[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JIMWICh:
Hi everyone - Jim from SeeqPod here. It was I and my longtime friend and colleague Steve that designed and engineered the SeeqPod Mobile app.

Our site and service was down while our enormous database underwent maintenance and was back online on Saturday, January 17. Sorry about that.

There have also been three new releases with some significant upgrades and improvements to the SeeqPod Mobile for Windows Mobile application since the initial version was first released in late December. Thanks to forums like xda-developers, we've gotten a lot of important and helpful feedback, so huge props to you all!

We've released version 1.3, which also allows new users to download the app and use it free for 7 days. It became clear that it was a lot easier to just get it into peoples' hands to try it out than to try to explain all the things it does and enables.

Some users that had version 1.0 had registration problems that were fixed in version 1.1. And our new version 1.3 provides a way for users that do hard resets of their phones to easily re-authenticate the app by simply launching it and re-entering their registration email address. The reason we have the authentication process in place is that in preparation for some impressive capabilities down the road, we've built a purchase transaction capability into our app and infrastructure and every copy of the application needs to be secure and authenticated to registered users.

Here's the SeeqPod Mobile revision history so far...

SeeqPod Mobile Revision History

Version 1.3 (January 20, 2008)

* Improved memory footprint by reducing memory usage

* Introduced 7 day free trial version

* When on New Search dialog, if the phone's built-in soft-keyboard (display keyboard) is brought up, it's automatically removed if the user clicks the Return Key and after search is completed

* Added a "remove item from playlist" option on the Current Playlist screen when clicking any AudioPod item

* Playlists are automatically saved after any add or delete operation

Version 1.2 (January 9, 2009)

* Modify connection mechanism for internet connection to improve performance

* Fixed a bug causing some AudioPods to display incorrect artist and album information

* Fixed a bug causing the Cancel button on the About page to close the application

* Clicking anywhere on the mini-player at the bottom of the list screens goes to the Player screen

* Now allow users to search for All Result Types together or just AudioPods, PodLists, or TextPods separately

* Now launches properly on wide VGA phones (Display size: 800 pixels x 480 pixels) such as the HTC touch HD

* When audio is playing, phone will not enter into power saving mode

Version 1.1 (December 28, 2008)

* Application now digitally signed with a trust certificate

* Support for automatic version update notifications

* Added gesture support (directional swipes) for quicker navigation (for touchscreen phones)

* Memory optimizations

* Fragile glass installed on the Player. If you touch it, it might crack! :^)

Version 1.0 (December 19, 2008)

* Initial Public Release

So you can see that we're aggressively working to improve the app and make it better for users. I'm running it mostly on an HTC Touch Pro (via AT&T), and have been using it at parties with a video-out adapter to large flatscreen HDTVs. We've discovered that HTC has these adapaters on backorder (perhaps they didn't anticipate something like our app!), so we located a guy in Texas that makes them. Somehow we've got to get HTC to replenish their inventory, as it's pretty cool to have the app displayed large and let people come up and add audio tracks to the playlist like a jukebox.

The SeeqPod Mobile Team is always happy to hear from you. Let us know how you're using SeeqPod Mobile and be sure to tell your friends! We're also looking for reviews and videos showing SeeqPod Mobile in action and will be linking our favorites on our site, so send us your links!