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Some people have been asking about whether or not we’ll support Apple’s latest operating system, iOS4, and the new, higher resolution iPhone 4. The short answer is yes! Actually, Simplenote already works with both iOS4 and the iPhone 4. But there are some improvements we can make. In particular, we’ll improve the quality of someContinue reading “Support for Apple’s latest updates”

We’ve decided to focus full time on Simplenote. Henceforth, we’re elevating Simplenote from its humble status as one of several side projects to the lofty position of core product and service. This has several implications. Administratively, and less importantly, we founded a new company. Simplenote is now brought to you by Simperium (@simperium on Twitter).Continue reading “Simplenote, full speed ahead!”

Apple has recently approved a maintenance update for Simplenote that fixes several problems: fixed auto-opened note not syncing on iPhone and iPod touch fixed iPad not scrolling properly with physical keyboards fixed incorrect list selection after editing a note from search results fixed crash when tapping trash button with no notes fixed corrupted ad displayContinue reading “Maintenance update approved”

We’re really excited about the upcoming release of iPad, and we definitely plan to support it. Having said that, Simplenote for iPad won’t be available immediately. We’re going to spend some time working with the hardware first to make sure everything flows as expected. After we do some more testing in the coming weeks, we’llContinue reading “Simplenote for iPad”

Some users who have been active in the past 12 hours have experienced duplicate notes appearing in their accounts due to a problem we introduced in a backend update. We’ve addressed this problem and it’s now safe to sync again. For the majority of people who encountered this problem, you shouldn’t see very many duplicateContinue reading “Note duplication experienced by some users”

The “Detect Links” feature in Simplenote uses the built-in capability of iPhone OS 3.0 to automatically detect web addresses and other info in your notes, and convert these into tappable links. This feature will be disabled as of the next update. For those of you who rely on link detection, you’ll be able to re-enable it, but it will behave differently. We’d like to take a moment to explain all the details.

Zach Schneirov, who maintains the wonderfully minimal Notational Velocity notes app for Mac OS X, has added full support for Simplenote syncing. You can get Notational Velocity for free or read about how his implementation handles various syncing scenarios to provide a very robust experience. A lot of people have been anticipating this since weContinue reading “Notational Velocity with Simplenote syncing available now”

We’re extremely happy that the latest release of Simplenote as a free app has been very well received. The Unnofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) calls Simplenote “a worthy replacement for Notes.” Meanwhile, Gizmodo lists Simplenote at the top of its list of “Best iPhone Apps” last week alongside Facebook and several other fine apps. And finally,Continue reading “Positive mentions at TUAW, Gizmodo, and Lifehacker”

Today we’re announcing that the full version of Simplenote is available as a free download for iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide. We’re partnering with the great Fusion ad network to make this possible. (If you use the free version of Tweetie for Mac, then you know what Fusion is all about).

We’d like to tell you why we made this decision and what it means to you.

Tweets have been tallied, emails read, and discussion threads unwoven. We received a wide range of entries. Some people chose to review the app, others described specific uses, and still others were downright silly. We loved reading your stories and feedback!

In the spirit of the “why” part of “WhySimplenote” we selected winners who described exactly why they use Simplenote. For fun, we picked some honorable mentions as well. Winners receive a $30 iTunes gift card and a free upgrade to Simplenote Premium. Honorable mentions get a premium upgrade too. Here are the winners: