Mobile devices - upload pictures in a web form

Hi,

I read that you can’t build forms with upload fields for mobile devices. I am not sure about Blackberries but the iPhones can’t do it because they don’t have a file system.

I am looking for different opinions or articles on this issue.

Thanks

PS: I was looking into the jquery mobile

iPhones can’t do it because they don’t have a file system.

?????
pretty sure they do...
now whether you can access it from the supplied Safari browser...
I seem to remember reading about another browser that more capabilities - I think it was iCab Mobile - might be worth checking out

I just took a quick look at the iCab Mobile site - it says iOS does not support uploads... "so iCab has to take the file upload task out of the web page context and do it itself." which apparently works... "This works fine as long as a web page lets the browser do its job when processing forms." And a little further into the faq answer http://www.icab-mobile.de/faq.html it is noted "You can upload photos to your Flickr account."

Looks promising. I can probably afford the $1.99 to check out!

A dutch social network site allows me to upload pictures and videos from my Samsung Jet (which isn’t even a real smartphone)...

For HandyMan I may eventually also look into something like this, and as that’s also being build on jQuery Mobile I would love to know what you find out

I think it has to do with your phone having a file system. iPhones don’t have one and I think it’s the same for Blackberrys.
The only way to upload is to make an app. That’s all I found so far

Not having a file system, and not having access to the file system from the browser are different.

I have an ftp program on my iPhone and it works to upload, download files to a file system and can also edit text files. I wonder if it can also upload a file in the browser window, I’ve never tried. It does have to play in its own sandbox.

Did you check out iCab for iPhone?

Unfortunately the site is mostly for Blackberrys so iCab doesn’t work.
Indeed not having a file system is different from browsers having access to it