December 28, 2009 · 1 Comment
Have you ever wanted to update your status on Facebook or post to Twitter directly from your N900s Instant message client? Now you can with the built in Conversations application on your Nokia N900. In just a few easy steps you can add Pixelpipe as an IM contact and start posting to your favorite blog & status serviced from the built-in Contacts & Conversations applications.
These are the steps we utilized to add Pixelpipe as a buddy to the Google Talk, Jabber or Ovi messaging services, you can use the built-in IM client or a 3rd party application like Pidgin if you prefer. Let’s get started!
1. Open the Contacts application on your N900 and create a new contact called Pixelpipe, you’ll then need to select “add field” and scroll down and select the type of IM service you’re utilizing such as Google Talk or Ovi.
2. In the new service field enter pixelpipe@im.pixelpipe.com as the address and save.
3. Now open the new Pixelpipe contact and select the IM service option from the Contacts or Conversations applications.
4. You now you need to send Pixelpipe a message with your application key so we can bind your IM address to your Pixelpipe account. You can find your Application key and specific instructions at http://pixelpipe.com/tools under the Instant Messaging heading. Note: You’ll need to sign-in to see your application key & the format to send is “verify-application_key“
6. You can now add your favorite mico-blogs and status services from http://pixelpipe.com from the desktop or http://m.pixelpipe.com from your handset and start posting from Nokia Contacts & Conversations on your N900.
7. Enjoy!
Categories: features
Tagged: n900, nokia
Now that the mighty Nokia N900 is making it’s way out to the public we thought it’d be a good time to post a brief guide to getting the N900 connected to the Social Web via Pixelpipe. Here’s a quick overview of how to get your N900 publishing photos and video to over 115 services across the globe with the Pixelpipe plug-in.
Why is this awesome?
- We allow upload directly to the N900 camera and gallery applications to allow for effortless publishing.
- Background uploads! Once you’ve started an upload(s) it’ll go into a queue and deliver your media while your N900 is available and connected via an internet connection.
- Use N900’s Tag Cloud to send to specific services at the time of upload. Just include the service name with an @prefix or create your own custom groups with our Routing Tags feature.
To get started simply:
- Install the Pixelpipe plug-in (only 27kb) from the N900 App. manager
- Authenticate or create a new Pixelpipe account.
- Add any services you’d like from http://m.pixelpipe.com/destinations/add
- You can now configure your preferences for upload from the Sharing accounts settings on the N900
- Select your media and set title and description
- Use the Tag Clouds feature to set tags for your media with a touch or use our Routing Tags feature to send to specific destinations with our Routings Tags feature eg. @twitter, @facebook
Your media uploads will now proceed in the background after you click the “Share” button as you continue to utilize your N900.
Please feel free to send any questions or feedback to nokia@pixelpipe.com.
Categories: features
Tagged: maemo, n900, nokia, Pixelpipe, upload
