Posterous Embraces Android (But Only Upon Select Phones?)
Fans of Google’s green robot can now rejoice as the long awaited official Posterous Android app is now live upon Android Market.
Posterous for Android makes posting and sharing your life as simple as a few taps. Now you can send in photos, a video or a couple of paragraphs directly from your Android device. […]
Android 1.0 is a big step for Posterous, but it’s only our first. We’ll continue to add to our supported device list over time. Stay tuned for new releases that leverage the full power of the Android platform including Taskbar notifications and Android Live Folders. We’ll also be adding additional file type support, an improved reading experience and full commenting. (Official Posterous Blog)
Believe it or not this is Posterous’s third mobile app, as the company has previously created two official iPhone apps (PicPosterous and Posterous, the latter which is similar to its Android brother).
The company is also planning on releasing a Blackberry app as well in order to compete against WordPress and Tumblr (who both have apps across all three major mobile OS’s).
While it’s great to see Posterous embracing Android, unfortunately the app only officially supports nine Android smartphones which means that a few of my friends and family will (in theory) be unable to use the device (although I’m sure they’ll figure away around the issue).
There is no word on whether the startup will consider embracing Nokia or Windows Phone 7 in the future, although Androids embrace does place the startup ahead of rivals like Typepad and Squarespace (the latter who is still working on their Android app).
