What’s new:

• Comment editing: tap the new ‘Edit’ button when viewing a comment and you will be taken to a new screen where you can edit the comment information including the name, email, URL, comment text, and status.
• Post Autosave: to better protect your content, the app will now autosave posts you are editing every 60 seconds.
• New Scaled Image Setting: you can now set the width of linked images. Tap ‘Settings’ and then tap the ‘Upload and link to scaled image’ checkbox.

Minor changes:

• Small improvements to the UI, most notably the delete post button has been moved to a less prominent spot to prevent accidental taps.
• Reliability improvements.
• Updated translations.
• New app icon.

WordPress.com:

• New WordPress.com Reader: There’s an all-new reader in the app that makes it easier than ever to follow your favorite blogs on WordPress.com. We’ve added a bunch of great new features including simplified navigation between posts and the ability to comment on articles you like.

Getting WordPress for PlayBook

Make sure you’re running BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 or higher, then simply click here to download the app and get started.

Contributors

Huge thanks to the fine folks who have worked on this release: dolittledk, aerych, isaackeyet, mrroundhill, daniloercoli, and you?

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We’re happy to announce that WordPress for PlayBook is now available for download on the RIM AppWorld.

Access the Dashboard quickly from anywhere

The 7″ screen on the PlayBook makes an excellent home for the all-new Dashboard UI, giving you quick access to everything in your WordPress install. And it’s always just a tap away – access the Dashboard by tapping the button in the top right of the screen to view it.

Write posts and pages in either landscape or portrait orientation using the new and improved post editor. You’ll find everything there that you want in a WordPress app: Edit existing posts/pages, add media, view your stats, moderate comments, and get direct access to the full web-based WordPress Admin (i.e. /wp-admin).

If you have a WordPress.com blog you’ll be able to access the Read feature, which enables you to read up on your favorite blogs and follow new and interesting Topics. Of course, you can also browse Freshly Pressed, showcasing some of the best content on WordPress.com daily.

Getting WordPress for PlayBook

You will need to update the device OS with the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. The new OS is packed with the support for Android applications and allows our app to run on the PlayBook tablet.

All set? Search the AppWorld for “WordPress”, or simply click here to download the app and get started.

Feedback

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Depending on your region or country, you might not see the latest version in the BlackBerry App World just yet, but the update should be available on your device starting now.

Here’s what’s new:

• Added support forBlavatars (“Blog Avatars”).
• Added preview for drafts, scheduled and private posts.
• Introduced the home screen icon for comment notifications.
• Added a visual indicator that shows the post status in the post list screen.
• Added support for Discussion settings (enable/disable comments, pingbacks and Trackbacks).
• Categories are now alphabetically sorted.
• Added the possibility to specify a resize dimension on each image.
• Changed the image resize feature, by adding predefined dimensions loaded from the Blog Media Settings.
• Fixed issues on the Permissions settings screen, it now appears once at first startup.
• Small UI redesign.

WordPress for BlackBerry 1.4.6.1 is a security update that also improves the communication layer within the app. To store your credentials, the app is now using a completely different, strongly encrypted storage model. Due to these changes, we’ve held back on developing new features in this release to make sure the transition to the new storage model is as smooth as possible. While the app should transfer your credentials to the new storage model, you might be forced to re-add your blogs/sites when updating. (Draft posts will not be erased, so once you have re-added a blog the old drafts should become visible again.)

Other changes include:

• You can now select which type of the Media API that should be used for uploading photos and videos.
• Added the Preview for Private Posts/Pages
• Improved the preview screen, which is now using the BlackBerry browser or any browser installed on your device.
• Fix for VideoPress issue when uploading multiple videos #181.
• Fix for app permission issues that could freeze the app if all permissions are not set to Allow #179.
• Fix for postID that are bigger than the XML-RPC specification #180.
• Improved the communication layer.
• Improved the XML-RPC calls.
• Fix for post/page comments setting that allow people to post comments on new articles created using the app #163.
• Other minor changes.

Do you have questions or feedback on how we can make the app better? Please visit the WordPress for BlackBerry forums and tell us your thoughts! Also make sure to a follow @WPBlackBerry on Twitter for the latest news and updates.

Note: Depending on your region or country, you may not see the latest version in BlackBerry App World yet. However, the new release should be available for download on your device starting today.

Depending on your region or country, you may not see the latest version in BlackBerry App World yet. However, the new release should be available for download on your device starting today.

1.4.4 adds the following features:

• Rotate uploaded photos.
• Better integration with BlackBerry Torch 9800.

We also squeezed in some bug fixes, including the media uploading issue on the 9800 Torch device:

• Fixed the media uploading issue on the 9800. It requires AtomPub to be enabled on your blog.
• Fixed an issue that would sometimes occur with long post titles.
• Fixed issues with orphan categories.
• Fixed issues with the blog shortcut icon which would appear too big sometimes.
• Minor bug fixing.

Do you have questions or feedback on how we can make the app better? Please visit the WordPress for BlackBerry forums and tell us your thoughts!

Psst.. Follow us on Twitter for the latest news: @WPBlackBerry.

WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.4.1 has been released to BlackBerry App World.

Depending on your region or country, you might not see the latest version in the BlackBerry App World, but on your device you should now already see the latest version 1.4.1.

It was a bug squashing release, including:

• Fixed empty title issue for those blogs with “Site Title” field set to empty value.
• Fixed an issue on the comments screen that doesn’t permit editing of comments with weird characters within URL or e-mail field.
• Introduced a better integration with the VideoPress service and the WordPress.com Space-Upgrade option.
• Added support for the blog shortcut icon.
• Minor bug fixing.

The app now supports the following languages:
English
Italian
Finnish [Thanks Apuasi]
French [Thanks Yann Nave]
Indonesian [Thanks Kate of Pixel Insert]
German [Thanks Frank Wessel]
Portuguese (Portugal) [Thanks José Fontainhas]
Japanese [Thanks Nao]
Spanish [Thanks danivloven]
Colombian Spanish [Thanks Blanca Mancilla]
Polish [Thanks waclawjacek]

Interested in translating the app ? Visit translate.wordpress.org/projects.

Have questions or feedback that would enhance the app ? Please visit the WordPress for BlackBerry forums.

If you find bugs submit tickets over  blackberry.trac.wordpress.org (please read the How To Report a Bug documentation before submitting).

For developers out there wanting to get involved, you can browse the source code and check out a copy of the app via SVN: http://blackberry.svn.wordpress.org/.

We look forward to your feedback, and definitely want to hear from you if you want to participate in this great project.

The following features have been added in version 1.4:

• Easier sign in process
• Added support for HTTP authentication on password-protected self-hosted blogs
• Improved the app’s ability for bug reporting and feedback
• The file browser now remember the last opened folder

This release contains many bug fixes, including:

• issue when modifying the properties of a picture attached to a post
• startup issue on the splash screen that causing the app freezing
• issue on the Stats view when a post title contains more double quote characters

The app now supports the following languages:
English
Italian
Finnish [Thanks Apuasi]
French [Thanks Yann Nave]
Indonesian [Thanks Kate of Pixel Insert]
German [Thanks Frank Wessel]
Portuguese (Portugal) [Thanks José Fontainhas]
Japanese [Thanks Nao]
Spanish [Thanks danivloven]
Colombian Spanish [Thanks Blanca Mancilla]
Polish [Thanks waclawjacek]

Interested in translating the app ? Visit translate.wordpress.org/projects.

Have questions or feedback that would enhance the app ? Please visit the WordPress for BlackBerry forums.