thanks that was a great listing and really nice to see it all spelled out. i just wanted to make the case that with every other blogging service providing email-mobi posting for free it just places you at a disadvantage, ad-wise or no. but who am i to question your business model - i am not. was just inquiring :)

i liked the suggestion for some metered options akin to the limited icons. maybe like 3 email posts a month. truthfully i'd give up my additional icons for this super power (as your memo indicated that was a "heavy" feature)

these days with all the blog vectors out there it's pretty insane. so far i think tumblr is really cool and worthy of study. someone even made a shexy blackberry client that looks just like their own posting form.

blogger is the easiest/laziest/most confusing template option i've used yet

wordpress is pretty "pro" in my mind, way too complex for what i hope to accomplish.

LJ really struck me as amazing, i loved having all the group controls and privacy levels etc. it's still the best base for you to be building on. i am still not clear how this site can compete with it given so many users there and the ads are hardly invasive there?