A few hours ago Apple approved the latest release of Convertbot and our first release of Convertbot Mini. You can read about Converbot 1.1 in some of the previous posts, or better yet go download a copy.
Convertbot Mini is Convertbot’s FREE little brother. Same UI that everyone loves, just fewer units and categories. Did I mention FREE? Anyways, go download a copy now! Even if you already own Convertbot, you can show your support by downloading his little brother and writing a review!
We sent 1.1 out for Apple’s approval yesterday. As usual we have no control as to when/if Apple approves but we’re hoping for early next week. Follow us on twitter for up to the minute info on new releases. Read on for the obvious and not so obvious changes coming with 1.1.
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Here’s a fast update of where we are at with Convertbot and what we are planning over the next few days.
Update (04/09/09) : Version 1.0.1 approved!
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With the surprising success of Weightbot, it was only a matter of time before we would take on the challenge of outdoing ourselves. We knew people were expecting something big from Tapbots the second time around so what’s more impressive on the iPhone platform than a unit converter? Pretty much anything. In name alone, Convertbot is probably the last application people would expect to see from us. But the truth is, converting units, while extremely ordinary, is a very useful utility for many people. And while there are countless feature-rich unit converters for the iPhone, none of them make the task any more enjoyable. So it really was the perfect robot for us to build. I just wanted to spend a little time writing about how Convertbot came to be.
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We’ve been getting a lot of similar emails about Currencies, Units and what else is coming to Convertbot. This post is an attempt to clear some of that up.
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