Though del.icio.us is such a popular place for saving bookmarks, it is still not friendly enough for use on cell phones or mobile devices.
For instance, it takes a minimum of four steps if you were to save a web page from BlackBerry browser on to delicious bookmarks - copy the page address to clipboard, open delicious post page, paste the URL from clipboard and finally click submit.
*iPhone Safari (and Opera Mini) users are lucky here as they can post via delicious bookmarklets
Send Links to Delicious via Email Messages
Now a really simple workaround to this ‘delicious’ problem is email. Most mobile browsers make it extremely easy for you to share web pages via email so if it were possible to connect this email message with our delicious account, the problem would be solved.
That’s were ping.fm enters the scene.
1. Setup a free account - ping.fm just opened their gates for public.
2. Now associate your delicious account with your ping.fm account via this network.
3. Get your secret post email address here and add it to your mobile address book.
4. Compose a new email on your mobile phone, type @de in the message body and paste the URL. Send and you link will appear in delicious within seconds. Simple.
Now see how the workflow changes - you open a web pages inside BlackBerry browser, press P (Send Address, Email) to compose a message and send it your ping.fm account.
If your mobile carrier supports SMS to e-mail, you may also post.to delicious by sending an SMS text message. And if you staying online via Google Talk or Yahoo! Messenger, you can even save links to delicious via IM as in this screenshot - just remember to add @de before the link.
I find this easy and much quicker than saving links via the regular delicious website where you need to be logged in before posting.
Related Resources:
- Most Useful Email Addresses
- Easy to Remember Email Addresses
- IM Bots for Google Talk
- Advanced BlackBerry Tips for Power Users
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/post-links-to-delicious-via-email-mobile/4470/
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Reader Comments
This seems interesting, and might be useful.
But I’d survive with the Firefox add-on.
Written by நிமல் - NiMaL on 09.10.08
Super service… its better if we could bookmark in all social networks in a single mail
Written by Psypo on 09.10.08
Great tip. Too often I e-mail links to myself using Gmail mobile on my Blackberry. Then, when I get home, I have to read e-mail and open link. This will save me a step (or two). Thanks!
Written by Christian Markley on 09.10.08
@ link : The delicious email trick is mostly for people who need to save bookmarks in a non-desktop environment - like a PDA or a mobile phone.
Written by Amit Agarwal on 09.14.08
Thanks for such a great video. I am a bit of a blackberry addict. I will try this once I get home. I often browse for the link so it is a great method for bookmarks! keep up the good work. Emma x
Written by Emma on 02.16.09
This works like a charm. I’d like to tag the sent links and tag them at the same time - to add tags to the ones people have already entered. A lot ot times, I bookmark stuff as the first user.
Written by Dominic on 05.12.09