Comments on: Plusmo, Another Startup Trying To Help The Web Go Mobile http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:31:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Sherman http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-40740 Bill Sherman Sun, 29 Oct 2006 15:46:11 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/#comment-40740 Is this mobile company a start up? They say they don't have funding, but they have a load of mobile content. Is this mobile company a start up? They say they don’t have funding, but they have a load of mobile content.

]]> By: Red Smurph http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-9139 Red Smurph Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:18:17 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/#comment-9139 > but between Plusmo.com and the client device, we > perform an incremental sync - we don’t use RSS there. Clearly the way to go, yes. Efficient solution. Thanks > but between Plusmo.com and the client device, we
> perform an incremental sync Рwe don’t use RSS there.

Clearly the way to go, yes. Efficient solution.

Thanks

]]> By: +34.net » Blog Archive » Widgets para m??vil http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-7816 +34.net » Blog Archive » Widgets para m??vil Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:53:57 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/#comment-7816 [...] Plusmo: es la preferida por muchos y la que parece tener mayor n??mero de suscriptores. En Mobbhappy nos los cuentan. [...] [...] Plusmo: es la preferida por muchos y la que parece tener mayor n??mero de suscriptores. En Mobbhappy nos los cuentan. [...]

]]> By: TomSoft » Plusmo: mobilize your channels…. http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-7726 TomSoft » Plusmo: mobilize your channels…. Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:01:40 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/#comment-7726 [...] Browsing Engadget RSS feed…The starbuck locatorBrowsing a Picutre Flickr feed…. Found through Mobhappy… [...] [...] Browsing Engadget RSS feed…The starbuck locatorBrowsing a Picutre Flickr feed…. Found through Mobhappy… [...]

]]> By: Srinivas Mandyam http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-7698 Srinivas Mandyam Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:23:26 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/#comment-7698 >Correct me if I‚Äôm wrong, but doesn‚Äôt RSS lack sync, so that >every time one wants to update content you have to download >the whole RSS feed again... RSS, Atom, XML/SOAP, etc. are all integration mechanisms we use to aggregate content from different sources to Plusmo.com, but between Plusmo.com and the client device, we perform an incremental sync - we don't use RSS there. For example, we have several BlackBerry, Treo and Windows Smartphone users who find it convenient to use background download for their channels. With the incremental sync, only new content is updated on the device. Hope this helps. -Srini CTO www.plusmo.com >Correct me if I‚Äôm wrong, but doesn‚Äôt RSS lack sync, so that >every time one wants to update content you have to download >the whole RSS feed again…

RSS, Atom, XML/SOAP, etc. are all integration mechanisms we use to aggregate content from different sources to Plusmo.com, but between Plusmo.com and the client device, we perform an incremental sync – we don’t use RSS there.

For example, we have several BlackBerry, Treo and Windows Smartphone users who find it convenient to use background download for their channels. With the incremental sync, only new content is updated on the device.

Hope this helps.

-Srini
CTO
http://www.plusmo.com

]]> By: Red Smurph http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/comment-page-1/#comment-7590 Red Smurph Wed, 07 Jun 2006 06:57:44 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2006/06/07/plusmo-another-startup-trying-to-help-the-web-go-mobile/#comment-7590 Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't RSS lack sync, so that every time one wants to update content you have to download the whole RSS feed again (or nothing, based on a simple HEAD request)? That's very inefficient for mobile use (both cost and speed wise), and why it in many cases is better to sort out such issues on a web server (where it doesn't cost anything) and deliver only optimised bits and pieces based on what the user at the moment wants to see. RSS as such is a primitive technology (which shouldn't be interpreted as bad, rather inflexible), that's become popular due to lack of something better. As always, it's not the best technology that wins, it's the most adopted, so in a sense RSS is the VHS of information delivery. I'd argue that Atom is a better choice for information delivery, as it also allows logging in (providing statefulness), editing (used e.g. by blog engines) etc. Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t RSS lack sync, so that every time one wants to update content you have to download the whole RSS feed again (or nothing, based on a simple HEAD request)? That’s very inefficient for mobile use (both cost and speed wise), and why it in many cases is better to sort out such issues on a web server (where it doesn’t cost anything) and deliver only optimised bits and pieces based on what the user at the moment wants to see.

RSS as such is a primitive technology (which shouldn’t be interpreted as bad, rather inflexible), that’s become popular due to lack of something better. As always, it’s not the best technology that wins, it’s the most adopted, so in a sense RSS is the VHS of information delivery.

I’d argue that Atom is a better choice for information delivery, as it also allows logging in (providing statefulness), editing (used e.g. by blog engines) etc.

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