This is, after all, a blog about mobile technology, in case you hadn’t noticed. As such, we thought it would make sense to be able to read MobHappy on a mobile phone too.
So we’ve teamed up with the guys behind Free News and come up with our very own RSS Reader – FREE to all MobHappy readers – the full version costs $20 a year. Instructions for downloading are at the end of this post.
But that’s not all. Our RSS Reader includes 14 other essential mobile blogs that we’ve chosen for your delight and edification. It wasn’t an easy choice, by any means. Some favourites we left out as they weren’t specialist enough, like Regine’s wonderful We Make Money Not Art and the gadget people like Engadget and Gizmodo.
We only had 14 entries available, so both Carlo and I had to leave out some personal favourites. So to get round that, we’ve introduced a special Guest Slot, that we’ll change from time to time. The first Guest Blog is Mobile Diva, Darla Mack – enjoy!
Here’s a run down on the rest:
i-mode Business Strategy. No one can fail to notice that much innovation in mobile comes from Japan. And historically, i-mode has done a lot of that innovation. It’s therefore pretty essential to follow what’s happening there and these guys do a great job of keeping us all up to speed with events.
MobHappy and the link blog. Well, we weren’t going to get left out of our own gig 🙂 The link blog is stuff we think is interesting, froody or quirky enough to be worthy of your interest, but which we don’t really have anything to add to.
Mobile Burn. Michael focuses on the really
important stuff – with a handset bias.
Mobile Weblog. Russell started this site, but Oliver Starr has ably taken over with news and insightful comment.
MocoNews. Another highly authoritative and
comprehensive news source, with some incisive comment thrown in. Sister site of
the prolific Paid Content.
Om Malik’s Broadband Blog. Om is highly prolific and his inside knowledge and vast array of contacts means that he’s often breaking important news.
Phone Scoop. Important news and comment from the mobile world.
The Pondering Primate. Makes us think, with a constant stream of new ideas.
Russell Beattie. It’s a
little known fact that to be a great mobile blogger, you need to be called
Russell and have a surname beginning with B. This Russell focuses on usually
one quality post a day and very much opinion based. We say it’s essential to
know what he’s thinking.
SmartMobs. This multi-authored blog, led by
Howard, is a news based blog covering how mobiles are changing the world.
Inspired by Howard’s book of the same name, it’s essential reading.
TechDirt Wireless. Carlo’s other blogging gig and a must-read for mobile enthusiasts. Mike Masnick also has an annoying habit of pinching our stories – before we write them, leaving us with nothing more to add.
Textually. Emily’s blog empire also
includes Picture Phoning and Ringtonia which combined cover
everything there is to know about mobile news.
Tom
Hume. One of the oldest blogs in the UK and winner of a Net Imperative blogging
award, no less. Always something new here, which you won’t find anywhere else.
We may update all these from time to time and we’ll certainly feature a new Guest Blog pretty regularly. You don’t need to do anything to get this new content, by the way. Just carry on using the reader.
The MobHappy RSS Reader is for you, so if you think we’ve left someone off or would like to nominate someone for a guest slot, leave a comment or email us.
How to Download Your Free MobHappy Browser
It’s pretty simple actually.
Just point your phone’s browser to http://mh.mwap.at and download the application. Or if you’re a download and sych to your phone kind of person, point your computer’s browser here, and if you need the Palm version, Aget it here.
Most phones are supported, but it doesn’t work on Verizon and if you have a Treo, you’ll need to download Java. For a more complete guide to compatibility, click here.
That’s it. We hope you enjoy your RSS Reader. Tell your friends!
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