Trying out the new @Posterous iPhone app
There wasn't one, and I soon realized that the iPhone essentially ships with all it needs for posting to Posterous: Mail. I was satisfied, stopped thinking about it, and blogged from my phone via email, just like Posterous' creators intended.
Yesterday, however, Posterous launched an official iPhone app. And it is with said app I write this post right now.
It's decent. The UI seems good and it offers a couple of features you can't get when posting via email (or at least not easily), such as the ability to toggle geotagging or autopost, the ability to view or delete previous posts, and the ability to create a new blog.
That said, it's lacking some features that posting from email allows, such as embedding attached files other than photos or video (such as audio recordings from the iPhone's default voice recorder app), the ability to save drafts (can't seem to find it here), and the biggest one for me: horizontal keyboard. I type almost everything on the horizontal keyboard when I can, and to be honest, my hands are feeling pretty cramped as I finish this post.
Overall, the app's not bad. Since I'm managing three Posterous blogs at the moment, I can see myself using quite a bit. That said, when it comes to posting, I think I'll follow Posterous' original intention and stick to Mail.
