Mobile dev chat summary for Nov. 7, 2012

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Agenda

  • WPiOS
  • WPAndroid
  • WPWindowsPhone
  • WPBlackBerry

WPiOS

Submitted 3.2.1 to Apple.  This is a bug-fix release that fixes the top 10 crashes in the app.

The plan for 3.3 is to add a Notifications panel which would be a WordPress.comWordPress.com An online implementation of WordPress code that lets you immediately access a new WordPress environment to publish your content. WordPress.com is a private company owned by Automattic that hosts the largest multisite in the world. This is arguably the best place to start blogging if you have never touched WordPress before. https://wordpress.com/ only feature.

WPAndroid

Version 2.2.4 was released.

Nothing new planned for Android for the time being.

WindowsPhone

Development for version 1.7 is underway.  This version includes:

  • improvements to media,
  • local drafts,
  • minor UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. refresh
  • bug fixes

A betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. should be ready Friday, Nov. 9th.

It was mentioned that we’re targeting Windows Phone 8 but currently do not have a device for testing.  We’ll discuss internally what makes sense as far as acquiring devices for the team for testing.

BlackBerry

Version 2.2.4 of the Android app is available for the BlackBerry PlayBook.

At this point no other releases beyond bug fixes are planned for for the classic BlackBerry app.

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