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The past few days Twitter SMS number in India, that we depend on is down. So here’s steps to get FriendFeed on moblf going via IM/ Twitter Desktop client. People in India and other across the world can use this.

Instructions:

1. Confirm if you are configured to receive messages on IM client:

a. Log into your Twitter account and in “Add Device”, make sure that IM Devices Updates is in “ON” status and save the settings.

b. Please Switch “OFF” the mobile updates it is “ON”, this is to ensure that the IM is configured properly.

2. Go to Gtalk / any other Twitter client and in the Twitter window type HELP - Just to confirm Twitter is working on Gtalk. You will get the following response:

“Reply with what you’re doing.
‘invite’ to invite a friend.
‘follow’ to receive updates.
‘track’ to track interests.
‘whois’ for info.
‘off’ to silence.”

3. Type the following command and submit, in your Twitter chat window:

Follow moblf

This lets you follow Moblf on Twitter

4. Type the following command to ensure that Gtalk and Moblf are communicating with each other:

D moblf help

a. First you will get the following Twitter message:

“Your direct message has been sent.”

b. Next, you will get the following help information:

Direct from moblf:
Send D moblf <moblf command>
ffstart <ffusername>, <ffremotekey> - to start ff on mobile
ffget - get top 5 ff messages
ffgetn - get next 5 ff messages
More…
Reply with ‘d moblf hi.’

Direct from moblf:
ffgetus <username> - get top 5 ff messages from user
ffgetus <username>, <webservice> - get top 5 ff messages from specifc website for the user
ffsend <message> - update status on ff
Reply with ‘d moblf hi.’

5. Now that you have confirmed Twitter is working on Gtalk and you are following moblf, It’s time to setup the FriendFeed account. For this you need two things:

a. Your FriendFeed username

b. Your FriendFeed remote key: It can be found here: https://friendfeed.com/account/api

6. Next, type the following command and submit, to Activate FriendFeed on Moblf

d moblf ffstart yourffusername, yourffremotekey

a. First you will get the following Twitter message:

“Your direct message has been sent.”

b. Next, you will get a confirmation message from moblf:

“Thanks for registering for FriendFeed using MobLf. Send ‘D moblf help’ for more information. Have fun!”

c. Now your are set to use FriendFeed on Moblf

7. Start by sending

d moblf ffget

To get the latest 5 updates from your friendfeed account

8. If you get a message that says your are “not authorized” to receive messages, that indicates the details your provided with ffstart are incorrect. Type the following command to Stop FriendFeed : d moblf ffstop

After this restart FriendFeed with the ffstart command

9. To get the next 5 use the command

d moblf ffgetn

10. To post a direct message to friendfeed use the command

d moblf ffsend <your message>

11. For help on commands type

d moblf help.

It’s official now! We have just released our FIRST application – this brings FriendFeed to SMS text message. Moblf becomes one of the first companies to launch an application using the FriendFeed API and perhaps the first to have an app on the mobile!

Using this application, you can do the following on SMS text message:

• Post direct messages onto FriendFeed
• Get updates from people they are following on FriendFeed
• Get updates for a particular user they are interested in

Currently, this app works via Twitter, so you’ll need a Twitter account to use it.

We have released the application on closed beta, click here to get a Promotion Code and start using moblf.

Join, play with it and let us know your feedback by way of your comments.