Six Apart Brings TypePad Blogging To The iPhone and iPod
September 10th, 2007
Since the introduction of the iPhone, we’ve been lamenting the fact that Apple has left its ?ºber-phone out of the revolution in user-generated content:
User-generated media is one of the biggest trends on the Internet. So why isn’t there a keyboard accessory for these devices, so people could use them to edit their blogs? Why no support for recording audio and posting it to the Web? Why no ability to browse the drive and upload photos to blogs? Why can’t we use Wi-Fi to sync podcasts both from the Web and to the Web?
It looks like the people at Six Apart, creators of TypePad and Movable Type, would like to use the iPhone and the iPod touch for content publishing, too. They announced today the release of a mobile version of their TypePad blogging application, customized for the iPhone.
TypePad for the iPhone and iPod
“We believe in making it easy to update your blog from wherever you are, and we’re excited to be delivering this new capability to iPhone users,” said Michael Sippey, VP Product, Professional Division at Six Apart.
The TypePad iPhone application was designed from the ground up to be optimized for Apple’s multi-touch iPhone display. TypePad bloggers can create new posts, edit existing posts, manage comments from their community, and configure settings to send photos directly from their iPhone to their blog. The TypePad iPhone application will also work on the recently announced iPod touch.
TypePad users can access the application by visiting http://i.typepad.com from their iPhone. New users can sign up for a TypePad account at http://www.typepad.com.
Support for the iPhone adds to TypePad’s existing mobile blogging capabilities, which include “post by email” and TypePad Mobile, a smartphone application for devices running Symbian, Windows Mobile or Palm operating systems.
If you’ve heard of similar iPhone/touch functionality for WordPress or other publishing platforms, let us know in the comments.
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September 10th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
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September 11th, 2007 at 7:58 am
[…] Movable Type has announced that it now has iPhone blogging support, via the same plugin developed for use with TypePad, their blogging service: Today we are happy to announce Movable Type for the iPhone and iPod Touch, made possible through a plugin developed by Brad Choate that makes use of the design developed by Walt Dickinson for TypePad. The plugin works by installing an alternate template set that is automatically used in place of the primary Movable Type user interface when the application is accessed via an iPhone or iPod Touch. The integration with Movable Type is totally seamless. […]