Movies Now Blog http://moviesnowapp.com/blog Movies Now, the easiest way to buy tickets on the go Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:23:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 MoviesNow Giveaway Winners! http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=179 http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=179#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:22:51 +0000 karan http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=179

Just heard back from our winners, who received their prices!

Congratulations once again!

Benjamin De Cock (Top – iPhone 4) and Drake Shipway (Bottom – iPad)

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]]> http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=161 0 Movies Now Giveaway Winners Announced! http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=151 http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=151#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:03:12 +0000 Movies Now http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=151 Congratulations to the winners of our giveaway!

Drake Shipway (left) won a 16GB Wi-Fi iPad and Benjamin De Cock (right)- Won a 16GB iPhone 4!

]]> http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=151 0 Movies Now HD 2.1 and Movies Now 2 v2.2 Waiting for Review http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=136 http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=136#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:27:47 +0000 Movies Now http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=136

So this is the first update we’ve published to both the apps and all the fixes made to apps are as follows:

iPhone:

  • Full iOS 4 Support: Including Fast App Switching
  • Optimized for Retina Display: Fully optimized for the iPhone 4 Display
  • Movie Certification: 15, PG etc. Added for those of you with kids
  • Profile Tab fixed: For Canadian and UK users + plenty of other fixes.
  • Cinema Favorites: You can now manually choose your favorite cinemas
  • Performance on 3G/3GS: App is now fluid and snappy on iPhone 3G/3GS devices.
  • Minor UI Tweaks



iPad:

  • Performance improvements throughout the app
  • Bug fixes including sorting cinemas by distance when viewing showtimes



We’ve chosen to make the apps absolutely solid and as a result have not added any new features in this version. We’ll start adding new features from the next update onwards! Theres some great stuff on the way so keep an eye out for the new features!

And as usual, we’re always available on our support site and on twitter @moviesnow for help with any issues or if you have suggestions!

]]> http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=136 0 Movies Now featured on Well Placed Pixels! http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=127 http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=127#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:27:00 +0000 Movies Now http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=127

When Steve Marmon from Well Placed Pixels contacted us to feature Movies Now HD, we jumped at the opportunity! Well placed pixels is a fantastic website showcasing some of the best looking UIs in the app space. Check out Movies Now HD on Well Placed Pixels here.

]]> http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=127 0 Movies Now HD in featured in ‘New & Noteworthy’ for Entertainment in UK, Canada & US! http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=122 http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=122#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:08:59 +0000 Movies Now http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=122 Movies Now HD, our Universal has been featured in the iTunes App Store in the ‘New & Noteworthy’ section in the Entertainment Category! And the best part is that we’ve got feature in all the countries we’ve launched in (barring Ireland).

This is fantastic and we owe it all to our users who have been downloading this app and giving it some fantastic reviews!!

]]> http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=122 0 Movies Now 2 v2.2 – Fast app switching Preview http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=113 http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=113#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:39:24 +0000 Movies Now http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=113 We’ve just finished implementing fast app switching in the iPhone app. Our Beta users are helping us test this out along with many other fixes for v2.2. We’re also working on getting Movies Now fully specced up to the Retina Display.

Here’s a brief clip below of Movies Now 2 working with fast app switching:

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Go to http://moviesnowapp.com/giveaway to enter the competition!

]]> http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=96 0 Movies Now – The ultimate moviegoer’s app is now available on the App Store! http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=94 http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=94#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:12:00 +0000 Movies Now http://moviesnowapp.com/blog/?p=94 Movies Now HD and Movies Now 2 have both gone live in the US, Canada, UK and Ireland and we couldn’t be more excited!! We’ll be rapidly updating the app over the next few weeks so keep and out for performance improvements bug fixes and new features!

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