Mobile irritation
Feb. 28th, 2010 06:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amethyst73I've been messing with our new NexusOne to see how capably it mimics the functions of a desktop - most notably, how can I post/email/whatever pictures that we'll take with the phone in New Zealand?
The answer seems to be, not very easily. The LiveJournal apps (including LJ's mobile site) only allow text posts. This is fine in and of itself- it'll be great to say to the world, "Whee, we're in Auckland!" or wherever. I don't know whether it's even possible to put in hyperlinks. (Even if it were, there appears to be no cut-and-paste function in this phone, or copy image location, or whatever.) Buzz's mobile version, while having its own cool tricks (see Buzz generated nearby! attach your location to your post!), does not allow you to upload photos from Picasa. Neither does the Gmail application.
The only way I've seen thus far to get photos out to people using only the mobile is to go to Picasa, share an album, and address it to, e.g. buzz@google.com. Even that hasn't come through yet; it seems to have saved that email as a draft in my Drafts box. I went to the Drafts box on the Nexus and hit Send, but we'll see how soon and whether it comes up.
Does anyone know of a Droid application to directly upload the pictures the phone takes to, e.g. an email or something?? I'm going to be peeved if there's no way of doing it easily.
The answer seems to be, not very easily. The LiveJournal apps (including LJ's mobile site) only allow text posts. This is fine in and of itself- it'll be great to say to the world, "Whee, we're in Auckland!" or wherever. I don't know whether it's even possible to put in hyperlinks. (Even if it were, there appears to be no cut-and-paste function in this phone, or copy image location, or whatever.) Buzz's mobile version, while having its own cool tricks (see Buzz generated nearby! attach your location to your post!), does not allow you to upload photos from Picasa. Neither does the Gmail application.
The only way I've seen thus far to get photos out to people using only the mobile is to go to Picasa, share an album, and address it to, e.g. buzz@google.com. Even that hasn't come through yet; it seems to have saved that email as a draft in my Drafts box. I went to the Drafts box on the Nexus and hit Send, but we'll see how soon and whether it comes up.
Does anyone know of a Droid application to directly upload the pictures the phone takes to, e.g. an email or something?? I'm going to be peeved if there's no way of doing it easily.
