats.)  Perhaps we’ll try somewhere else…on second thought, maybe not.

Really, it’s doesn’t get much better, so I’m gonna go ahead and cut this one shorter than usual.  Bottom line, there’s a lot of losers out there, and while we’re sure that not every user of Itsmy.com is indeed a loser, they sure seem to attract most of them.  Basically, user beware, and if your kids are using this service, it may be time for a talk…you remember how people used to do that, right?

Filed under Social Networking.