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10 months ago
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Cell Phone News 2.0 has now had a design update, which should improve matters considerably.
There is a substantial difference between the two sites though. Mobibu depends on user submissions, while Cell Phone News 2.0 mostly depends on RSS feeds from over 300 cell phone blogs and news sites (although it also allows user submissions).
For Mobibu this means that, in theory, users will only submit novel or useful articles. The downside is that it means that news items arrive late, sometimes never. Mobibu, at the time of writing has four (yes, four)submissions from the last two days.
Cell Phone News 2.0's automated system means that hundreds of news items are submitted every day. The disadvantage of this is that there is a certain level of junk postings when bloggers discuss what they had for breakfast. However, it does mean that *every* topic gets covered and in depth. It is a far more useful research tool. For casual readers, the front page obviously provides an easy way to keep up to date with everything of interest in the cell phone world.
The new version also allows members to add blogs to a favourites list, so they can keep track of many blogs in one place, and there is even a 'save' function for individual useful articles.
One more substantial difference between the two is that Cell Phone News 2.0 uses direct links to the articles, wheras Mobibu forces users to visit the individual article summary page before they can click through to the full article.
There is a substantial difference between the two sites though. Mobibu depends on user submissions, while Cell Phone News 2.0 mostly depends on RSS feeds from over 300 cell phone blogs and news sites (although it also allows user submissions).
For Mobibu this means that, in theory, users will only submit novel or useful articles. The downside is that it means that news items arrive late, sometimes never. Mobibu, at the time of writing has four (yes, four)submissions from the last two days.
Cell Phone News 2.0's automated system means that hundreds of news items are submitted every day. The disadvantage of this is that there is a certain level of junk postings when bloggers discuss what they had for breakfast. However, it does mean that *every* topic gets covered and in depth. It is a far more useful research tool. For casual readers, the front page obviously provides an easy way to keep up to date with everything of interest in the cell phone world.
The new version also allows members to add blogs to a favourites list, so they can keep track of many blogs in one place, and there is even a 'save' function for individual useful articles.
One more substantial difference between the two is that Cell Phone News 2.0 uses direct links to the articles, wheras Mobibu forces users to visit the individual article summary page before they can click through to the full article.
10 months ago
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Hi,
Apologies for posting this as a comment - I couldn't find an email address or contact form.
This is just a quick courtesy note to let you know that your blog has been included as a Trusted Source on the new version of Cell Phone News 2.0:
http://www.cellphonenews2.com
This means that Cell Phone News 2.0 will provide a direct link to every article you write from now on, including a brief snippet to get readers interested. You can keep track of all your articles here:
http://www.cellphonenews2.com/profile.php?id=10...
Cell Phone News 2.0 gives you access to the best cell phone and mobile internet articles from across the web, as judged by other members. Also, you can use it to follow all of your favorite blogs in one place, bookmark useful articles and use the tags system to find all articles on a particular topic. The new version of the site draws from over 300 cell phone blogs and news sites.
Suggestions for new blogs to include in the Trusted Sources list are most welcome.
If you would like to link to Cell Phone News 2.0, there is a range of buttons and text links available, including a Trusted Source button, here:
http://www.cellphonenews2.com/html.php?id=links
Or, you can add a voting widget to each of your articles:
http://www.cellphonenews2.com/html.php?id=widget
The site now features an iPhone optimized version:
http://i.cellphonenews2.com
and a text-only mobile version (the voting still works!):
http://m.cellphonenews2.com
To get the most out of Cell Phone News 2.0, I strongly advise you to read the one page Quick Start User Guide which covers all the main functions.
http://www.cellphonenews2.com/html.php?id=guide
Cheers,
Anthony Butcher
Apologies for posting this as a comment - I couldn't find an email address or contact form.
This is just a quick courtesy note to let you know that your blog has been included as a Trusted Source on the new version of Cell Phone News 2.0:
http://www.cellphonenews2.com
This means that Cell Phone News 2.0 will provide a direct link to every article you write from now on, including a brief snippet to get readers interested. You can keep track of all your articles here:
http://www.cellphonenews2.com/profile.php?id=10...
Cell Phone News 2.0 gives you access to the best cell phone and mobile internet articles from across the web, as judged by other members. Also, you can use it to follow all of your favorite blogs in one place, bookmark useful articles and use the tags system to find all articles on a particular topic. The new version of the site draws from over 300 cell phone blogs and news sites.
Suggestions for new blogs to include in the Trusted Sources list are most welcome.
If you would like to link to Cell Phone News 2.0, there is a range of buttons and text links available, including a Trusted Source button, here:
http://www.cellphonenews2.com/html.php?id=links
Or, you can add a voting widget to each of your articles:
http://www.cellphonenews2.com/html.php?id=widget
The site now features an iPhone optimized version:
http://i.cellphonenews2.com
and a text-only mobile version (the voting still works!):
http://m.cellphonenews2.com
To get the most out of Cell Phone News 2.0, I strongly advise you to read the one page Quick Start User Guide which covers all the main functions.
http://www.cellphonenews2.com/html.php?id=guide
Cheers,
Anthony Butcher
