Friday, December 13, 2002

Moblogging Tool Todd Courtois sends along news of KABLOG, his new blogging tool for mobile phones and PDAs. "KABLOG is a tool for mobile phones and PDAs that allows you to post new blog entries to Movable Type. (It may also work with other blog services supporting an XMLRPC interface similar to Movable Type's, but this has not been tested.) KABLOG currently runs on the J2ME (MIDP 1.0) platform. Devices supporting this include: PalmOS devices running PalmOS v3.5 or higher with a network connection. For example, the Handspring Treo, or Palm Vx. Sprint PCS phones that can download J2ME MIDP games and other applications. NexTel Motorola iDen phones that can download J2ME MIDP games and applications. RIM Blackberry devices that can run J2ME MIDP applications. Symbian OS devices that can run J2ME MIDP applications. (Note that some Symbian OS devices may only run the PersonalJava applications.)" The software is shareware, but it only costs $10. Unfortunately, my Sony Clie N710C doesn't have any type of a network connection so I can't try it out. I'm definitely intrigued, though. The only other PDA blogging software I know about is PocketBlog, which is for Pocket PCs (and is free). Are there others out there? It's great to watch this software niche grow, because I'm a firm believer in the interactive, always-on, wireless future, and I think people will be blogging, taking pictures, video-conferencing, and more with their handheld devices in the (relatively) near future. I'd be doing it now if I had enough money for the right equipment. Consider this another reason for your public library to implement a wireless network for the public. [The Shifted Librarian] 4:17:19 PM