WordPress for BlackBerry has been officially updated to version 1.3. Existing users should be notified as soon as they application is loaded. Additionally, users can check for the update manually. As of this writing, the new version of WordPress is not live in the BlackBerry App World, but we’re pretty sure it will be soon.
According to Automattic, the company behind the WordPress platform, the new version includes the following features:
- Option to load more comments, not just the latest 100
- Ability to load comments by status (all/spam/pendings)
- You can now edit the comment details (Author Name/E-mail/URL)
- Option to manually set the video-size when using VideoPress service
- A much requested formatting toolbar that allows you to bold text for example
- A new word count feature is shown on the post/page write screen
- You can now submit bug reports and feedback from within the app
- Multiple improvement to how Stats are handled
- Improvements on the photo resizing options and a new jpeg encoder is now being used
WordPress for BlackBerry 1.3 also includes support for new languages such as Korean and Colombian Spanish. The last time the application was updated was back at the end of May, in which several languages were introduced.
