Fast Text

Fast Text 2.2 Released!

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:16:54 -0500

Fast Text 2.2 was just released. It includes:

Fixed the major bug that surfaced when iOS 5.0+ users were attempting to enter a number to send a message to.
Improved performance (Nerds: now uses ARC).

Um, oops. Fast Text 2.1, when run on a device on iOS 5.0+,...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:31:17 -0500

Um, oops.

Fast Text 2.1, when run on a device on iOS 5.0+, shows this awful dialog box. This has been fixed and the fix has been submitted to Apple for testing.

FastText 2.1 is out!

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:35:21 -0500

Apple has just approved version 2.1 for the App Store! It should be available in the next few hours.

Changes:

Removed “Sent by Fast Text” message from e-mails.
Supports all orientations in create/edit message view.
Tweaked the “message sent” animation
General code improvements and cleanup. (Nerds: more prolific use of blocks)

I'm really interested in your app but concerned about the lack of reviews. I also detest iApps. Do you have any in the app?

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:43:48 -0500

If you mean iAds, no, there are no advertisements within Fast Text. Furthermore, in a pending release, the “Sent by Fast Text” message is removed from e-mails sent using Fast Text.

I am considering purchasing Fast Text, but I have one question first. How does fast text send it's messages? Does it send through my phones SMS or does it send through one of those email to SMS conversion services? I don't see this spelled put in the description anywhere, but I might have missed it.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:42:43 -0500

Great question! Fast Text works by asking the iPhone to send messages using either SMS or e-mail, depending on what kind of address (phone number or e-mail) you’re sending to.

2.0 Submitted!

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:21:59 -0500

Fast Text version 2.0 was just submitted! The major updates:

E-mail is now a “first class” message type. When adding favorite recipients, you may now select e-mail addresses as well as phone numbers.
Since e-mail is first class, and the app is now useful on non-phones, iPod Touches and iPads are now supported.¹

Assuming no issues with the review process, the update should hopefully be available early in the new year. If there are problems during review, I’ll note them here.

The full list of changes is below:

E-mail is now a first-class message type; favorite recipients can be mated to e-mails as well as phone numbers.
Thanks to increased e-mail support, iPod Touch and iPad devices are now supported.
Significant VoiceOver (accessibility) improvements
Thumbnail images are now improved, especially for contact images that weren’t originally square.
Message entry now says “SMS Characters Left” since e-mails are now fully supported.
Added version number to main screen.
Fix bug that allowed empty messages to be created which in turn caused other errors.
Fix a bug caused by iOS 4.2 changes that caused the enter phone number dialog box to be rendered incorrectly.
Improved behavior of Edit/Done buttons.
Removed bogus top bar from default app image.

Note that iPad support is in the cheesy iPhone (non-native) view mode. ↩

Fast Text 1.2 Released

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:34:37 -0400

Fast Text 1.2 has been released! In this version, favorite recipients that have only one name, no name, or only a company name are considered valid.

…and will not cause a crash.

Go update now! And get excited for version 2.0, which is already on the horizon…

1.1 Released!

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:48:41 -0400

Fast Text 1.1 has been released. It has the following updates:

NEW! Can now send e-mails from within Fast Text. As an alternative to sending SMSes, you may also send normal e-mails.
iPhone 4 Retina Display updates
Tweaks to the Select Recipients screen
Enlarged and tweaked the Message Sent popup for easier reading

Go download it now!

1.1 Submitted!

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:32:00 -0400

Fast Text 1.1 was just submitted! It has one brand new feature, to be revealed when it is released. However, of more interest to those of you I’m totally jealous of, Fast Text now properly supports iPhone 4’s Retina Display. There was also some small cleanup to the Favorite Recipients screen.

Fast Text 1.1 probably won’t be available until Saturday, July 10, at the earliest.

Fast Text 1.1

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:19:52 -0400

I’m already hard at work on Fast Text 1.1. I’m currently beta testing this version, and hope to submit it to Apple by the end of the long weekend. This version has some general interface cleanup, better iPhone 4 retina display support, and more!

Release Day!

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

I am happy to announce that Fast Text is now available in the iTunes App Store! Fast Text Free will be following very soon, if you’d prefer to try before you buy.

Please check it out!

Also, no rest for the weary—I’m already working on enhancements for version 1.1…

Fingers crossed...

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:17:29 -0400

Now we wait...

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:30:34 -0400

Monday, June 21

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:06:48 -0400

Apple has, at their Worldwide Developer Conference keynote today, announced iOS 4, née iPhone OS 4. It is due for release in two weeks, on Monday, June 21st.

It is my intention to get Fast Text into the app store on or immediately after release day. Fast Text Free should hopefully be released the same time, but if not, extremely shortly thereafter.

More news will be posted here once it’s available.

Coming soon...

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:43:56 -0400

Expect some big news once Apple officially releases iPhone OS 4.0.