I’d love to see it too. Conservatism is going mobile!
I'm in the shower a lot.
Get an iPhone. Works great :-)
I use FreeRepublic mobile (iPod touch, Blackberry work, Motorola Droid personal line) and it is about the only forum that works perfectly on all three.
What kind of Blackberry are you using? I am on a Storm and it works fine. If you have a Storm, I would suggest downloading the Opera browser.
If you want, however, you can use FR on a .mobi site. There are some you can use the RSS feed to view articles.
Other than trouble with my eyes getting too old, I don’t have any problem getting to FR on my Blackberry. All you gotta do is scroll.
But then, just about every element on one's life can be done on a mobile phone here in Japan.
Still one problem might be than when some "yahoo!" decides to get on a thread on FR, and cuts and pastes a long, winding, multigraphic, multi link "spam" message going on for line after line after line. When mobile, after scrolling down for minutes (and sometimes giving up midstream,) to get to the next comment, one could well be an excellent candidate for Lasik surgery....
As a Blackberry user, let me offer this tip for successful FReeping.
While the Freerepublic.com site is open, press the blackberry button, then select COLUMN VIEW, then wait for the page to reload, then you will be very pleased with your FReeping on a Blackberry. You may wish to alter text size.
Enjoy!
Try Opera Mini Beta
Someday, I'll maybe get the balls to approach somebody with a device better than my Jitterbug phone and axe a few questions - and maybe get a demo.....or punched in the mouth.
Link to the RSS feed here at FR, bookmark and yer BB will work fine..........fastest way to check FR on the move !
I have been using my Blackberry a lot more these days to surf, unfortunately only ten articles for Freerepublic appear and there is no way to view more and most of the time the whole page shifts and the site is unusable, maybe a mobi site?
Actually, the iPhone from Apple works great and there's no need to change the website to any special formatting. The same format that works on regular desktop computers (and laptops) works just fine on the iPhone. It uses a regular browser to cruise the net.
Now, there's your solution... :-)
iPhone 3GS features Safari — the most advanced web browser ever on a mobile phone. Use it to surf the real web, really fast.
Browse the web
On Safari, you see the real web — not a stripped-down mobile version — whether you’re connecting via Wi-Fi, 3G, or EDGE. iPhone always connects you to the fastest network available.Get a closer look
Zoom in and out of websites with a double tap or a pinch. For a larger view, rotate iPhone 90 degrees to landscape. The web page rotates and fills the screen.Save and sync bookmarks
When you bookmark sites on iPhone, those bookmarks sync with your Mac or PC.Put your favorite sites on your Home screen
If you check a website frequently, iPhone can create a Home screen icon for it — a web clip. That way your favorite sites are always just a tap away.
Switch to a PALM phone 3G.
Its behind the Technology curve and it fits on one screen.
Blackberry reads great for Free Republic. I use it all the time when away from my computer.