WordPress For Android Updated To Version 2.0, Is Available By Way Of The Android Market [WordPress 2.0 For Android Now Available; Brings New Features To Include Tablet Support, New Post Editor, New UI & More]

Posted on TFTS by Robert Nelson on Tuesday, 20. December 2011 under: Computers & Computing, Internet Highlights, Mobile/Cell Phones, Net Resources, PCs, Notebooks, Netbooks & Tablets

Those using the WordPress app on an Android device may want to fire up the Android Market and download the latest version. Yup, WordPress for Android has been updated and the most recent version has recently come available and it has brought some new features along with.

That being said, WordPress for Android has been updated to version 2.0. In terms of the app itself, it remains available for free, measures in as a 1.4M file download and will run on Android 2.1 or later. In terms of using the app, WordPress for Android brings support for those using a WordPress.com account as well as those using a self-hosted WordPress blog. Though, touching on the self-hosted blogs, those must be WordPress 3.0 or higher to be compatible with the Android app.

As for what is new with WordPress 2.0 for Android, those goodies include the following;

Use the Dashboard and Quick Action Bar to get one-tap access to everything you want to do with your blog.
All new post editor including a rich text formatting bar and enhanced media features.
Full support for Android Tablets.
Post Format support.
Stats chart improvements.
Background post uploading.
WordPress.com Read feature improvements.
Post Status is now displayed in post list.
Reliability improvements.

Otherwise, the folks over at WordPress also made mention that this new tablet support includes the “newer” 7 inch tablets. And yes, that includes the Kindle Fire, of which it was noted that the app would “soon” be available by way of the Amazon Appstore. All said and done, it looks like WordPress 2.0 has delivered in the way that you would expect from a major release. In other words, WordPress 2.0 for Android seems to have shifted into something rather nice. And taking that and combining it with a device such as the Transformer Prime (a 10-inch display and a hardware keyboard) and you could have a serious and highly portable writing work station.

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