WordPress 2 for iPhone Now Available

Sounds real good. I do like the original WP iPhone app. I've only used it to write an entry twice but it's nice.

I don't get why they didn't have this as an update to the original app; if they are both free and there will now be no reason to keep the original app they should just update the original to this 2.0 version (but having to remember all of my passwords and user names by switching to a whole new app will be a pain!) Just doesn't make sense...

Wordpress iPhone dev blog says:

MT October 29th, 2009 at 6:06 pm **reply
Between version 1.x and 2.0, ownership of the app in the App Store changed from a subcontractor to Automattic. I guess this is fairly uncommon, because creating a new application in the store was Apple’s recommendation for our situation. Shouldn’t have to happen again, though.

so fair enough...

I also don't use it often, but will definitely upgrade/download... It is free afterall ;)

/Doug

About to test this out now. Hopefully the features I really want will be implemented

posts look fine but looks like not all pages are showing up. Same problem in version 1

not too bad - did a quick test post to my blog ( www.costabunny.com ) and all looking good - hopefully Ill actually post more often now I can do it on the move (I never remember when I get home as 13hr shifts take it out of you)....

I wrote a few posts on one of my blogs today with this updated app. Works pretty good. They finally fixed the issue with the photos uploading in reverse from how you added them in the app. They now show up in the same order as the app.

Cool, I do like the existing app for a quick blog entry but it was very basic in what it could do. Look forward to seeing what the new app offers

I wonder what the reasoning is behind making it a separate app? Plenty of users won't be aware this new app exists.

A new, more efficient user interface that makes it faster to switch between comments, posts, and pages.
* Various user interface refinements and bug fixes
* New Comments interface, with Gravatars and the author URL shown in the comment list
* Passwords are now stored in the keychain
* Posts are now automatically saved and restored if network connection is lost during publishing
* Added persistence, so the app re-opens in the blog you last used
* Added an interface for manually entering the XMLRPC endpoint for non-standard setups
* Fixed rotation-related visual glitches
* Fixed errors where malformed XML prevented access to XMLRPC endpoint
* Fixed edge case where local drafts were sometimes not saved
* Fixed the order of photos so that they’re displayed in the order they’re uploaded

WordPress for iPhone is an open source application and is available free from the Apple App store.

I don't get why they didn't have this as an update to the original app; if they are both free and there will now be no reason to keep the original app they should just update the original to this 2.0 version (but having to remember all of my passwords and user names by switching to a whole new app will be a pain!) Just doesn't make sense...

They're probably just releasing the new 2.x branch separately by convention. But I can't see why the passwords would be an issue, since you'd change them regularly and have a procedure for that anyway... right?