\nOne of the presenters at last week’s Mobile 2.0 Event<\/a> was Mippin<\/a>. It’s hard to tell much about a service from a five minute presentation and Mippin’s left me pretty unclear on what it actually was. I’ve had time to play with Mippin so here’s my take.<\/p>\n
Mippin is a mobile portal built from RSS feeds. In itself that’s not new, Feed2Mobile<\/a>. Mowser<\/a>, FeedM8 <\/a>and Winksite<\/a> all offer directories of mobile formated feeds. They all have their own mix of features. Mippin emphasizes ease of use and I think is a good choice for users new to the mobile web.<\/p>\n
There are a few things in Mippin that I don’t like. The site uses an email address as a login which is a pet peeve of mine. Mippin tries to make it easier by putting an @ sign in the email field so you don’t have to key that ugly character. But even with that concession email addresses tend to be long and hard to type on a phone. You can choose a nickname when registering but you can’t use it as a login, which seems like a usability opportunity lost. I’d also like to see a few accesskeys<\/a> to take me back to MyMippin, the search box or the voting buttons with a single click.<\/p>\n
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One of the presenters at last week’s Mobile 2.0 Event was Mippin. It’s hard to tell much about a service from a five minute presentation and Mippin’s left me pretty unclear on what it actually was. I’ve had time to play with Mippin so here’s my take. Mippin is a mobile portal built from RSS feeds. In itself that’s not new, Feed2Mobile. Mowser, FeedM8 and Winksite all offer directories of mobile formated feeds. They all have their own mix of … Continue reading