Users can update their blogs from their cell phones with entries and images, although not yet video. (eWEEK.com)Opera Software ASA has created a new community-centered site that allows users to blog and upload photos directly from their mobile phones.
Quietly launched in September to Opera browser users, the My Opera Community site is attracting an average of 1,000 new members per day, the browser developer has said.
A map of users shows that there is a dominant concentration of members in Europe and Asia, where mobile phone use is at its strongest, but other countries, like the United States, also have a number of bloggers.
Read more here about the Opera browser and its decision to drop its ad model and licensing fee.
In addition to its mobile-powered functions, the site gives members 300MB of space at no charge, to create a Weblog, store photo albums or create private forums. Users can publish from their mobile phones by sending an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service message), which instantly posts to a blog or adds an image to an online album.
"Blogging through a mobile is the next wave," said Tor Odland, Opera communications director. "It's quite powerful, to be able to update a personal page from anywhere."
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