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By Dan ⋅ July 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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I’ve been looking forward to this one: the WordPress client for Apple’s iPhone has been released, and is available on the App Store.
As seems to be the trend, I’m writing my thoughts on the app, using the app. And it’s pretty good.
It lacks a certain amount of advanced functionality; there’s no capacity for advanced formatting, no way of inserting links in posts, and no capacity for blog management outside of writing posts. But this is a version 1. A first attempt. And as such, it’s a good one.
The interface is slick and easy to use, you can manage and post to multiple blogs, and there’s full support for tags and categories. Tags aren’t pulled from your blog, so best remember what you’ve used before.
It could do with a spellcheck, but that might be out of the question. It could also do with a way of posting links - maybe use the embedded Safari functionality employed by the post preview tool, but have a button to add a link to the currently viewed page?
I take my hat off to the development team though - this is easily the most impressive blogging experience I’ve had on any phone (including n95, and windows mobile platforms).
I look forward to the future of iPhone WordPress. Now, how do I get in on the beta and some ad-hoc distribution?

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