Six Apart To iPhone: iGive Up? (Typepad) Update: Typepad App Is Alive And Well

by Darnell Clayton on January 14th, 2010 2 Comments

I seriously hope I am wrong about this, but it looks as if Six Apart, which was one of the first major companies to launch an iPhone blog app (for Typepad nonetheless) may have abandoned their app.

Users have been complaining about errors logging into their Typepad blogs via iPhone for quite some time (which I confirmed after trying to log into my blog and receiving the error to the right).

While users can still access their Typepad blogs via BlogPress, CellSpin and Shozu, it’s sad to see Six Apart (seemingly) abandon their native iPhone app (although to their credit they still support the web interface over at i.typepad.com).

Hopefully Six Apart will reconsider continuing support for the native app (or committing serious resources towards it), as their absence leaves the field wide open for WordPress and Squarespace (not to mention a host of third party apps).

Update: Colleen brings the good news that the Typepad iPhone App is alive and well, with Twitter integration as well!

For those unable to login, try reinstalling the app (as that resolved my problem).

Categories: General
Tags: iphone, Six Apart, typepad

What features do you want to appear on TypePad in 2010?

by Karlo Licudine on December 8th, 2009 0 Comments

2009 has been a very great year for TypePad. The developers have worked really hard in making the TypePad experience better. Some of the best features they’ve released so far are listed below:

• Add a TypePad Favorite button to your blog and let your readers show the love
• Add video with the click of a button
• The easiest way to blog? The new TypePad bookmarklet and microblog themes
  
• Manage your blog on the go with iPhone, Pre, and Android mobile blog support
• Full TypePad integration with Facebook Connect for sharing and commenting
• New widgets to supercharge your small business blog from FormSpring, Freshbooks, andBookFresh
• TypePad goes real time with PubSubHubbub support
• Engage your blog readers with the TypePad Follow widget
• Add Userpics (or Avatars) to your comments
• Launch of TypePad APIs and TypePad Motion communities
• New Themes! Pico, Magnetic, and more in Beta
• And of course, the biggest of all, the new TypePad. Check out the TypePad overview from Professor Wibbels.

Now that the year is almost at an end, the developers are once again asking the community: What new features do you want to see on TypePad for next year?

If you’re a TypePad user who has something in mind that could improve the platform, then go ahead and leave your comment on their blog by going here. Who knows, your idea might get picked and appear on the next update of TypePad!

Categories: General
Tags: typepad

TypePad iPhone App: What’s Up With All The Hate?

by Darnell Clayton on August 19th, 2008 5 Comments

Hate! Loathe! Whine! Spit!

That’s the first impression I received after browsing through the reviews of Six Apart’s iPhone App on iTunes.

While many were upset that a TypePad account would cost them 495 pennies a month, others seemed upset that this app would not work on Movable Type (or even Vox) despite the obvious indication that this is a TypePad only app. Read More

Categories: Blogging Tools
Tags: Blog Software, iphone, Mobile Blogging, Six Apart, typepad