The Mobup project is pleased to announce the release of version 0.3 of the java mobile uploader for Flickr.

This release brings a number of improvements and new features. The most important changes are:

Photo resolution

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The best photo resolution for each device is automatically checked. But now the user can manually modify the setup, thus being able to upload photos in 160x120, 320x240, 640x480 resolutions.

Add photo to public group

Mobup now automatically retrieves the Flckr groups (http://flickr.com/groups/) the user is subscribed to and makes possible to add the photo to one or more of these groups.

You can also subscribe to the versioning RSS feed to be informed when new versions will be released.

In the very near future Mobup will feature another interesting Usergroup meeting related to the world of Java and mobile phones. More on this very veryu soon once all the details will be settled.

In the meanwhile Consultechnology (the company behind Mobup) released a press release (Italian only, sorry) which generated a huge amount of traffic in these days and a lot of links pointing to Mobup.

Mobup development finally moved to Sourceforge, the world's largest Open Source software development web site: . now own both the client and the source code will be officially hosted there.

This move also led to the change of the Mobup license: from CC to GPL, find more details on this license here

Among the many advantages (bug tracking, forums, feature requests, etc.) you'll now have access to the versioning system which is used to work on the various releases in order to have the code available right when we publish it. This is the place where you can upload you modified code.

The important thing is that to access these features you'll be asked to register (it's free and it only takes a few minutes) and then add Mobup to your projects. Just drop us a line should you encounter any problem or have any feedback.

I'm pretty sure Mobup project will greatly benefit from this move.

In the next weeks we'll deliver a series of speeches on the development of Mobup providing an analysis of both the user experience and the tecnical aspects of the application: a load of code will be displaied and explained by Vincenzo Lembo, the leading programmer of the Mobup project while Matteo Penzo, who originally invented the Mobup philosophy, will deliver high quality insights on Flickr, moblogging and the user experience behind Mobup.

12 January 2006 - 6.30pm CET - Milan, Italy - Mac@work (organized by the Milan Java user group)