Blogspot Missing the Parade

I'm an iPhone user and it's no secret.  One of the things I love about the iPhone is that it in itself is a mobile platform that let's me do 80% of all that I already do in a laptop.

What’s missing is Google's Blogspot.  The only way a blogger can update information from a mobile device is by e-mail the “go” e-mail through a gmail e-mail account.  I find this acceptable at times but it’s it not good enough in my opinion. 

I want something like what Typepad demoed at WWDC on Monday from Blogspot.  And coming from Google, I expect better integration into the rest of Google’s services like news and pictures. 

I think Apple, Blackberry, and Google can help things along with new features to make posting easier (Cut and paste for example.  That’s right, Apple.  I’m talking to you.)

 Here are some screen shots of what Typepad is doing for the iPhone.  The app will be free and released on July 11 (the day the iPhone 3G goes on sale). 

           

Please note also that native apps from Typepad are already available for other devices for mobile warriors to hack away.  

For iPhone warriors, you can go here to do your blogging through Safari.  From the looks and feel of it, it works as advertised.

Miniblogs

Twitter is a great service that I have started learning to use in recent months. In fact, thousands of bloggers swear by it.  I use it to keep friends updated on political events, daily happenings, and enlighten them with my personal gibberish.

Like anything on the Internet, if there is one, there are others.

For example, consider my favorite miniblog, Meblog from Cirqo.  Still a work in progress, Chieh Cheng, one of my closest friends since high school, and I have worked on Cirqo for over a year now.  We are proud of the great accomplishments with Cirqo. More just a web-based IM service, we created Cirqo to be defined by the users.
(Chieh does all the heavy lifting and I beg for features I find useful.)

In the next few years, Twitter and Cirqo's MeBlog will play an even larger role in mobile communication as the proliferation of smartphones such as the iPhone and Sidekick become more common.  Already, Twitter's impact has been felt on the international stage during the arrest of James Karl Buck in Egypt.

Setting up your own Twitter or Cirqo account is quick and very easy to use.  When you do, drop me a line.  Feel free to follow my Twitter or Cirqo Meblog as I will follow yours.

Also, we are more than happy to field any questions/suggestions regarding Cirqo.com.