Moblr: Video on the Go

Nowadays it is already a commonplace that Web 3.0 will mean a fuller integration of mobile phones and Internet. While we are talking, Moblr is bringing the idea closer to reality. And yes, that’s another funny choice of name – so typical for Web 2.0. But should we expect even more difficult to pronounce names when Web 3.0 arrives?

Of course, it is evident that most of us now have cameras in our cell phones. But can we always access our PCs to upload our newest video clips to our favorite websites or download someone else’s videos? Of course, it is possible to send something newly shot with your mobile directly to your friends by MMS. If you want to send your video to a couple of friends, everything is fine. But in case you are thinking about sending a video or two to, say, twenty friends, it will take you a whole day and a substantial amount of money.

Moblr offers us a new way to do just that. When you want to share your mobile video with your friends, all you have to do is simply send it to Moblr server by MMS, email or by uploading it directly via your browser. Before you send a video, you will also need to name and tag it. After Moblr receives a new file, it sends SMS notifications of the new video to your friends and family members and all the people that subscribed to your videos.

Sure, your use of the new service is not limited to sharing your own videos only. When you have nothing to do staying away from your PC, you can always visit Moblr from your phone and browse through the latest videos in various categories or download the most popular ones.

This is why I can say Moblr looks better than, for example, Radar - another popular mobile content hoster. Radar launched a similar service in November but here you can only access videos of your friends.

Sure enough, Moblr appearance is very timely and I even believe there are chances for it to become a mobile YouTube. One additional reason to substantiate this point of view is that Moblr supports cell phones from a large number of countries, which is still quite unusual for a mobile service.