MO-CO and Opera Mini
Have you heard the expression mo-co before? I hadn't either until recently, so now you can impress your geek friends.... Short for mobile content, the 'word' on the streets is getting the internet on your mobile is gonna be huge.
In Australia, we're very quick to take up new technologies, hence most new mobiles have come ready with internet access, be it via 3G or WAP, for some time. Playing around with the technology over the last few years I'd generally dismissed it. It was too hard to connect, web pages never seemed to present properly and the screen was just too darn small. A lot of this came back to the browser on the phone, I don't know if you've ever tried it on a Nokia (N70 - pictured below) but it just seemed to miss out on most of the details of a page, the text was everywhere and I couldn't navigate at all.
Now I know web pages need to be built properly (standards based, accessibility friendly etc) to display properly on the mobile but it still didn't help... until today. Being a fan of the open source 'movement' I like to keep an eye on new bits of software and Opera (great standard browser) have released Opera Mini for your mobile.
In a couple of easy steps I was able to :
- Download the software (via sms or to your computer),
- Auto-install it on the phone
- Connect to the internet
- View www.efront.com.au without any problems.
Along with normal browsing options, Opera Mini also provides :
- Secure browsing and connections (safe internet banking)
- RSS feeds (news subscriptions)
- Take a photo on your phone then upload immediately to a blog / forum / flickr
So, for the first time I think I'm starting to see the practical uses of mo-co. Take some time, download Opera Mini and check it out....
10-4 Big Buddy,
Mark
Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006
