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Radar for iPhone and iPod Touch, now available in the App Store
January 27, 2009
John Poisson
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Today we're very very pleased to announce that the Radar app for iPhone and iPod Touch is available for free download in the app store.

We've spent the last two years building the best possible mobile browsing and commenting features for mobile phones of all types, and we've put everything we've learned into this app.

The iPhone is in many ways the ideal platform for Radar: a large, juicy screen, (usually) fast network speeds, and interaction like no other device out there. It's been a joy developing our first iPhone app, and we hope you'll enjoy using it.

As always, our focus is on enabling you to instantly share what you're doing with your friends, and to actively drive conversation--not just occasional comments--around the things you're sharing.

Here's what else you can expect:

Sharing

direct upload of iPhone pictures, either from the camera or from your photo library
complete control over who sees your posts: mark any picture as 'friends only' or 'public', and allow or block individuals or groups on any post
Twitter integration, to instantly share your public pictures as Twitter updates: the easiest way to share pictures on Twitter and enable conversation
video playback
public profiles for sharing your posts with the world and making new friends

Browsing and commenting

MyRadar: an ongoing stream of pictures and videos shared by you and your friends, available from your iPhone and your PC
sorting by latest posts or latest comments, so you can quickly stay on top of what your friends are doing and saying
whispers, for when you want to comment privately
'like' any post and keep track of how many people have viewed and commented on your pictures
real-time text and email alerts to help you stay on top of conversations as they happen
daily content feeds from partners like College Humor, Vimeo, Sodahead, and more are available in the Radar Gallery

Performance

advanced caching, so you can get started quickly when you launch the app
progressive download of content for fast browsing and commenting, even when network speeds are slow

Enjoy, and let us know what you think. We're already hard at work on the next version.

Comments

Opal February 26, 2009

Fantastic - superbombastic!!!!

So proud....:-)

chris March 3, 2009

Have a nice day!

locorooster April 15, 2009

I am waiting patiently for the G1 / Android app. Something basic will suffice, I am willing to be a test guinea pig.

gwen May 10, 2009

i have sidekick

photo

Ricky May 22, 2009

I love radar and would really like it even better if you would do a G1 app.

loyed May 23, 2009

very nice

fugu May 23, 2009

G1 support is definitely in our near-term roadmap. Stay tuned!