Big update released with TextExpander support

With this update, Simplenote is even faster and cleaner. We also hand-picked some new features for your note-taking pleasure. Here's a list of what's new:

• new web app design created by Mighty Dream
• notes can have web, phone, and email links
• notes can be sorted in different ways
• supports TextExpander touch snippet expansion
• toggle for disabling web syncing
• option to lock orientation
• option to change number of preview lines
• option to show modify date in note list
• in-app emailing
• new options screens
• even faster startup time
• auto sync when the app closes
• improved search bar look and feel
• faster searching with lots of notes
• restore position in auto-opened note
• respect international time formats
• fixed "+" button not appearing
• fixed rare text overwrite
• subtle aesthetic improvements
• premium features

Also, to celebrate our integration with TextExpander, they have discounted it to $1.99 for a limited time! TextExpander is a great way to quickly enter frequently used text into your notes.

An overview of Simplenote Premium

The upcoming version of Simplenote allows you to buy a premium subscription at a competitive price. If you use Simplenote in your daily life, a premium subscription will give you additional power, reliability, and flexibility.

Our goal with the subscription is to add significant value to your experience. Of course, buying a subscription will also help us pay for our costs, and support future development.

It's easy to subscribe: when the next update is released, simply visit the Options page on your iPhone or iPod touch and tap Premium Features. Wait for the price to show up, press the button, and one year of premium features will be yours. The cost will be $10 per year (US).

Premium features will initially include the following:

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Simplenote goes international

 The somewhat delayed but still forthcoming update for Simplenote has been fully translated to French, German, Dutch, and Spanish, and partly translated to Italian. A huge thanks to the wonderful people who helped us! They put a lot of work into this, and we couldn't have done it without them: 

• Alexandre Testu (French)
• Bernd Folberth (German)
• Michiel Houtman (Dutch)
• Arturo Martín (Spanish)
• Emanuel Carnevale (Italian)
• Davide 'Folletto' Casali (Italian)

Due to some App Store strangeness, there are translated versions of Simplenote's description already available in iTunes. But the fully translated versions of Simplenote won't be available until the update is released.

It's a lot of work to create and maintain these translations, but we'll be considering adding more of them in the future so we can cover an even wider range of territories.

Rejection hurts

Simplenote comrades, our big update has been rejected. After the stinging news, our self esteem dropped, we questioned our self worth, and wandered dark alleys in a drunken stupor. But somehow we are picking up the pieces and soldiering on.

The rejection explanation was short:

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Our new web app and an exciting partnership

We just flipped the switch on a shiny new Simplenote web app design made by Eric Grossnickle over at Mighty Dream! Eric is the creator of the popular Simplenote Restyled theme. Using Restyled as a starting point, he put together a new design that is just as simple as our old one, but far more elegant. He does great work. Thanks Eric! Here's a screenshot:

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