Hi Syncode users:
We know you haven’t heard from us in a while, so we wanted to let you know that we’ve been busy little elves working on the Syncode apps’ underpinnings. You won’t notice these changes, since they involve the server and other technical things, but once we’re done with that work, we’re going to turn our attention to changes that you will notice. Stay tuned for further updates.
Thanks for your support.
Application developer Syncode has today released Synotes Slate [App Store], one of the first applications for Apple’s brand new device, the iPad. Synotes is a notes and task management system that syncs your information across Apple devices and into the cloud.
Synotes is available as a web, iPhone or iPod touch application. The web app can be accessed on any web browser.
Synotes Slate boosts all the features from the original Synotes Mobile application for iPhone & iPod touch including synced notes, searchable notes, icon assignment and filtering, offline editing, previous versions history, smart sync and more.
Synotes combines both simplistic features such as note editing, adding and deleting with advanced features such as notes sync to the iPhone, iPod touch and web and the unique ability to assign each note an icon, a visual tag of each note that allows you to organise and filter notes by their icons.
“The entire Syncode team has found it very exciting to expand the Synotes platform onto the iPad, we belive that the form of the iPad is a perfect fit for Synotes.” said co-founder Matthew Lesh.
Synotes Slate provides users with a brand new iPad focused design and user interface.
“Designing for the iPad has been a rewarding experience. The expanded screen real-estate provides us with many new opportunities that we believe has lead to a premier iPad application for our users.” said co-founder and Syncode designer, Tom Ricciardiello.
Synotes Slate is available from today on Apple’s App Store.
ENDS
Background
Syncode is an Australian startup that pushes the boundaries of iPhone development. Started by three high-school students, Syncode has already released iTweetReply, one of the first Push notification providers for popular micro-blogging site Twitter, Syncopy, which takes your clipboard into the cloud and Synotes, the notes system that syncs into the cloud.
Syncode is determined to stand strong as a leading young voice in Australian software development, with plenty of innovative and professional products planned for 2010 and beyond.
PR Contact:
Matthew Lesh
pr@syncode.com.au
(Update: Synotes Slate is now available on the App Store)
Over the past months, the entire Syncode team has been busy re-developing Synotes for Apple’s brand new platform, the iPad. We have now submitted version 1.0 to Apple for approval.
Synotes for iPad is a whole new application and will be known in the App Store as “Synotes Slate”. Alongside this name the iPhone & iPod touch version of Synotes will soon be known as “Synotes Mobile”.
Synotes for iPad brings all the sophisticated features from Synotes for iPhone & iPod touch to the iPad. The iPad provides a fantastic note taking device surface that we felt was perfect for Synotes. Below are some screenshots from the new application:
We believe it is important to note why we made the decisions we have. We came to the decision to do a few controversial things, and here is our justification.
Brand new application
We felt, as many other developers have expressed, that a universal application was not for us. The new platform brings many new opportunities, and to fully utilize them with a changed user interface we have decided against a universal binary. It is important to note that the application has been written from scratch for the new platform. This means a better user experience for everyone involved.
UI choices
The biggest difference between designing for the iPad compared to the iPhone is the capacious screen we had to work with. Before even thinking about how Synotes Slate would be designed, we carefully studied and analysed Apple’s standard iPad applications and their design in both function and form. Like many iPad apps, Synotes Slate uses universal iPad UI elements such as a UISplitView and Pop-Over menus to both increase productivity and provide a continuous experience between multiple applications.
Day one release
Despite having no testing devices, we have come to the decision to submit what for the iPad. The reason is simple: we want to be around from day one, and we do not want our users being stuck with a double pixel application. Simply put, we feel this is the best possible way to bring the application to our customers, and we look forward to releasing updates to fix any issues that may arise.
In the last few weeks, we’ve been working hard to upgrade Synotes – we’ve taken a lot of your suggestions, feedback and feature requests and integrated them into Synotes, to make it the number one cloud note app for your iPhone, iPod Touch and web browser.
So today, we’re proud to announce that Synotes 1.1 for iPhone and iPod Touch and the web is being released – a free upgrade for all current Synotes users. Significant new features include:
(you can generate your custom email and feed address from within the settings of the new web ui)
These features will be enabled on the web interface once the app has been approved for the iTunes App Store.
For now we encourage you to follow us on Twitter, learn more about Synotes, check out the web inferface or head to the App Store and pick up your own copy of Synotes – Notes for the best of us.
Update: Synotes 1.1 has now been accepted into the app store.
Application developer Syncode has released Synotes [App Store], a notes and task management system that syncs your information across Apple devices and into the cloud.
Synotes is available as a web, iPhone or iPod touch application. The web app can be accessed on any web browser.
Synotes’ interfaces make it easy to access both basic and advanced features, such as search and offline editing.
Offline editing enables users who don’t have an active internet connection on their iPhone or iPod touch to continue adding, editing, deleting and rearranging notes.
Search functionality is built into the iPhone and iPod touch application to filter results as you type in phrases. This enables you to quickly find the Synote you are searching for.
“Synotes is the first Syncode application to use our new Smart Sync technology, which only syncs what you need it to when you need it to. It’s all about being more efficient and invisible to the user,” said co-founder Matthew Lesh.
Syncode has released an open REST API for developers to create applications on the Synotes platform. “We hope we see some exciting applications being available to our users in the coming days, weeks and months” said co-founder Matthew Lesh.
ENDS
Background
Syncode is an Australian startup that pushes the boundaries of iPhone development. Started by three high-school students, Syncode has already released iTweetReply, one of the first Push notification providers for popular micro-blogging site Twitter, and Syncopy, which takes your clipboard into the cloud.
Syncode is determined to stand strong as a leading young voice in Australian software development, with plenty of innovative and professional products planned for 2010 and beyond.
PR Contact:
Matthew Lesh
pr@syncode.com.au
