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ActiveRain - Now iPhone Compatible

By Brad Andersohn

Education & Training with Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp Non-Licensed

January 26, 2009 05:26 AM

It's true. If you own an iPhone, you can now interact with the ActiveRain Real Estate Network of friends and business partners from anywhere your iPhone browser works. This is not an iPhone application, it's a browser enhancement from our AR developers. (great job guys)

At 2:00am, we deployed a fix that will now allow you to post, and comment on ActiveRain Blogs using your iPhone. Members have been waiting for this upgrade and I'm glad to announce it is finally launched. It's great. We're also working on an iPhone application that will be custom tailored and made available for ActiveRain members later.

The only things you can't do from the phone right now are create links, add images, and there's no text toolbar for bold text etc. So now you can create a post from anywhere, make edits, add and delete comments using just the iPhone browser. (iPhone uses the Safari browser)

You can email posts to others right from the iPhone using the email graphic icon that's below each post.

10 minutes is all it took to create this using just my thumbs, (haha) it's a new record for an ActiveBrad post.
We've taken one small step for mankind, one Giant step for Activerain and iPhone.

This was created and posted using the iPhone. I'll add a picture from my computer later. I love my iPhone.

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Missy Caulk

Missy Caulk TEAM - Ann Arbor, MI

Savvy Realtor - Ann Arbor Real Estate

Very cool, my next switch will be too the IPhone, now that I am using MobileMe, it will work beautifully in keeping all my updates on anything synced.

Jan 27, 2009 09:58 PM

Terri Adams-Scott

J. Rockcliff, REALTORS - Walnut Creek, CA

Realtor, Walnut Creek CA Real Estate

Great enhancement as I wouldn't want to think of living without my iPhone!! (PS...thanks for all your help today!!!) Even though I usually catch your posts, I subscribed to your blog because I don't want to miss a thing you say!

Jan 29, 2009 07:15 AM

Zilkia Olmeda-Martins

RE/MAX North - San Antonio - San Antonio, TX

GRI, Realtor, San Antonio Texas Luxury Homes

Any enhancements available for the Treos

Feb 03, 2009 02:18 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Zilkia - what browser are you using to access the internet on your TREO? Are you using the PALM or the WINDOWS CE version? LMK... :-)

Feb 03, 2009 04:13 AM

Mirela Monte

Buyers' Choice Realty - North Myrtle Beach, SC

Myrtle Beach Real Estate

Brad, it works. I can now comment right from my I-Phone, but it was still quite cumbersome. I had a hard time finding the submit comment button and it was still quite slow.

When are we getting the ap for the I-Phone? I know that since getting the Facebook ap, it's a breeze to navigate that site.

Feb 03, 2009 06:48 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Mirela - coming soon to an iPhone near you!! (Big Smile)

There are only a few of us and though at times we are stereotyped as AR Gods, in reality, we are still only human and do the best we can. It's on the list to be done but not a priority like Localism, groups, and other fixes and upgrades. I know you understand, thanks. :-)

Feb 03, 2009 06:57 AM

Annie Pinsker-Brown

Stage to Sell - LA Home Staging - Los Angeles, CA

Stage to Sell, Los Angeles Home Stager

Thanks so much for letting me know about this! I am an iPhone addict and this makes my day. :)

Feb 03, 2009 09:37 AM

Randi Steckler

RE/MAX Executive Realty - Hopkinton, MA

Brad,

I just won an iphone in a raffle. I was trying to decide if it would be worth changing my phone service for it. Sounds like there are a lot of reasons to make the switch.

Also, thanks so much for helping me get going with my new outside blog www.metrowestareablog.com

I couldn't have done it without you! You're a life saver!

Feb 27, 2009 07:50 AM

Matt Heisler

Heisler & Mattson Properties - Southborough, MA

Real Estate & Investor Services

Cant wait to try it!

Mar 15, 2009 03:53 AM

Mike Hendren

Mike Hendren Photography - Cloudcroft, NM

Brad, I'm another iPhone Addict - rapidly becoming an Activerrain addict, too, after only about 9 days of being a member.

Thanks for the info.

Mar 16, 2009 01:20 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Just wait till you see my next post, it's won one you won't want to miss...... :-))))

Mar 16, 2009 06:32 AM

Christopher Johnston

The Johnston Team - Metairie, LA

I love the way you guys have adapted to the iPhone. First this and then the iPhone business card app. I'm loving ActiveRain more and more each day.

Mar 26, 2009 04:07 PM

Sam Miller

RE/MAX Stars Realty - Howard, OH

Knox County Ohio Real Estate Specialist

Brad - ActiveRain is loading fast and is pretty easy to view on my iPhone.

Feb 16, 2010 07:23 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Sam - it does seem to load really fast on my iPhone as well. It's nice to be able to access posts, read features, and make comments from the iPhone when on the road. :-)

Feb 17, 2010 03:42 AM

Andy Chaudoir

Professional Inspection Services - Georgetown, Texas - Georgetown, TX

Your Home Inspection Connection in Central Texas

Hello Brad - Does that go for the iPad as well? Just curious. I wrote a "Please Help Me Stop Hating My iPad" blog yesterday because I can't comment or post from it.

Sep 26, 2010 04:10 PM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Hey Andy - hopefully they'll get that working soon. I know many of the other similar sites now allow for interaction from both iphones and ipads, I think the programmer at AR should look into this for sure. Maybe even bump it up on the priority list?

Just my 2 cents~ :-)

Sep 26, 2010 05:49 PM

Andy Chaudoir

Professional Inspection Services - Georgetown, Texas - Georgetown, TX

Your Home Inspection Connection in Central Texas

Hello Brad - Thanks for having tham check into this. I also appreciate that fact that you took the time to reply to my comment. Thanks a bunch and have a great evening.

Sep 29, 2010 04:45 PM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Andy - if you ever need anything else, feel free to let me know. Always happy to help out a fellow AR member. :-)

Sep 30, 2010 02:23 AM

Gloria and Jason Belmonte

Prudential Fox&Roach The Belmonte Group - Rising Sun, MD

www.cecilcountyhomesearch.com

awesome! now I can comment on the go!

Mar 08, 2011 01:25 PM

Inna Ivchenko