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Introducing Posterous for the iPhone

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I'm not very partial to all these single-use apps. Did we build the web and all these great, standards-compliant web browsers so we can have an app for each platform for each site we want to visit? I understand that browsers can't do everything native apps can, but wouldn't it be easier to extend the browsers to do these few things than have each company reinvent the wheel?

Good question. The original iPhone was web-only for a year and developers clamored for access to native development. There is a long way to go until browsers plus the web development stack can provide the same experience as native code, and until then "apps" are here to stay.

Personally, I'm excited about it. People are making great applications for mobile devices that are not really possible in a web-only environment. Having to re-write them for different platform/device combinations is the price we pay for being able to build things that were not possible three years ago.

What makes this so different from the mess of incompatible platforms twenty years ago is that today we have the web as a common denominator. As long as you can convert your data into html, you can share it with anyone regardless of what type of device they have. The whole "well, we are not both running Word on windows 95 on pc's with floppy drives, so we can't possibly collaborate" problem is essentially gone.

Posterous has made a better mobile interface here than they could have on the web, but their web offering still exists. Anyone on any browser (or with an email account) can post to posterous, but if you have an iPhone, it is better.

I don't get it as much for iPhone, but I like the iPad's concept of distraction-free single-purpose focus apps.

It punishes procrastination/"zapping" more. This doesn't apply as much to consumption compared to production, unless you're reading articles or books.

I'm the developer behind the app. Feedback from HN community is greatly appreciated.

Posterous introduced this with the blog post and two kinds of communications materials. Hope it helps!

Use Case - Developer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX-zLP4F020

Video Tour - Founder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S-L_8K_zNc

The ideal solution would be an improved email application that allowed multiple file attachments, better layout, etc. In lieu of that posterous is doing the right thing. Bringing an improved user experience to it's iphone users.

I've installed it and will use it if my post is complex enough. Still, it's unfortunate that the root cause can't be fixed - improved email creation on the iphone.

Hyperlinking text and being able to read your subscriptions in an RSS-like reader fashion would make this the perfect mobile Posterous app!

Just used it. Got good feedback from blog readers on how the app post compared to a web post.

Only problem is that I can't see a way of hyperlinking text?

The app looks nice, but it is kind of strange to see an iPhone app come from the company whose big selling point is allowing you to post by email.

I just installed it... it makes me use Posterous from now on. Dead simple killing app!

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