MobileGlu brings web content to cellphones
by Marc Perton 
posted Feb 20th 2006 at 9:57AM
A lot of content providers offer versions of
their info optimized for cellphones, but that doesn't mean they do it well -- or that it's easily aggregated into one
place with a consistent interface. That's the promise behind MobileGLU, a new service that scrapes your designated
content and presents it in a mobile-friendly format. The service currently offers access to flickr, del.icio.us, RSS
feeds and a handful of other content sources, with more in the works -- at least until content providers crack down and
try to shut them down for redistributing their data without permission. [Via picturephoning]
Filed under: Multimedia
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Oscar @ Feb 20th 2006 12:25PM
Anybody tried? They have no screenshots or info.
Jordan Dobson @ Feb 20th 2006 3:42PM
Thats very funny. We are launching a service next week called GLUE. It focuses on mobile as well as accomodating the PC as well. The funny thing is we actually considered calling our company GLU.
tyler @ Feb 20th 2006 3:47PM
Looks neat! I wanna try it out.
Nathan DeGruchy @ Feb 20th 2006 3:49PM
Ugh. What ever happened to writing semantic markup and using proper css media tags? They're solving a problem that shouldn't exist.
Matt Hannigan @ Feb 20th 2006 3:53PM
MIDlet install failed on my SDA. "Invalid Java archive (jar)"
Justin Davies @ Feb 20th 2006 4:46PM
Matt,
Some phones treat installing a Java application differently than others. You might want to try going to http://www.mobileglu.com/client/MobileGlu.jar directly using your phone's browser.
Let me know how you get on!
Justin
ej @ Feb 20th 2006 5:13PM
File cannot be displayed on this device on smartphone 2005?
Justin Davies @ Feb 20th 2006 5:19PM
ej, please try out what I said in comment #5, that *should* fix the problem.
I will add that to the FAQ.
Justin
Josh Smith @ Feb 21st 2006 3:05AM
I tried getting to the site from my phone, but it wouldn't work. Also tried what you said in comment #5, Justin. Any chance this just does not work with a Treo? I've had problems with Java on it anyway; fun dealing with new phones.
Thanks.
Ryan @ Feb 21st 2006 3:08AM
Are the people who made this part of glu mobile? If not, they might have a heck of a copyright issue on their hands...
Chris @ Feb 21st 2006 3:24PM
And what about http://www.suprglu.com/ ? Seems like the exact same idea except that its already out and used and is designed just for PCs not mobiles. Seems like the glu(e) space is alrady too crowded and full of identical names.