Posting, sharing and bookmarking links from your iPhone is even easier with the “smub it” bookmarklet! The “smub it” bookmarklet gives you the same easy-to-use interface that you would get by typing “smub.it/” to the left of the http, but simplifies the process by allowing you to “smub” a link with just a couple of clicks.

So, how do you get the “smub it” bookmarklet onto your iPhone? The easiest way is simply to install the bookmarklet to your desktop version of Safari, then sync your iPhone with your computer, making sure the “Sync Safari bookmarks” button is checked under the Web Browser section on the Info tab of your iPhone menu under Devices in iTunes. Phew…. that was a long sentence! How about I walk you through it, step by step?

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Howdy, Smubbers!

We’ve been seeing a lot of comments and tweets from people who are having some difficulties when typing “smub.it/” into their browsers’ address bars. A lot of the error messages being received are due to a very simple cause, the lack of the forward slash! Just a reminder: It’s absolutely essential to include the forward slash (this guy: /) when trying to smub your link!

If you’re having any other issues with Smub, let us know!

Have you been wondering just how, exactly, to use Smub from your iPhone? Hungering, perhaps, for a demo? Our CEO Thierry Lamouline gives a very nice iPhone demo in the following clip.

If you want to go straight to the demo portion, it starts at about 51 seconds in.

Presentation of Smub, by Thierry Lamouline from Atelier BNP Paribas on Vimeo.

Need more demos? I’m totally hard at work at a few. If there’s something specific you’d like a walkthrough for, just let me know! I super duper welcome your comments, questions and observations. Sure is quiet around here…. [crickets].

It might seem like a teeny little thing, but we’ve just made it possible to type either “smub.it/” or “smub.com” to the left of the http:// of any URL on your iPhone in order to save or share a link. That allows you to take advantage of the iPhone’s .com text string when you’re typing in a browser window.

More improvements are coming! Spread the word. Share a Smub!

In an effort to help iPhone users post really really short links to Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Reddit, and more, we’ve reconfigured our URL structure. Now, when you simply want to post a link, you’ll get a randomly generated Smub, like this:

These shorter URLs are meant to help with Twitter posts, especially. If you choose to bookmark, or save, a Smub, it’ll continue to pull a short string of characters to help you remember the bookmark.

Of course, if you want to name your URLs, simply sign up for a Smub account, and you can name every link you save or share!

We wanted to give you the flexibility of choice. Let us know what you think!

Smub users are now experiencing a brand new interface when they type smub.it/ to the left of the http:// in their browsers, and they love it. I’ve heard, “wow, that’s cool…” from loyal Smubbers who’ve Smubbed a page since yesterday. Our new version of Smub further enhances the experience our web users have always had - by adding sharing options and making bookmarking even easier.

Built for iPhone Bookmarking

The Smub experience now looks a lot like an iPhone, and it’s no wonder. We’re the first to provide iPhone users the capability to bookmark or share any link from an iPhone, finally making mobile bookmarking a reality.

And the Smub experience is seamless from web browswe to the new iPhone interface:

In research we completed earlier this winter, we found that iPhone users are interested in, and frustrated by, sharing - or just plain saving - links from their iPhones. So we’ve answered those needs with our new capabilities in this release.

Counting click-thru’s, using the Smub Toolbar, creating branded URLs and more are still features we support in the new Smub. We’ll look forward to exploring those capabilities with you in the coming weeks and months!

Meanwhile, check out the brand new world Smub is opening to iPhone users… The best part? Smub remains free to register and use.