The new version of WordPress for iPhone (and iPod touch) app is now live and available for download in the iTunes App store. This version has a lot of fixes/enhancements that many people (including me) have been waiting for. I’ve been playing around with version 1.2 for a little bit and here are some of my first impressions.
New Features (and Some Comments)
Landscape mode with extra wide keyboard
This is probably the most desired feature for this application simply because it is physically painful to type a full length blog post in the iPhone portrait keyboard. I am glad that the portrait keyboard restriction is now a thing of the past!
Link creation help
I wasn’t sure where this feature was hiding at first, but I soon found the trick to invoking this feature. Basically anytime you are writing, you can type something that resembles a link (for example “www.” […]
Original post by Thaya Kareeson
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It’s official, the WordPress application for the iPhone has officially been released. Now you’ll be able to publish to WordPress powered blogs right from your Jesus phone. Here is what you can expect from this free app:
Support for WP.com blogs and self-installed blogs version 2.5.1 and higher
Embedded Safari for true previews of posts
Full tag and category support
Photo support for both camera pictures as well as library photos
Support for multiple blogs
Ability to password protect a post, save as a draft, or mark the post for later review
Auto-recovery. This will recover posts which have been interrupted by phone calls
The app is at version 1.0, is a tiny 0.3MB download, and is compatible with the iPhone as well as the iPod touch. However, this application requires the iPhone 2.0 software update.
Be sure to let us know what your experience is like, browsing and publishing to WordPress from your iPhone.
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Original post by Jeff Chandler
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