iPhone Updates: Prologue and Mdot
If you’re an iPhone user — and I expect there will be a few more of you on July 11th — these latest updates are for you.
First we’ve updated our mobile interface, which you can reach at m.wordpress.com, to be much more iPhone friendly. It’s still not sexy, but it’s quite snappy and is great for checking your stats, posting an entry, or posting a bookmark on the go.
Second we’ve updated the Prologue theme to be much friendlier to iPhones both for browsing and posting. We now have about half a dozen Prologues that we use internally at Automattic to coordinate our development, support, and even communication with contractors, so I’ve been testing this out pretty heavily over the last few days and it’s quite handy.
I think the iPhone is a pretty exciting new platform, and I think we’ll do more to embrace it in the future. Having such a powerful browser available on the phone really opens up what you can do. I recently picked up a N95 because I’ve heard people compare it favorably to the iPhone, but the web experience is terrible! Once you get used to that touchscreen, it’s hard to go back.
Here are two snapshots of the features in action:

Email Newsletter

July 4th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Can’t keep up with these improvements, Matt. Take a day off to enjoy the Holiday!
July 4th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
this is a great new to me because I post
from an iPod touch and sometimes is very hard to write
July 4th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Nice updates.
A WordPress iTouch app would be terrific.
July 4th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
damn, that looks sweet!
July 4th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Nice! Hopefully we can expect a WordPress Native iPhone application when the iPhone Firmware 2.0 comes out… :cough cough:
July 4th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
First we had the internets on computers, now we have the internets on phones.
I can’t wait till we have the internets on toasters and microwaves!
Love and kisses from a non-iphone user hehehehe
The scientifically impossible I do right away
The spiritually miraculous takes a bit longer
July 4th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Cool. I don’t have an iPhone, but that mobile phone WordPress gadget will come in handy.
July 4th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Even though it’s still basic, the general m.wordpress.com interface looks great — was just using my iPhone a lot on my recent vacation for posting things on the fly and while I was able to manage nicely this looks much more nicely designed for that kind of work. Just updated the appropriate page on my phone to reflect it!
July 4th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
When will it be launched?
July 4th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Sorry, my misstake, it has already been launched, saw that now. One feature that would be great is the possebility to edit the posts you make. This would be great and for the record, I love WordPress!
July 4th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Sounds fantastic! WordPress just gets better and better!
July 4th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Awesome. Here’s hoping you can get an app on the App Store when or after it launches! As simple as what the new mobile page is maybe coupled with offline posting (for those of us stuck with an iPod touch)… that’d be perfect!
July 4th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Like it a lot.
Make one for the App Store and have it compatible with online and offline usage for multiple blogs. Keep up the fantastic work!
July 4th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
And on a non-iPhone related comment, Matt – the themes library for WordPress.com needs more environmentally-focused themes. I’m just saying
July 4th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
That’s cool though I’m a kid with no cell phone it’s still cool!
RED OUT
July 4th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
Hope it also looks good on the Insight. I’ll try it out later today.
July 4th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
can’t wait!
July 4th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
woohoo!!
July 4th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Cool!!!
July 4th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
This is very cool! Going to grab my iTouch and I’ll try this out!
July 4th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
i still having no iphone !
July 4th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
thanks just this little size tweak is really good!
here’s hoping someday the iphone will get a clipboard and actually be useful for blogging.
July 5th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Doesn’t google Android also use WebKit ? So this means even future android phones will be able to enjoy the fruits of the hard work.
July 5th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Is that also called ‘mobile’ blogging?
July 5th, 2008 at 2:22 am
How about a developed application for the iPhone using the SDK, released (for free) through the AppStore? Has this been looked into?
July 5th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Great usage for Prologue.
July 5th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Now, waiting for 11th July
July 5th, 2008 at 5:15 am
The iPhone can also display VR panoramas, but I’d rather use it as a modem and connect to it via bluetooth from a UMPC with a higher resolution display.
July 5th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Cool!
But it would be cooler (and useful) if I had an iPhone!
Any chance that WP will provide its users with iPhones?
July 5th, 2008 at 6:51 am
thanks for this update. i hope my iphone works better after this.
July 5th, 2008 at 8:04 am
This iPhone update looks awesome to me. As a new iTouch user, and likley devotee of the iPhone any time soon now, this is just what I need. Thanks very much!! Bonza!
July 5th, 2008 at 10:13 am
That looks good, but m.wordpress.com still completely confuses my (admittedly crappy) Nokia S40 browser… It constantly re-requests login info… m.facebook.com seems to work fine on the other hand…
July 5th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Niiiiice!
Thanks!
July 5th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Been pretty happy even with a click pointer in my Nokia E61i but can’t wait to get my hands on an iPhone if its as the fun experience you say. Of course i trust you but still waiting for iPhone in Asia. Hurry up Apple.
July 5th, 2008 at 11:49 am
That’s really sweet. ^^
July 5th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
This is awesome! I am tapping out this comment on my iPod Touch.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
WOWs!
July 5th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
good
July 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
WOW!
That’s so cool!!!
July 5th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Thanks for this update! It is deffinately an improvement and a start in the right direction! I love what you guys are doing keep up the amazing work!
July 5th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Good news
July 5th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
that’s a greeeeeaaaaaat news !
thanks
July 5th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
This is great!
July 5th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Wierd… the first (well, second) name on that first snapshot is my name… Barry.
July 5th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
cool that is awesome
July 6th, 2008 at 12:31 am
I like it! Hopefully come the 11th July I’ll be among the masses getting to try out these features
July 6th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Well, I am among those who will join the iPhone fold come July 11. I’m moving from Verizon (and a BlackBerry Pearl) to AT&T. I love seeing all the iPhone-specific mobile sites and applications coming to the platform. It’s going to be huge.
July 6th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Cool!
July 6th, 2008 at 3:10 am
wow so cool.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:49 am
great, just get me a iPhone to use all these features
July 6th, 2008 at 6:13 am
I really doubt you people are reading our minds somehow through WP maybe
. Offcourse many of us are waiting for new iPhone to be released. Hope to see WordPress on my own iPhone soon. Let these new innovations coming in.. great work guys.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:15 am
thats cool.
but om still waiting for a separate app for iPhone to use wordpress.com
July 6th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Excellent. Once again WordPress comes up trumps! (And Greetings from the UK…Wimbleton has us on the edge of our seats!)
July 6th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Thanks guys. Big iPhone user. This will come in handy.
July 7th, 2008 at 8:26 am
good job for again more excited again
July 7th, 2008 at 11:19 am
heck, the interface looks good enough to me!
July 7th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Cool………….! Yeah just cool.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I really miss it, caz I dont have an iPhone.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Huge thanks from me!
Ive been using my Iphone to write some of my stories and then emailing them to myself to post, so this will make it easier!
Thanks again!
July 8th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Cheers guys. We’re going to be first in the world got get the new iPhone (at painful price plans), but will be looking at using this straight away. Thanks a lot, as said before, it’s almost impossible to keep up with you guys.
July 8th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Sweet!
WP keeps getting better…
July 8th, 2008 at 3:35 am
great. another reason to want the iphone! =)
cap
July 8th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
java application for wordpress please, thanks before
July 8th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
I hope this portends upgrades to the “regular” mobile interface as well.
July 8th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
nice
July 8th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Nicely implemented. I was wondering why it was so difficult to post from the iPhone before. I just tried this one out and it went through wonderfully.
Great work.
July 8th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Wow, that’s great! I can’t wait to access my blog on my iPhone.
Dan Durazo
July 8th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Got an N95? Try Opera Mini. That might improve your experience with what is easily the best non-touchscreen phone available.
July 9th, 2008 at 2:30 am
cool… I,m waiting it
July 9th, 2008 at 6:34 am
This is a great news thanks, I’m Excited about the New iPhone coming soon to Indian Market this will definitely help all of us..
July 9th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
cool!!
July 10th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
maybe you’ll add a surprise in the appstore ?
July 10th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
yaa! Good
July 11th, 2008 at 3:38 am
hey good new news !!! great////
but is this supports utf8 (unicode)???
July 11th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
When will it be possible to post pictures from the iPhone? Or from another phone with a camera?
It would be great if it was possible to send an MMS from your mobile phone to your blog. That is possible with Blogger but not with wordpress…
July 11th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
thanx for keepin up and makin this all fun n ez! hoping, besides posts, it’ll also be easy (possible?) to update pages. I do a daily surf report but it has its own page…. aloha!
July 12th, 2008 at 1:08 am
Tried it out today. It works great with the Samsung Insight (on Sprint). So, great phone, great network, great site, all working together. That’s grrrrrrrrreat!
July 12th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I’m glad that wordpress.com is keeping up with the trends, but there are so many more of us who don’t have and won’t have iPhones in the near future; I hope the regular m.wordpress.com interface continues to be developed. i <3 wp.com
July 13th, 2008 at 7:30 am
tanx
July 13th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
good job!
July 14th, 2008 at 1:24 am
This has helped me a lot I blog everyday with my iPhone.
July 14th, 2008 at 1:48 am
Damn! I need to get an Iphone, too bad the service is with At&t. They act like your bothering them whenver you ask them a question about the iphone. Damn!
July 14th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
thats nice..
July 14th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Wonderful, Thats great !!!
July 14th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Awesome!
July 15th, 2008 at 8:18 am
nice work;)
July 15th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Thanks! This looks good on my iPhone! And even on my Blackberry!