Just before heading to plan the next version of the Salsa Rhythm Application for iPhone, I would like to collect some feedback from you, the users, in order to know which features you are missing the most in the current version of the application.
You can leave your comments in the blog, in facebook or just mail us to iphone@SalsaRhythmSoftware.com.
It has only been a week since the release of the Salsa Rhythm application for iPhone, and we have already had more than 100 downloads of the new application. Excited by this quick adoption and download rate we have decided to create a free standalone, downloadable version of the iPhone application that can run on your desktop and laptop PCs.
This means you can enjoy all the benefits of the iPhone application also on your PC, without needing any internet connection: the new Salsa Rhythm app for PC looks just like the real iPhone version and works the same way the iPhone version does, bringing the power of the iPhone application to your desktop too. I have a screenshot to show you what it looks on my Windows XP computer – Yeah, it really is an iPhone-lookalike running the Salsa Rhythm from within my desktop.
The new iPhone Simulator 1.0 version of Salsa Rhythm will be available for download during July, without any charge, and we will let you register for a free download starting from tomorrow. The link for registration & download will be published on this blog and also on social media, facebook and twitter tomorrow, so stay tuned…
Previewing the new version, soon available for free download
The Salsa Beat Machine for iPhone is currently being reviewed by Apple engineers for selling on the iTunes Appstore. While we receive a lot of excited feedback from users, some say they just can’t wait to see it running on the iPhone device. Since we can’t do much to speed up apple’s application review process, we came out with a cool toy to keep you busy with:
The Interactive Demo of the Salsa Rhythm Application for iPhone !
Interactive Demo of the iPhone Application
So what is the Interactive Demo? It’s a flash application that simulates the iPhone application, so not only you can see how it’s going to look like, but you can also play and interact with in, try all the fancy features and get an overall impression of how the real application is going to be. We have also included a small web-form where you can choose to opt-in for an email notification once the real iPhone application is available on the appstore.
The Interactive Demo is a part of the new website we have built for the iPhone application, and is available here:
http://www.salsarhythmsoftware.com/iPhone
We hope you will enjoy this interactive demo, and are looking forward to hearing your impressions…
Following the post from Saturday, we have finally submitted version 1.0 of the application to the iTunes Appstore. It still has to go through apple’s application approval process, which can take up to two weeks, but after it will have been approved it is going to appear on the appstore immediately and be available for download worldwide.
The application’s initial price will be 0.99$, it will be titled “Salsa Rhythm” and will have a stylish red icon. We are also creating a cool online demo for the application – more on that later…
We have finally reached the final release of the Salsa Rhythm iPhone Application version 1.0. The project is running for three months already, and it would not have been the same without all the help we have received from our users. We have compiled a list of all the people who helped in putting this release together, including the beta-testers, proof-readers, user-interface sketchers, and graphic designers. It is so amazing to see how many different countries are involved:
This list clearly shows that collaboration of people coming from different countries can achieve great results, and it is also included in the “about” screen of the final version, to let the world see how united the global Salsa scene is.
We will be uploading this version to apple for the Appstore approval process today, and once approved it will be available for everyone to download. The work, however, is not done yet – there’s an outstanding list of features waiting for version 1.1. So expect more to come…
Last but not least – We are working on an exciting preview site for the upcoming version, with some very exciting features. Stay tuned, more updates on this in the following days.
Thanks again to all the people who helped us with putting together this release,
together we have done this, and better !
Black or Red - Help us Choose !
I have just completed all the paperwork required for selling apps in the iTunes store. The Salsa Rhythm application is just a few steps away from getting on the App Store – some final touches to the help file, quick homepage and we are ready to go !
The final 1.0 version will be submitted to the App Store by this weekend.
Salsa Rhythm for iPhone, the mobile version of the famous Salsa Beat Machine application has finally got to the release-candidate stage. This means that the application is complete and ready for the app-store, and we are letting our beta testers to play with it to haunt for last-minute bugs and problems.
You can find screen shots from the previous versions by looking in the blog archives, but better just wait a few days and you will have it running on your iPhone/iPod Touch too…
Since we already have enough beta testers, we will not process any additional beta testing applications for this version. All existing beta testers will get an email with download link and installation instructions for the release candidate. You can read their feedback by visiting our community googlegroup page:
http://groups.google.com/group/sbm-community
In addition, we would like to publish a review about the upcoming version. If any of the blog readers is interested in getting the final version in order to write a review, please mail us to iphone@salsarhythmsoftware.com. If we find that you are suitable for writing a review, we will send you a personal pre-release version to install on your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad device, for reviewing purposes. You will be able to keep this version installed even after writing the review, of course.
Until next time,
the Salsa Beat Machine team.
The release candidate of the first iPhone “Salsa Beat Machine” is just a few steps from getting on your iPhone.
A release candidate is very much like the final version – it is going to have all the features that are to be included in the final version, and will be freely distributed to all beta testers in order to spot any potential bugs.
What this mean, is that unless we find any severe bugs in the version (we believe we won’t), there is going to be “Salsa Beat Machine” in the iTunes app store very soon, maybe even next week.
Stay tuned, more news about the upcoming release to come soon.