So I have been giving more thought to mobile blogging and have realized some big gaps.
Blogging via email stinks. You can’t really control what you are posting. But, let’s not get some über-client that is too cumbersome. So far, the basics for a moblog client would be:
- simple text entry with minor formatting (main, extended, and excerpt text entry available thorough menu, not on main screen)
- in-line posting of images (going to image gallery to upload an image, but also inserting image link to better position)
- offline mode, to prepare multiple article and then upload all at once
- firing up Opera after post
- list of posting (like Ecto) for better managing
- categories!
Zempt is a good example of a simple yet thorough PC client. I see many of these features being the basic ones to be folded into a mobile blogging client.
With a client on the phone, some of the headaches I have now – no category selection, no automatic browser feedback loop, and emailing issues – would fall by the wayside.
Of course, being a Series 60 junkie, I want a Series 60 client – especially for my Nokia 6600. Any takers? I’d be willing to consult. 😉
