Name: Lexy Tagline: perhaps: Stick It In Your Ear Australia: iPhone App:
Description:
Listen to CNN and other mini podcasts regularly downloaded for you.
How do I listen to my playlist on the phone?
Just call 415-692-4933 from the same phone you subscribed with. Lexy will automatically play your quikcasts, starting with the most recently updated one. While you’re [...]
Name: Zeep Mobile Tagline: A free mobile messaging API for web apps Australia: doubt it iPhone App: n/a
Description: tagline says it all - free SMS tools for web app developers. Revenue model is placing ads in SMS messages - pays for gateway I guess.
We use our shortcode - 88147 - to send and receive SMS [...]
Name MoFuse Tagline: Launch & manage a mobile version of your blog or website. Australia: not the SMS part iPhone App: yes
Description: An unusual site as it pulls information DOWN instead of uploading videos and text. Makes everyone’s blog nicely viewable on a mobile phone. And it’s not like a Facebook [...]
Juniper Research have just come out (May 2008) with a great Mobile Web 2.0 whitepaper
I thought I would show you the part about challenges:
Table 3: Key Challenges for Mobile Web 2.0 Applications
Technology Fragmentation
Variations in device capability are an intrinsic characteristic of the mobile Web environment and there are thousands of different models [...]
Name: Twitxr Tagline: Share pictures and status updates from your mobile Australia:yes iPhone App: yes
Description: send photos to Twitter (chat), Facebook (distribution), Picasa (photo), Flickr (photo). Java and Windows mobile. “an application that lets you upload photos from your mobile devices, such as iPhone or Nokia, directly onto your favourite photo online sharing site. Check [...]
Name: TwitPic Tagline: Share Photos on Twitter Australia: yes iPhone App
Description:
What is TwitPic?
TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter
How do I use TwitPic?
You can post pictures to TwitPic from your phone, our API, or through the site itself.
There are also popular twitter clients that have built-in support for TwitPic.
Laurel’s notes: It’s a great way of [...]
Name: mig33 Tagline: Get the whole world on your phone Australia: yes and an Australian
company iPhone App: no
Description:
What is mig33?
Mig33 is a global mobile community that lets you keep in touch with friends and family through a variety of online services, right on your mobile phone.
With mig33, you can chat and send instant messages and [...]
Name: imobio Tagline: not sure Australia; iphone app: no
Description: (from my old notes)
iMobio is a hosting site for your images, videos and recordings. So if you run out of space on your mobile just send your images via MMS to the email address and keep a permanent copy. Sending an image allows others to comment [...]
Title: Mobile Reporters Tagline: Upload and Share Your Video Australia: from Netherlands iPhone App:
Description: Using mobile phone to upload news-style videos to the web
Laurel’s note: I think mobilereporters.org and mobilereporters.nl are the same, but I couldn’t get Netherlands one to load. Dutch.
Technorati Tags: mobilereporters, netherlands, upload, Video
Name: Qik Tagline:See What Happens Australia: yes, download a mobile app Iphone App: yes through Cydia I think
Description: Qik enables you to share moments of your life with your friends, family and the world - directly from your cell phone!
Keep your world in the know, share a laugh, tell engaging stories. Just point your cell [...]
Name: UStream.TV Tagline: Live Interactive Broadcasting Australia:yes iPhone App: no
Description: Experience live video. In just minutes, you can broadcast and chat online with a global audience. Completely free, all it takes is a camera and Internet connection. Try it now!
Laurel says: You can add her SilkCharm account. Definitely buggy at the moment - 2WebCrew with [...]
I thought it might be interesting to watch how mobile social networking grows in respect to the iPhone. There were only a handful of MoSocNets in February when I got an iPod Touch. Now that the iTunes App Store has opened, and the third party applications are allowed (either free or purchaseable) keeping an eye [...]
Name: Bluepulse Tagline: is a free mobile social messenger Australia: yes, Australian company iPhone App: yes
Description:
Bluepulse is a free mobile social messenger.
It’s a simple way to message some or all of your friends at once, for free, right from your phone.
Create your account in moments, then add or import your friends & contacts. Send them [...]
Name: Moblyng Tagline:none Australia: yes, check if your mobile is supported. iPhone featured on home page.
Description from their About page:
Moblyng is a product of Fliptrack Inc. Moblyng is an emerging leader in mobile social media. Moblyng can detect [...]
Name: NearConn Tagline: Would you let any opportunity pass you by? Use NearConn Australia: can’t see why not iPhone App: it’s bluetooth, so no.
Description
Bluetooth, using the phone as “an advertising card”. Spams bluetooth business card?
Share your details & Pics with people around you
See what people around you want to share
Use your phone as your [...]
Name: Dada Tagline: Powered by Me Australia: yes iPhone App:probably
Description: Get ringtones from your favorite artists, set up your profile, start your own blog, send and receive e-mails and more.
Strange hybrid community - doesn’t know if it wants to be dating, or friends or mobile content (download) or user gen content (upload). Or friends community.
Technorati [...]
Name: Brightkite Tagline: The location based social network Australia: yes works here iPhone app:
Description:
Location-based social networking
Discover who visits your favorite places. Join the community in real time.
Track your friends
See where your friends are and what they’re up to, in real time.
Meet people around you
Meet real world friends. Reveal your location, befriend, and chat with people [...]
Name: Imity Tagline: Social Situations to Go Australia: iPhone App: well, it’s bluetooth, so no.
Description: (now part of Zyb)
Social situations to go. Imity uses your mobile phone to sense people around you.
Your pocket radar
If Imity is active on your phone, you don’t have to do a thing. From your pocket, it will sense other Imity [...]
Name: Glue (Glue Now) Tagline:Simple web & mobile content publishing to all your sites, for freeAustralia: I couldn’t sign up iphone app: guess so, iPhone is listed
Description: Seems to only work on BlackJack, iPhone and Sidekick
Glue lets you easily publish your content once across multiple sites using a web browser, smart phone or dumb phone. [...]
Name: GotZapp Tagline: none Australia: yes iPhone App:not relevant
Description:
What is GotZapp™?
GotZapp™ is a new mobile social networking site that lets you send and receive Zapps to mobile phones.
What are Zapps?
Zapps are mobile photo galleries, blogs, stories, music and media clips that you can send to most color mobile phones with internet access.
What is the free [...]
Name: Zannel Tagline:Your Life In RealTime Australia: International iPhone App: probably
Description: Post picture, video or text to your friends community
ZANNEL is about life in real time - a way for you and your friends to share what you’re doing, feeling, and seeing as it happens.
With Zannel, you post video, picture, or [...]
Name: Jott Tagline:Get Simple Back Australia: No, US and Canada only iPhone App: yes
Description: Jott converts your voice into emails, text messages, reminders, lists and appointments. Messenging on the Go, Reminders at work etc.
Technorati Tags: convert, Jott, Messaging, text, translate, Voice
Name: Groovr Tagline: The Groovr has Arrived. Australia: yes iPhone App: yes
Description: Like brightkite, a location based “whats on in the ‘hood” style network for both web and mobile.
groovr is based in Los Angeles, California and was created in an effort [...]
Name: Call The Future dot Org Tagline: none Australia: not sure? iphone app: not relevant
Description: Place a call, record a message and then have the service call you or a member of your social network back at a set time. Don’t harass people!
I’m not sure why carriers don’t offer this service.
Technorati Tags: Messaging, mobile social [...]
Name:CanYouMVNO Tagline: You’ve Got Style, You’ve Got Customers, You’ve Got Content Australia: Doubt it! iPhone App: not applicable
Description: Branded phones with branded content etc. Provide a branded mobile service to your community. Part of Digital Standard (http://www.dsimobile.com/)
Technorati Tags: branded, Carrier, mobile social network, mvno