Seesmic Desktop 2 and Seesmic for iPhone updated

Seesmic has launched latest update for its flagship product Seesmic Desktop 2 and announce the latest release of Seesmic for iPhone for iOS4.

Seesmic for iPhone

Seesmic has the latest update of popular Seesmic for iPhone application. Here are a few highlights of the new Seesmic for iPhone application

• Retina Display Compatible for iOS 4
• Creating and adding users to Twitter lists
• In-Reply-To-Conversation and Direct Messages in Threads
• Checking your private Facebook Messages
• Pull-down to Refresh
• Instapaper & Read it Later integration in the app

Retina Display Compatible for iOS 4

Seesmic for iPhone now takes advantage of the Retina Displayfor newer iPhone and iPod Touch devices  for a visually improved interface. We also take advantage of Multi-Tasking with Fast App Switching.

Pull-down to refresh and infinite scrolling in timelines

A simple pull-down of the timeline, will load new content. Seesmic has also added infinite scrolling to load additional updates seamlessly when you arrive at the bottom of a timeline.

Creating and adding your friends in your Twitter Lists

Seesmic now provide users with the ability to manage and create Twitter Lists. Just visit your profile, choose Lists and hit the plus sign to create a new list.  You then can add your friends to your Twitter lists directly from the app by visiting the user’s profile, and press the “Add to List” button to add your Twitter friend to the designated list.

Replies and Direct Messages in Conversation Threads

If you spend a lot of time with Replies and Direct Messages, Seesmic has organized it to provide you the ability to view your replies and private direct message in a threaded conversation view.

Facebook updates: View private messages, Pages, Friends List and Profile

Seesmic has also made some updates to manage your Facebook social stream. The Newsfeed has been updated for easier viewing, and you’ll be able to now read your private messages inbox. You can now also take advantage of being able to view the list of your friends, as well as see their profile.

Instapaper and Read Later

Seesmic has added support for Instapaper and Read it Later to Seesmic for iPhone. You can now save articles to “Read it Later” and Instapaper. Simply go to Settings > External Services, add your credentials for the services you want to use.

As Seesmic for iPhone continues to be a free app, Seesmic has announced that they are experimenting with our monetization efforts with the use of iAd only in the US Market and will appear intermittently.

Here is the full changelog:

• General Seesmic for iPhone updates
  • Retina display compatible
  • Compatible with iOS 4 and support of “Fast app switching”
  • Pull-down to refresh and infinite scrolling in timelines
  • Ability to send URLs you visit to Instapaper and Read It Later
  • Many bug fixes and performance improvements

• New features specific to the Twitter space:
  • Direct Messages are now organized by threads, and creating a new Direct Message is now much simpler with user selection
  • You can now create new Lists, and add people to Lists
  • Verified Accounts now have a “Verified” icon on their Profile
  • You can filter the Retweets timeline by type of Retweet
  • Tapping the “in reply to…” in a Tweet now display the full public conversation, not just the last reply

• New features specific to the Facebook space:
  • The Newsfeed is now displayed much better, and will be much faster to browse
  • You can now read (only) your private messages inbox
  • Your list of Friends, Pages is now displayed and you can also see the profile of your friends

Updates to Seesmic Desktop 2

Seesmic also provided an update for Seesmic Desktop 2! Version 1.0.1.1320 mostly has fixes and improvements for the Twitter and LinkedIn plugins but you can review our complete changelog here to find out what else we have tweaked. Here are some of the main fixes/updates:

• LinkedIn timelines – The issue blank timelines for the LinkedIn accounts has been addressed and should now be resolved.
• Twitter fixes – Fixed issues regarding Search and sending DMs. Also, when you block a user, their messages are now removed in Seesmic Desktop 2. You can also un-favor a tweet successfully. And usernames for auto-complete have been updated and are now sorted alphabetically
• Google Buzz update – Items are now added correctly to aggregated timelines
• Sound notifications – Desktop notifications now should play a sound to alert users of incoming messages. Can also disable this is settings.
• Horizontal Scroll Bar – Issues with the horizontal scroll bar for the columns area should be resolved and working smoothly.
• Many more bug fixes and improvements!

So the next time you launch Seesmic Desktop 2 you should receive a prompt from Seesmic, letting you know that an updated version is available. Once Seesmic Desktop 2 has updated successfully you are good to go!

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