New iPad Wallpapers for Twifans

So, two lucky people I know so far have an iPad for Mother's Day. Aw, how sweet! To make their new iPads extra Twilight pretty I sent them some presents.

Keep in mind that I made these very simple so they are usable behind the icon screens and not just the unlock screen.

Why's that important?

Some wallpapers look much better on Unlock screens 

Some wallpapers are NOT meant for icon screens

(remember to download the full size just click on them then press the download button)

For Alison from Twifans

I just didn't know which colour Alison would like the best

And for Mrs. P. from Twibite (who has been beta testing my wallpapers for me)

Didn't think you would all want a wallpaper with Mrs. P on it (not that you aren't lovely dear) so here are some more for the rest of you.

Edward in Chrome - shiny :)

flat indented words

embossed shiny words

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Okay folks, hope these help make your iPads more beautiful without clutter. I'll be adding them to the iPad Wallpaper Archive in the top right sidebar.

I'll be making some more iPhone wallpapers too to add to the iPhone Wallpaper Archives.

Mofuse Blogs Back Online

Hey everyone,

Well all free mofuse blogs are back online now. This quirk had me worried that it might happen again while I'm away in Italy in June.

So being the type A person I made a Mofuse Premium blog where you can all redirect your mobile links just in case the free ones you all have go down.

If it ever happens again that you notice your mobile site doesn't work, then redirect to

http://twimobile.prohost.mobi/

Which looks like this

Your followers will be able to see a mobile version of your blog instead of getting a "file not found" message.

Any questions let me know.

Mofuse Server Maintenance

Hi everyone,

Well, I woke up to all the mofuse blogs being offline today. And, it's not just our Twi-Mobile blogs. Everyones free mofuse blogs aren't running today.

I blame myself since I spent hours yesterdays tweeting and emailing with David, the CEO of Mofuse. He was helping me figure out a bug I found on Mofuse for free. In the end to help me solve the issue he gave me a whole whack of mofuse premium blogs eg. no ads and all in all prettier blogs.

But I am assuming today that they are busy fixing the bugs that I mentioned to him. My bad.

So apologies to all who were hoping to stay in bed surfing their mobile Twilight blogs all day and ended up getting "file cannot be found" messages.

The Mofuse service is free and under no obligation to give us any warning when this happens.

If you want to transfer your mobile site to a premium site where this is much less likely to happen let me know. Granted I will have to be your admin for it since I'm the one with the free accounts (thanks to David) so you'd have to be okay with that. Otherwise it's about 7 bucks a month.

Or you can switch from blogger to Wordpress and then you'd have your own built in mobile version. MissAmyJoon, DreamySim1, and Thinking of Rob all are WP blogs and hence unaffected by today's outtage.

By the way, more iPad wallpapers to come and also a tribute to Hockeyward as well.

Twilight Tracker Review - Is it worth paying for?

So being an iPhone lover means having a love of apps. This post has been a long time coming on Twi-Mobile.
Where to start? Have to start with the official stuff first right?

iPhone/iPod touch

Official Twilight App from Summit Entertainment

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Official mobile page at http://www.eclipsethemovie.com/

It's great that Eclipse has an official app but it's not free. Read on to see if it's worth the 99 cents.

By the way, to get the app you can't go to the Official Eclipse Movie mobile page from your iPhone. It's in Flash and iPhone doesn't support Flash. Funny huh? So you'll have to go to your App store and search for Twilight tracker instead.

You could download it on your desktop Mac or PC through the Official Eclipse Movie page to your iTunes and then sync it with your iPhone.


Here are some screenshots from my iPhone:

Homepage

So far still no Eclipse cover

News Page

Usually quite up to date

Photo gallery

Photos contain their promotional stills

You can even add the stills as wallpaper right away

Videos

No more Youtube searches

Characters

I love how they are too PC to have Edward or Bella at the top.

They include everyone - small biography of each included

Store

This is linked to the US store only and I couldn't get it to work from Canada. There were some goodies in here that I had forgotten about from iTunes.

Free podcast Rob Pattinson and Catherine Hardwicke

Download Rob's playlist from iTunes

Calendar

Info provided by Twilight Lexicon

Lastly there is a Shouts area that I have not created a profile to participate in. If you have and would like to share your experience let me know.

Verdict? Worth it. Even just to have the official trailers on their from Summit itself. I'm a sucker for anything that even has the word Twilight in it so the 99 cent pricetag didn't stop me for a second.

Next up, an official Summit podcast that I somehow missed.

DreamySim1 and Walk With Mrs. P Join Twi-Mobile

Happy Mother's Day weekend to everyone. A quick note - my email has been changed to twimobile(at)gmail.com from twicupcake(at)gmail.com

I'm pleased to announce two more additions to the Twi-Mobile network. One of them should be assumed since DreamySim1 already has her own section in the iPhone archives.

DreamySim1

 DreamySim1 has amazing wallpapers and since she has a Wordpress blog her site is mobile friendly already at http://dreamysim1.wordpress.com/

Walk with Mrs. P

We all know and love Mrs. P from Twibite. Walk with Mrs. P is technically not a Twilight blog but who cares? It is Mrs. P's rant blog and I love hearing that woman complain! I hope you'll follow her on your mobile site at http://walkwithmrsp.mofuse.mobi/

So go to their mobile sites and add their bookmarks to your homescreens. Of course they'll be added to the Twi-Mobile mobile site blogroll so you can just bookmark http://twimobile.mofuse.mobi/ and they'll be on the list:

See?

Twilight Blog iPhone App Icons - Collect Them All!

So every Twi-Mobile network blog has an icon you can add to your iPhone/iPod touch.

These are the ones we've got so far:

(I'm missing Thinking of Rob and Trixie & Tess because their iPhone icons aren't working and just shows a screencap - let me know when it's fixed ladies. For mofuse blogs remember it's in the iPhone settings and you need to add the URL of the image (must right click on the image wherever you have hosted it). Reminder of how to add an iPhone icon to a Wordpress or self hosted blog is here).

So even though you technically only need to bookmark Twi-Mobile at http://twimobile.mofuse.mobi/ to get one stop access to all these mobile blogs, if you want to have a couple pages of app icons dedicated to your Twilight blogs go ahead and put them on your iPhone or iPad.

How to add these to my iPhone homescreen?

To add an icon to your screen of a twilight blog just go to the mobile version of that blog and then click the + sign at the bottom of your iPhone and you should see this page

Select Add to Home Screen and you are done.

Note, Mrs. P at Twibite is helping me test if these work on her new iPad as well.

Eclipse Wallpapers for iPhone and iPad

More Wallpapers today - made by me.

Reminder to click on the image and hit the download button. Right click will only get you a thumbnail.

For a tutorial on how to set the downloaded images as wallpaper on your iPad click here.

for iPad

for iPhone

More Wallpapers to come for Blackberry and other mobile devices.

Please link back if you post these. Thanks.

One Link to All Twilight Mobile Blogs

Recently Dangrdafne tweeted that she didn't load (I'm assuming she was referring to bookmark) enough mobile blogs on her phone for her Disney trip to Florida. That is what Twi-Mobile is for and I just haven't been doing a good job telling you all.

Twi-Mobile mobile version

The Twi-Mobile mobile site has a link to every mobile blog that has joined. So, even though you could bookmark all the blogs you love onto your phone and get their awesome icons, if you only have space for one bookmark then go to http://twimobile.mofuse.mobi/ http://twimobile.mobify.me/ http://twimobile.prohost.mobi/ and bookmark it.

See the Twi-Mobile mobile version from the iPhone? If you scroll down you'll see links to the mobile versions of some of your favourite blogs here. It's in alphabetic order for easier navigation.

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A Web App Makes Mobile Fanfic Even Easier

So I have detailed post on How to Read Fanfic On Your Mobile about how to use the Fanfiction Downloader program on your PC or Mac to create a mobi file which can then be read on multiple ebook readers including the Stanza for iPhone.

Well, there is a faster way around all of this which I have been neglecting to tell you about.

You know how it's annoying that with the old way you had to make them on your desktop and then transfer the files to your phone? This new way can make them online and then your iPhone can go and get them from the web.

The same guy who wrote the Fanfiction Downloader software also Thank God Roman Kirillov created a web program where you can use Fanfiction Downloader online and it will store your converted story files online for you automatically IF you give them your Gmail account info.

That is the kicker.

My husband (Mr. TC as you know him from my regular blog Twilight, Travel, and Treats) is an ex-hacker turned good so to speak. He is super paranoid about network security and spends his whole work life trying to prevent people from getting hacked. The idea of me giving my Gmail account info to anybody is appalling. Thus until now I had ignored the whole web app and just continued doing it offline on my laptop.

However, I was convinced to give it a go after Alison, owner of Twifans, told me that this is her go-to method for fanfiction on her iPhone. It just felt wrong to not share and give you the option.

(Btw, Twifans is revamping their mobile site to make it even better so they are technically not as mobile friendly as before but I am leaving them up just because it makes me happy they are on the list.)

You can read more about the Fanfiction Downloader Web App and how it works from the creators post here. So, if you are okay with giving your Gmail account info to the Fanfiction Downloader Web App, go ahead and try it. I went ahead and did it and it was exceedingly easy and they store your fanfic for you. They say that your password is not given out by Gmail to anyone else but I don't know enough about it to tell you if that is trustable

If you have an iPhone you can get the stories sent straight to Stanza on the iPhone; no more having to put them on Stanza desktop and transfer them.

The Web App makes epub files which are quite universal but can't be read by certain ebook readers, like the Kindle without being converted. The desktop version gives you mobi files which are Kindle friendly. Both versions output text and html files.

If it's important for you to have a working Table of Contents where you can click on the chapters:

for iPhone - both the Web App or desktop Fanfiction Downloader will work. Stanza on iPhone seems to be able to read chapter markings on prc, mobi, and epub files.

for Desktop - I tried Kindle, Barnes & Noble ereader, Calibre, and Stanza desktop. None of them could give a workable Table of Contents. The table of contents could be seen on Stanza desktop but wasn't usable. The only winner? Mobipocket Reader was able to read prc and mobi files with clickable chapters. Note that it often crashed too. Sigh, nothing perfect so far.

Hope you find this helpful and thanks to Alison from Twifans for the push.

New Eclipse iPad Wallpapers

So, the new Eclipse official Wallpapers for Desktop came out today. Here are some basic ones. I'll be making some from the Eclipse promo shots too.

iPad

Important: To download click the image and then the download arrow  - right click will only get you a small thumbnail.


For a tutorial on how to get the downloaded images as your wallpaper see this article.

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Check out the rest of the iPad Wallpapers at the archive I just started here.