Comments on: Have you checked out Mippin yet? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:31:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Paine http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html/comment-page-1#comment-133614 Steve Paine Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:48:31 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html#comment-133614 Yup its not targeted at me! Thanks for the m. URL. I'll give it a shot next time i'm in the bus. Regards Steve UMPCPortal. Yup its not targeted at me! Thanks for the m. URL. I’ll give it a shot next time i’m in the bus.

Regards
Steve
UMPCPortal.

]]> By: Prashant Agarwal http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html/comment-page-1#comment-133341 Prashant Agarwal Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:47:39 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html#comment-133341 Hi Steve, I see where you are coming from. Bloglines and Google reader are fantastic products, but they are desktop RSS readers with mobile interfaces. They are designed for and appeal to RSS users. While we see RSS icons all over the web and all us hardcore web folks use it, most people have no idea what RSS is or how to use a reader. Mippin uses RSS as an enabling technology. RSS isn't the product. It's a subtle difference, but underlines what Mippin is really about and who its for. We're trying to grow the market of casual mobile web users by making it easy for them to connect with their favorite web content on their phones. This market represents 80-85% of mobile phone users in the US and UK alone. The reason you were redirected to the Mippin web site and not the mobile site, is that your UMPC's browser looks like a full size PC browser because it is ;-) Mippin will look OK on your your UMPC, but those devices aren't our focus. We're solving problems for mobile phones, which have much more restrictive screen real estate. You can go directly to the mobile interface on your UMPC by going to http://m.mippin.com. Best, Prashant Hi Steve,

I see where you are coming from. Bloglines and Google reader are fantastic products, but they are desktop RSS readers with mobile interfaces. They are designed for and appeal to RSS users. While we see RSS icons all over the web and all us hardcore web folks use it, most people have no idea what RSS is or how to use a reader.

Mippin uses RSS as an enabling technology. RSS isn’t the product. It’s a subtle difference, but underlines what Mippin is really about and who its for. We’re trying to grow the market of casual mobile web users by making it easy for them to connect with their favorite web content on their phones. This market represents 80-85% of mobile phone users in the US and UK alone.

The reason you were redirected to the Mippin web site and not the mobile site, is that your UMPC’s browser looks like a full size PC browser because it is ;-) Mippin will look OK on your your UMPC, but those devices aren’t our focus. We’re solving problems for mobile phones, which have much more restrictive screen real estate.

You can go directly to the mobile interface on your UMPC by going to http://m.mippin.com.

Best,
Prashant

]]> By: Steve Paine http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html/comment-page-1#comment-133186 Steve Paine Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:43:57 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html#comment-133186 Hi Ewan. Any UMPC (x86-based) will give the same results as a desktop as its...a desktop! (Runs FF2, IE7.) I guess my mobile internet is just a little more advanced than Joe Ave but in a few years we're all going to be running 'real' internet. These tailored services are just short term solutions AFAIC Steve. Hi Ewan.

Any UMPC (x86-based) will give the same results as a desktop as its…a desktop! (Runs FF2, IE7.)
I guess my mobile internet is just a little more advanced than Joe Ave but in a few years we’re all going to be running ‘real’ internet. These tailored services are just short term solutions AFAIC

Steve.

]]> By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html/comment-page-1#comment-133185 Ewan Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:37:34 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html#comment-133185 That's an interesting issue you experienced -- what UMPC device were you using, Steve? My key interest with Mippin is the ability to browse not only my regular feeds, but also be able to quickly access a whole weath of other content that I wouldn't necessarily have in my feeds at all. I'm not sure if you can actually upload an OPML file to Mippin though. That’s an interesting issue you experienced — what UMPC device were you using, Steve?

My key interest with Mippin is the ability to browse not only my regular feeds, but also be able to quickly access a whole weath of other content that I wouldn’t necessarily have in my feeds at all. I’m not sure if you can actually upload an OPML file to Mippin though.

]]> By: Steve Paine http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html/comment-page-1#comment-133142 Steve Paine Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:29:18 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html#comment-133142 HI. I tend to populate my online feed reader with my desktop/UMPC so I never have a problem with feed addresses. Just click the RSS icon. To me its a major problem if you have to set up the system via a mibile phone browser. Too slow. I tried using a small screen UMPC with mippin and it just re-directed me out to a front page. Its the first time i've had a full browser return less functionality than a mobile version of a site!! I guess you can import feeds lists into Mippin though? Regards Steve. HI.
I tend to populate my online feed reader with my desktop/UMPC so I never have a problem with feed addresses. Just click the RSS icon. To me its a major problem if you have to set up the system via a mibile phone browser. Too slow. I tried using a small screen UMPC with mippin and it just re-directed me out to a front page. Its the first time i’ve had a full browser return less functionality than a mobile version of a site!!
I guess you can import feeds lists into Mippin though?

Regards
Steve.

]]> By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html/comment-page-1#comment-133133 Ewan Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:21:33 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html#comment-133133 Steve, I don't think so, no. I don't think it's another bloglines per se. I really, really enjoy the way Mippin is presented. I like the 'catalogue' nature, I like being able to revisit the Mippin homepage and see headlines from many different feeds -- and being able to dip into them as I like. I also like the dynamic presentation system -- no arsin around typing in RSS feed addresses, just search for the dotcom address and Mippin does the auto-discover in real time. Steve, I don’t think so, no. I don’t think it’s another bloglines per se. I really, really enjoy the way Mippin is presented. I like the ‘catalogue’ nature, I like being able to revisit the Mippin homepage and see headlines from many different feeds — and being able to dip into them as I like. I also like the dynamic presentation system — no arsin around typing in RSS feed addresses, just search for the dotcom address and Mippin does the auto-discover in real time.

]]> By: Steve Paine http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html/comment-page-1#comment-132970 Steve Paine Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:04:01 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/10/have_you_checked_out_mippin_yet_.html#comment-132970 Hi Ewan. I dont really share your excitement over Mippin. I just tried it. OK its slightly easier for Joe Bloggs than bloglines but its still re-formatted RSS (XML) -> HTML via a browser. What i'm looking for is a decent,thin client-side application that reads XML from a collector. Much the way the the Gmail java applet provides the fastest email experience on any mobile device. Much the way that a google reader java applet would. (Oh what a dream!). Would be much faster than relying on a relatively heavyweight HTML process. To me its just another bloglines mobile. No? Steve Hi Ewan.

I dont really share your excitement over Mippin. I just tried it. OK its slightly easier for Joe Bloggs than bloglines but its still re-formatted RSS (XML) -> HTML via a browser. What i’m looking for is a decent,thin client-side application that reads XML from a collector. Much the way the the Gmail java applet provides the fastest email experience on any mobile device. Much the way that a google reader java applet would. (Oh what a dream!). Would be much faster than relying on a relatively heavyweight HTML process.

To me its just another bloglines mobile. No?

Steve

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