Wordpress For iPhone Is Not A Killer App

Posted by Martin in Mobiles, iPhone  Tags: , , , ,

22

Jul



Everyone on the Internet got really excited about the recent Wordpress release for iPhone users that lets iPhone users create and edit Wordpress posts with their iPhone. I’m probably the only one not falling for the hype right now, let me tell you why.

The iPhone has not ordinary keyboard. That’s the reason. There, I said it. It might be a fine solution for photo bloggers or bloggers who like to write a sentence or two but imagine someone typing a thousand words with the iPhone.

On the other hand some teens, especially female ones, got really good at typing in sentences with their mobile phone which also does not come with a full keyboard. Still, my point is that most bloggers would need a real keyboard to be productive with the iPhone.

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It might be nice for editing a post, adding a comment or managing the comments but it’s definitely not nice to use the iPhone to type in whole articles. Feeling a bit lonely right now, anyone who actually uses the iPhone and Wordpress who would like to comment on the usability and his experience ? Feel welcome


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Wordpress On The iPhone Needs Improvement | SheGeeks says:

[...] Apparently, fellow Grand Effect blogger Martin from GHacks shares my sentiments for the WordPress iPhone app: “Wordpress For iPhone Is Not A Killer App” [...]

Dante says:

Ah… but you forgot the accessories that Apple will be selling: the iKeyboard, running on iR. Hey, maybe they’ve copy righted iR and every IR device out there is in deep ga ga now :)

Leandro says:

Dude, it’s a phone!
If you want to be a blogger just open your laptop!

It’s created for casual blogging, or moblogging.

There’s no phones with good keyboards. Even blackberries sucks.

But having the ability of publish something quick anywhere, is a big deal. Imagine covering an event live (liveblogging), or just writing an entry while you’re waiting to your (always delayed ;P) girl.

I wouldn’t use this app, since I can access my blog from the iPhone’s Safari browser with a theme for iPhone.

heathsnow says:

Agreed. I used it last night and was really hoping that it would work in landscape mode. Nope! I switched from Blogger because it’s mobile solution is to send an email to go@blogger.com. iPhone email doesn’t work in landscape mode and only allows one picture to be sent since iPhone only allows 1 picture to be sent at a time.

Why! Why! Give my landscape typing WordPress…..landscape! Grrr.

Regards,

Heath

Martin says:

The iKeyboard, I forgot ;)

Chris says:

Yeah — it would be great for managing comments. If it managed comments. ;-)

Lawrence Ip says:

You know what I find really strange? Is this. We humans are actually becoming physically larger, yet we want smaller devices. What’s even stranger is that most really cool mobile devices have excellent A/V Recording capabilities. Podcasting or vlogging for anyone is really easy as we all know, and if we really need to capture those thoughts, then write them down on good old fashioned paper and blog that later.

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