There’s now a WordPress application for BlackBerry that allows users to manage and post to their WordPress blogs from their phone. I’ve been waiting on an application like this for years and it looks like I’ll still be waiting.

Although the BlackBerry app is in beta and the developers caution users and testers to be careful in using the application, we need more of these types of devices being built for phones and mobile devices.

I do quite a bit of blogging and there’s plenty of times where I’m sitting somewhere without my computer and have a quick post idea. The ability to pull out my phone and start typing away would be terrific! Especially with the ability to take a quick photo or video with your phone and pop that into a post immediately!

The BlackBerry application currently works with WordPress.com and custom hosted WordPress installations. Just what I’d be using for my blogs and numerous other client sites.

Source: WordPress for BlackBerry App Launched in Beta

Image: Image created by Jason Bean from WordPress dashboard and product images from BlackBerry

I’ve been blogging now on WordPress for quite some time. Over the years I’ve migrated from relying completely on the WordPress dashboard web-interface to write my posts, up through now using and loving Windows Live Writer. Now I’m ready to expand my blogging migration to other areas.

I want to be able to type out some quick blog posts while I’m out and about with my cell phone. My cell phone has a full, slide-out keyboard that I’ve become quite adept at typing on efficiently.

I’m very surprised that the WordPress dashboard doesn’t have a mobile friendly interface. Without that option available I’ve been wondering if perhaps someone hasn’t developed a mobile blogging application. My cell phone is running Windows Mobile 5. Does anyone know if that exists?

If it truly doesn’t exist, why won’t someone please develop it and let me know when it’s ready for me to test.

Google Gears has been powering the Web 2.o applications since its launching; enhancing your web browsers to work more efficiently and effectively. It is an open source project from Google that allows developers to create applications for your web browsers.

Basically, what the Gears does is create a cache of your web applications locally and stores it in a database - therefore speeding up application loading. It runs in background, updating every necessary files needed by your application without sacrificing your browsers productivity.

Wordpress.com now integrated the technology of Gears, enabling bloggers to manage their blog sites faster.

On WordPress.com it is used to store all images and other web page components from the admin area to the user’s PC, speeding up access and reducing unnecessary web traffic.

The speed increase is most noticeable when Internet is slow or on high latency and makes everybody’s blogging experience more enjoyable.

To enable this new feature, click on the “Turbo” link and follow it to Gears’ site to install it in your browser (if not already installed). Then the browser will have to be restarted and after logging back in WordPress, click the “Turbo” link again to give permission to Gears to work on WordPress.com.

[ via Wordpress Blog ]

Believe it or not you can post a blog entry using OpenOffice.org Writer or StarOffice 8. With Sun’s Weblog Publisher, you can easily create a post or edit and publish your entries to some supported blogging platform including Roller, WordPress, Generic ATOM and Generic MetaWeblog.

This tool is an extension available to make use of the advance functionalities of a word processing application of OpenOffice.org .

The doshdosh weblog presents 18 Wordpress themes that are designed to be used with Adsense. The themes are designed to integrate with your Adsense ads so that the site looks attractive and earns you money. What’s particularly nice about these themes is that they make it easy for the beginning blogger to get started with blogging and earning revenue.

Using a blog template with distinct ad blocks and optimized ad placements will very likely help you increase your Click through rates and affiliate conversions. These customized blog designs are also known as Adsense Ready themes.

18 Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes to Maximize your Contextual Ad Earnings - [doshdosh]

Last week we announced the release of Wordpress 2.2, Getz. This week we introduce 20 awesome themes that will make your Wordpress installation pop. The list was gathered by share.clarklab.net and includes themes that are creative, easy to install (pretty much all Wordpress themes are easy to install) and that are very aesthetically pleasing.

We’ve compiled a list of 20 WordPress themes you might have missed, or that deserve a second look. All the themes are free to download from themes.wordpress.net.

20 Wordpress themes that don’t disappoint - [share.clarklab.net]

The popular blogging software, Wordpress, recently announced the release of the next version of their blogging and content management suite, code named Getz. Getz offers some improved features such as widgets, full atom support, a new blogger importer, infinite comment stream, plugin protection, speed optimizations, and a WYSIWYG editor for the Safari browser. The new release includes dozens of UI improvements and developer features. You can read all about the release of Getz at the Wordpress blog.