Entries tagged as ‘nokia’
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
We’re rolling out support for Atom 1.0 publish protocol for Nokia Share Online users and wanted to invite you all to test out the integration in advance. While there are some advantages to 1.0 like 25% faster uploads & photo feeds (coming soon) it’s not without a cost since Nokia decided not to support Titles in the Share Online client. You can however still send photos, video, audio and files with a caption & tags however just without a title.
If you feel you must have titles with your uploads you can stick with our existing Atom 0.3 (Lifeblog) integration. If you have a need for speed and can do without the titles here’s a set of quick instructions to getting the new Atom 1.0 plug-in installed and configured.
1. Download the plug-in from http://tr.im/DXfO directly to your Nokia or to your desktop and transfer to your phone.
2. Open the Pixelpipe configuration from your phone’s Inbox to install to Share Online
3. Now open the Share Online application on your phone and select Pixelpipe
4. Select Yes if you have a Pixelpipe account otherwise choose No and create an account and return
5. Now it’s time to enter your account details to authenticate and link the plug-in to your PP account. For the Name you’ll use the email address associated with your account, the Password however is not your normal password and is unique application key that you can find at the bottom of this page http://m.pixelpipe.com/settings. We use the App Key instead of a password since the encryption utilized by Atom isn’t very strong and we want to protect your privacy, we’re not trying to be difficult 
.
6. Your plug-in will now be updated to use our Atom 1.0 endoint for uploads and will automatically start displaying photo feeds as soon as they’re available.
Let us know if you experience any issues while testing the new features Atom 1.0 features at beta@pixelpipe.com.
Categories: features
Tagged: atom, nokia, publishing, share online
We’ve released an update to our Nokia Share Online integration that allows for uploads to be sent to specific services without the use of Routing Tags. You can now simply select from a list of services you’ve setup with Pixelpipe at the time of upload to send to either your Default pipes or an individual service.
Existing Pixelpipe users simply need to choose “Update service” from the Share Online options menu to download and install the update and start using the new features. If you are a new Pixelpipe user you can create your free Pixelpipe account and install Pixelpipe for Share Online from http://m.pixelpipe.com/nokia.
Here’s a few images of the new features in action.
Choose your desired Pixelpipe account for upload
We'll display a list of your Pipes, select an individual service for upload or simply choose your predefined default
You can now set your (optional) Title, Description and tags for the upload. You'll notice that this image is going to my Picasa Pipe
Categories: features
Tagged: nokia, S60, share online
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
We’ve released updates to Pixelpipe Pro & Lite applications to the Android Market with a number of new features and optimizations.
The big new feature is that we’ve added the ability to include geo-location along with status/micro-blog updates & blog updates to over 30 services, we’ve been doing this for sometime with post with photos however have introduced the feature for text only updates as well.
The Geo-Status feature works by enabling the “Geo On” button when posting to Pixelpipe. We’ll then include a link to a pi.pe page with a Google map for services that don’t yet support geo updates like Facebook & Blogger. For services like Friendfeed (& Twitter soon) that do support geo-tagging we will pass the coordinates to the services via APIs which will display a map along side the post. This feature is initially exposed on our new Android clients however will be rolled out to our integrations with Nokia and iPhone soon.
New features:
- Ability to include geo-location along with status/micro-blog updates, blog posts and even e-mails.
- You can now select your destinations on a per image, video or audio file basis. This is available from the Pixelpipe app by choosing “Upload to..” and from the “Share” menu found in the Gallery, Camera and most 3rd party applications
- Sign-up & Sign-in both are executed with-in the application. This provides better performance and a cleaner sign-up/sign-in flow.
- Now in simplified and traditional Chinese with distribution through NetDragon in China
Tips:
- Press the menu key in the application to switch between the photo, video & audio views
- Only the service that support the media type you’re uploading will appear in the “Upload to…” menu
Selecting the Upload to option
Now select the service(s) you'd like
Posting to a service with the Geo On
Chinese Status
Categories: releases
Tagged: android, Google, mobile, nokia, Picasa, status, Twitter, upload
Here’s a brief overview of several of the solutions we provide for publication of media through Pixelpipe. For the latest updates be sure to checkout our Free Software section at http://www.pixelpipe.com/tools
Mobile
Notes:
- Not all destinations support privacy settings, and your defaults will apply if the upload tool does not support privacy.
- Some destinations support embedded annotations (IPTC/XMP) and will show these values when available if the upload tool does not support annotations.
Categories: features · news
Tagged: desktops, firefox, free tools, Google, iPhone, iphoto, Linux, mobile, nokia, OS X, phone, Picasa, upload, Windows, XP Publishing Wizard
