Mobidentica
Description
Mobidentica is a mobile client for laconi.ca based micro bloggin services like identi.ca. Identi.ca is a microblogging service like Twitter, where users can post short (max 140 character) status updates. Mobidentica is written in Java, so it can be run on phones that support J2ME MIDP 2.0 and CLDC 1.0.
With current version you can update your status and browse your replies, public timeline etc.
You can’t login with OpenID account so you’ll have to use your plain username and password.
Screenshots
Mobidentica running on Nokia E71:
Screenshots from emulator:
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- Splash Screen
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- Login Settings
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- Public Timeline
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- Menu View
Download
Download these files to your mobile phone. Usually it is enough to download the JAR file.
Source code is also available under the Apache License 2.0
- http://github.com/tlaukkanen/mobidentica
- git clone git://github.com/tlaukkanen/mobidentica.git
Version History
v1.2 – May 31st, 2009
- Improved line wrapping
- Activate the menu additionally with star or pound keys (should now work also on Blackberry)
- Fixed status date handling
v1.1 – March 20th, 2009
- Support for all Laconi.ca based services
- Configurable service URL
v1.0 – March 14th, 2009
- First release
- Following views
- Archive
- Replies
- Recent
- Friends
- Public Timeline
- Direct Notices
- Open post in phone browser
- Open link in post in phone browser
- etc.
I am a family man with two sons to raise. My profession is software development. One of my hobbies is my profession.
March 16th, 2009 at 15:38
Tommy, you’re a genious, thank you, I’m posting this update over my site and the Nokia Blog sometime today.
PS this client seems to run smoother than Twim, I especially like the fact that you can scroll to the different tabs and it won’t ask you to update, I like this a lot, Twim forces you to update when you tab right or left, is Twim getting an update soon as well with this smoother transition. Also my timeline is not being refreshed nor my updates
March 16th, 2009 at 17:34
[...] version is called Mobidentica which is “written in Java, so it can be run on phones that support J2ME MIDP 2.0 and CLDC [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 17:52
Will this support other Identi.ca servers, like the TWiT Army?
March 17th, 2009 at 00:09
@Jorge: Thanks! I’ll release a new version of Twim shortly.
@Ivan K: It doesn’t currently support other Laconi.ca based servers as the API URLs are fixed. I will make it configurable so then it would work with all Laconi.ca services like TWiT Army.
March 17th, 2009 at 05:01
Sweet, email me so I can update the blogosphere
ps – mobidentica is not updating anything but the timeline for me my identica username is jorgeledesma
March 21st, 2009 at 13:04
Any chance of making it support multiple sites? I’d like to use it with both identi.ca and miggi.fi.
March 21st, 2009 at 13:55
@Eetu: Yes, this feature is most likely to be added in the future releases
March 22nd, 2009 at 12:29
[...] dalla precedente prima release ufficiale, ecco già pronta l’annunciata nuova versione di Mobidentica, il client per piattaforme di microblogging identi.ba based compatibile compatibile con tutti i [...]
March 22nd, 2009 at 17:35
[...] dalla precedente prima release ufficiale, ecco già pronta l’annunciata nuova versione di Mobidentica, il client per piattaforme di microblogging identi.ba based compatibile compatibile con tutti i [...]
March 22nd, 2009 at 22:12
Can you please provide the source to this under a Free/Open license? I’m eager to take a look, and start working on this! Thanks for the great work
March 24th, 2009 at 04:25
Do you if it should work on Treo 650? I get the logo screen then nothing else.
March 24th, 2009 at 04:34
Nevermind, it works just fine!
March 24th, 2009 at 23:12
@Craig: Source code is now available under the Apache License 2.0. You can find it from GitHub, here.
April 17th, 2009 at 08:22
I confirm that the mobile client works with Treo Palm 755p. A little slow but working very good.My laconica version is 0.7.3. Bravo Tommi !!!
April 17th, 2009 at 20:52
@Gabriel: Thanks! Can you access main menu with your Treo Palm 755p? Other 755p users are saying that they can’t access main menu in Twim app. Twim has the same kind of menu system as Mobidentica.
April 18th, 2009 at 21:07
Is there a way to be not always asked for the permission to access the net?
April 18th, 2009 at 21:47
@Tom: It depends on your phone. On Nokia phones you can define default access rights via Application Manager but as Symbian have chosen the “don’t be user friendly” route then you can’t set the internet access to “Always allow” unless the application is signed. Signing cost money and open source projects don’t get that much money from nowhere so usually you just have to live with the popups…
Maybe someday they will think about the user experience more closely and do something about the annoying popups… Or maybe people just buy iPhones…
April 19th, 2009 at 01:19
@Tommi: Actually not.Now I looked at the screens and the only menu I got is the status menu.When I access the aplication the first screen which comes up is the Splash Screen , followed after a lenghty time by the Public Timeline.While in the Timeline screen if I push the center button of the 3ways selector I get to the Status Menu.To exit I have to click the home button which redirects me in the Splash Screen again where I have to select one of the browser options ( open in browser or open link in browser) which redirect me to the blazer browser and there I can select the home button to finaly exit the aplication.While comparing the pics on the link you posted I realized that I cannot access the Main Menu.Other than that I can post to laconica and read all the messages.
April 20th, 2009 at 23:34
@Gabriel: Thanks for the feedback and testing. I just made a small v1.2 release. Now you can activate the main menu also with keys ‘0′, space, # or *. I hope that this solves the main menu issue with the Palm devices.
April 27th, 2009 at 08:52
I just changed my password on my identi.ca-account, but i can’t find the user/pass-dialogue anymore.
Also the chooser between miggi.fi and identi.ca is unclear, which one is chosen? (the light grey or the dark grey?) and it does nothing when i select any of them.
(Version 1.2)
May 6th, 2009 at 04:49
[...] Além do Twibble, que permite usar o Identi.ca desde que você coloque um “i” na frente do nome (por exemplo, “i cesaraovivo”), existe um cliente Identi.ca nativo para J2ME, o Mobidentica. [...]
May 8th, 2009 at 23:18
Nice app! Works like a charm. Anyway to put a “upate every x minutes” timer in it so it could work in the background. Not sure if its possible to make a note on the main screen to show that a new dent is there on a E71, but that would make it perfect :)
May 14th, 2009 at 05:56
I can’t seem to figure out how to post from my blackberry.
May 16th, 2009 at 16:59
Hi, any chance to talk to you in private? I woiuld like to have Mobidentica customized, translated and branded for my laconica server…
May 16th, 2009 at 22:46
@macc: I sent you private mail…