The Guardian iPhone app. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
We have today launched an update to our iPhone app, version 2.0.3 [1] , which includes pull down to refresh, lots of bug-fixing and some subscription updates. This is the first iPhone release since February and we're aware that it has taken us a long time to get it out.
This release doesn't contain all of the updates that users have been requesting since we launched in January, but we do now have a clear product roadmap in place for the iPhone app. This means you will see far more regular releases. The next couple are unlikely to contain many big user-facing features but they will address problems such as speed, existing bugs and some changes to the mini-app (the free version that users see prior to subscribing).
Once these are out of the way, we can start concentrating on the bigger picture and making this app the best user experience possible. Our to do list is very long but to help us prioritise it we're interested to hear what you think, so please list the changes you want to see in the comments below.
We're also aware that iOS 5 has introduced a series of bugs to the app, and some of these are fixed in 2.0.3. The upgrade has also left the original version of the app - 'v1' - unusable. Before we launched v2 we announced that we would eventually be removing v1 from the App Store and we would no longer be able to support it. Users of this app can continue to use it on iOS 3 and 4, move to our free mobile site m.guardian.co.uk or upgrade to version 2.0.3 (£4.99 a year or £2.99 for six months).
We are committed to making best in class apps and now have a larger team dedicated to them so we should be able to do things much more quickly. To further help us do what we want to do on iPhone and iPad over the next six months, we're looking for iOS developers to join our team. If you are one or know one, the details are here [2] and we'd like you to get in touch.
Please let us know your thoughts on the iPhone app in the comments box below and for updates on everything we're doing, follow @guardianmobile [3] on Twitter.
Links
- ^ version 2.0.3 (itunes.apple.com)
- ^ here (www.gnmcareers.co.uk)
- ^ @guardianmobile (twitter.com)
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