A Pinterest iPhone/iPad App

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A Pinterest iPhone/iPad App

Best_inspirational_board_-_my_pinterest_on_ipad We’ve been overwhelmed with requests for a Pinterest iPhone / iPad application. It’s something we’re

super-excited to do. We were just trying to slot in to the long list of stuff we want to build.

We should have some time soon to work on it though, so we wanted to ask you what features you’d want to see in an application. We already know we want to make it easy to browse pins & pinboard on-the-go — both your own, and from the pinboards you follow. We’re also really excited to let folks post mobile pins from the built-in camera — with extra location information added automatically.

But, we build stuff for you guys, so what would you want to do with a Pinterest application? Leave a comment and let us know!

(via Bonnie Tsang)

Did you know that you can already use the Pinterest bookmarklet to pin while surfing the web on your iPad (not iPhone, yet)?

Method One (“The Easy Way”): Add the Pinterest bookmarklet to your computer’s Safari toolbar, and then sync your iPad with your computer. When you use mobile Safari on your iPad, the Pinterest button should now be in your toolbar. (NOTE: In order to scroll lots of pinboard in the add-a-pin form, use a two-finger scroll. We’re working on a way to get the scrollbar to show.)

Method Two (“The Harder Way”): First, add a new bookmark (any bookmark) to your bookmark bar in Mobile Safari on your iPad. Second, open your bookmarks by hitting the “open book” icon, click “Bookmarks Bar” and then hit “Edit”. Third, find and open the bookmark you just added. Fourth, change the name (to “Pinterest”) and replace the URL with this one …

javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement(‘script’); e.setAttribute(‘type’,’text/javascript’); e.setAttribute(‘charset’,’UTF-8’); e.setAttribute(‘src’,’http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r=’+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());

Finally, close the “Edit” fields and, voila!, you’re all set.