Using Mobile Phone Technology for Basic and Small Catholic Web Site Development

Introduction

In the course of developing this Catholic web site and its network of blogs, I came to realize that the use of mobile phone technology, is coming more and more to the forefront, and making itself a vital part of web development. A concrete evidence of this evolution in mobile technology, is the inclusion of mobile blogging by Blogger.com, in the first quarter of the year 2009. Because of these developments, I searched and researched to keep updated, and see how all these developments can be integrated with basic and small Catholic web site development. This article is a product of that study, and will inform just the basics on mobile phone technology.

Accessing email through your mobile phone

One very important element that will enhance basic Catholic web site development, is accessing email messages. If we are away from our PC desktop, we can check our email messages if our mobile phone is already updated with the technology for that. Since the year 2001, I chose Nokia as the brand for my mobile phone. And also, when Gmail was offered to me in 2004 through my use of Blogger.com, I have made Gmail an important email account for much of my computer work.

Not all Nokia phones support Gmail. Only Nokia phones that includes Nokia N series, E series, and other Nokia phones that run Symbian 60 (S60), third edition operating system, can support the use of Gmail. You can tell if a Nokia phone can support Gmail if there is a Symbian symbol in one of its phone keys. With Symbian (S60) mobile phone technology to help us access to our email messages, we will have the opportunity to quickly reply to these email messages and improve our basic and small Catholic web site development.

Searching with mobile phone technology

Another very important element to help us in developing our Catholic web site, and building our social networks, is the use of Google search engine using mobile phone technology. While waiting in line, or while on the road to a very important destination, we can stop for a while, and search for information we need to know - especially when we get an inspiration or an idea to write a Catholic article or blog post. The advantage of this situation is that any inspiration or idea need not be lost or wasted, but can be developed further by searching at Google through mobile phone technology.

Accessing the news through our mobile phone

We can also access the news through mobile phone technology. The popular news sites such as CNN, Reuters, and Time, can be accessed through the use of a special URL specifically meant for mobile phones. These URLs are as follows:

• CNN - http://cnnmobile.com
• Reuters - http://mobile.reuters.com
• Time - http://mobile.time.com/CNNI.jsp

Google Reader for mobile phones

With a Google account, we can subscribe to rss feeds through Google Reader for mobile phones. Google Reader will render the rss feeds we subscribe to, in the form of a list of headlines. If we click on a headline, a short description of the rss feed item will be given to us. As an example, you can subscribe to the rss feed of this web site through your mobile phone. All you need to do is to place the following URL in the browser of your mobile phone:

http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/feed/http://www.c-web-developer.net/rss.xml

Building your social network with mobile phone technology

Once you have updated your mobile phone to access emails and web sites, you can also build your social network on the go. If you have social network accounts with Twitter, FriendFeed and Facebook, then the following URLs can help you access these sites in your mobile phone:

• Twitter - http://m.twitter.com
• FriendFeed - http://www.fftogo.com
• Facebook - http://m.facebook.com

Summary and conclusion

Mobile phone technology, and more specifically, Symbian (S60) mobile phone technology in Nokia, can improve our Catholic web site development, widen our social networks, and enhance the web 1.0 basic technology we all know by heart. What is important is not to forget the full development of Catholic web content. Symbian mobile phone technology can give us easy access to email messages, search and social networking, so that we can create a Catholic web site and blog network that can serve better all our readers.

Related resources

• Google Mobile
• Nokia S60 - Symbian series for Nokia phones

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Dennis Emmanuel Cabrera
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