Android, Desktop, Japanese search and our strategy going forward

It’s an exciting time for us here at Nozbe.

We’ve shifted our strategy a lot these past few months to make sure we can deliver you the best features and best user experience in the months to come. Our forums are pretty busy with questions so let’s address some of the most burning issues right here:

1. Our mobile strategy

Our newest version of Android client is not yet perfect but it’s getting there. We’re fully comitted to the platform and we’ll be rolling out fixes and improvements over the summer to make sure you get the best experience ever. We’ll soon introduce localized versions of our client (Japanese, Spanish, German, Polish, Dutch and French).

Mobile web is coming. Our old iNozbe site is getting a significant facelift and will be greatly improved with new features, layout and offline mode. It will be a fantastic alternative to our native clients to help you get even more done on the go.

Blackberry and Windows Phone users – there is not going to be a native version of Nozbe on these platforms until we see more traction there. The good news is that the new mobile web version will work very well on these phones.

2. Our desktop strategy

I’m actually about to board my plane to Tokyo, Japan right now to show off the initial version of our Desktop client. World premiere will take place in an event held in Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo. This is the direction we’re heading – to make you switch from the web client to a native application.

It will feature not only a beautiful, clean design but will be awesomely fast and of course… will work offline and sync seamlessly with Nozbe.com. Our desktop app will work on both PC and Mac :-)

3. Our web strategy

Meanwhile as we’ll be testing our desktop app, our web app will also receive some love. Nozbe.com will receive a long-deserved face-lift featuring lighter design and color themes.

We’ll be fixing bugs and introducing more features (we just introduced search in Japanse!).

Due to an imminent desktop client we belive it’s time to discontinue Nozbe.com offline mode as well as the backup and restore function – it’s something we stopped developing as you’ll have your Nozbe.com data on your computer at all times in the native app.

Other new most requested features like new Project Templates and advanced printing will also be introduced to the Desktop app first.

We are very excited about the future!

Nozbe.com is heading towards the same direction as our good partners Evernote and Dropbox with native apps that sync in a cloud and a very robust web client. Thanks to the Mac Appstore and the direction where Mac OSX Lion is heading, the native apps are back again and with the power of the cloud and seamless sync will enable you to get more done and boost your productivity even more!

Thanks so much for being a great Nozbe user – it’s your support and encouragement that motivates us to move forward and improve your favorite productivity app. We love our job and we wouldn’t want to change it for anything!

July will be a very exciting month for all of us. Stay tuned.

Yours,

- Michael “Nozbe” Sliwinski,
Founder and Chief Productivity Officer, Nozbe.com

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