Moblogging and MMS

Moblogging and MMS

By: Caroline Valentino

What is Moblogging?

Mobile blogging (moblogging) is a technique of publishing to a website or blog from a mobile phone or other handheld device.The blogging craze has blown up since it debuted in cyberspace in the 1990s and now with the creation of smart phones, it is even easier to keep on with blog updates. Moblogging helps bloggers keep up with their routine blogging even when they are on the move. Bloggers are now able to write, record and upload different media all from a mobile device.

Mobile blogging is extremely popular with people who own camera phones, which allows them to email and MMS multimedia such as photos and video which then comes into view on different blogging websites. Even if the phone isn’t equipped with a camera, mobile blogging can be done from any Internet-capable phone. Many major blogging websites make it a goal to make it easy for moblogging. There are many apps created for blogging websites, such as Tumblr. As the technology with mobile phones continues to increase, so will the technology with moblogging.

 

The Creation of Moblogging

Steve Mann, of the University of Toronto invented a    wearable photographic device. The device was originally  created for human rights workers to take picture and  video evidence of dangerous situations while avoiding  being targeted for using regular cameras. Moblogging”  was first used in 1995 but Adam Greenfield didn’t coin  the term until 2002. Moblogging is very helpful for tourist  when access to a computer is limited.

 

 

 

What is MMS?

Mobile phone users are constantly updating their blogs to connection with friends and family. Another way to keep in touch, aside from blogs, is texting. With the invention of MMS, is it possible to send picture and videos to others.

Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It surpasses the capability of the SMS (shot message service) and allows people to send a text message or more then 160 characters.

MMS was first created as a captive technology that would allow service providers to “collect a fee every time someone snaps a photo.” By 2008 the MMS usage level had passed 1.3 billion active users who generated 50 billion MMS messages and produced annual revenues of 26 billion dollars.

The most popular use of the MMS is to send pictures to family and friends,however other capabilities that can be embedded within MMS include:

• Text (formatted with fonts, colors, etc)
• Images (JPEG, GIF format)
• Audio (MP3, MIDI)
• Video (MPEG)
• Ringtones

Difference between MMS and SMS:

MMS is simply an extension of SMS, so it familiar to people already using SMS. MMS messages not a collection of many attachments, and instead it is made up of one entity. This stated previously, MMS messages have no size limit and could be many Kbytes in size. MMS requires third generation (3G) network to allow such large messages to be delivered. Despite all the extras that one enjoys with MMS, SMS still continue to be preferred mode of communication as it is simple and easy. MMS on the other hand is more for sharing fun and media.