Supporting the new iPhone 5 screen

Turns out supporting the new screen size was a no brainer, actually the only thing to be done was to include a new launch image (Default-568@2x.png) and if you're app makes good use of the auto-layour feature introduced from iOS 5.x then you're all set, your app will fill all the screen instead of performing the nasty letterboxing we saw during the iPhone 5 keynote.
So after adding support for the new screen I realized that the AdMob library did not support the new processor (armv7s) which prompted me to release without optimized processor support, no big deal considering Push Me Mail is not a game or visually intensive app.
Just submitted version 1.0.6 to the app store so I expect to have it released by the end of next week.

PushMeMail 1.0.5 released a week ago!!!

Finally PushMeMail 1.0.5 was released, mostly a bugfix release and base code to enable future software features.
Work on 1.0.6 has already started and it may only sport compatibility for the newly released iPhone 5, no word on when will it be released as it will depend on the Apple review process.
Get it while it is still hot as 1.0.6 might be around the corner!!!

Foreign language encoding/decoding

Been having issues lately with asian character decoding, at first I though things were working fine but sadly it looked like my tests were not that good.
A few weeks ago I received a bad comment on the app store from a Japanese customer, he complained that the app was not well suited for their language, as soon as I read that I started testing but nothing came out wrong so I just forgot about the comment. A few days later somebody opened a ticket in my support site complaining that sometimes the text was coming up really messed up in the app...
Long story short...
I found the bug and so far it looks like its fixed :-)

Push Me Mail 1.0.3 is live in the App Store !

Last night Push Me Mail 1.0.3 went live in the iTunes App Store, go get it! is still fresh.
This version has a lot of bug fixes and stability improvements that we were not able to add in 1.0.2, among them is that we got rid of an annoying crash that happened as soon as the app resumed from the background state.
But to us one of the features you will love the most has to be the capacity of displaying better e-mail previews, now in the Messages view you'll be able to read more of the message as before, just tap over any message and be amazed!
Also I added a few links to the app's support and main websites.
Sadly some features we wanted to include in this version didn't make it, but trust me, lots of good things are coming!

1.0.3 finally submitted

We submitted 1.0.3 finally a few days ago and are awaiting for Apple to review it in their regular review process, don't wanna talk about the new surprise feature but I must confess that I'm biting my tongue really hard to not reveal it!!!
Anyway in the coming days we'll be working a little bit updating Push Me Mail website, this time not only screenshots will be shown but also videos with complete manuals on how to do must common workflows in the app.
1.0.3 is a stepping stone to some features that had been planned since day 0 and are not available (until today) in any app we know of so this might be a game changer to some people who have really been waiting for such features from a long time.

Almost there but not yet...

Still need some feedback from my beta testers as well as to solve some minor cosmetic issues which I don't like.
Also there is a pending website update for version 1.0.3, this time we will be including videos on how to perform basic tasks with the application and so on.
Today's actually been a very busy day, right now is like 00:10 of the morning and I'm still awake going through my pending tasks before the app freeze, I really hope I can release this before friday but only time and proper feedback from my beta testers will tell.

By the way, remember to download Push Me Mail today!!!

A release is almost imminent

Been adding some finishing touches to version 1.0.3 and basically discarding some things that might not be ready in time, need to check some usability bits a perform a series of testing before submitting the app for review.
I'm very excited about this new release of Push Me Mail since it fixes lots of present issues and marks the spot for new features that had already being planned in advanced, things nobody would expect to have in this app but that everybody needs.
Really looking forward to deliver the new version to everyone!