Some users who have been active in the past 12 hours have experienced duplicate notes appearing in their accounts due to a problem we introduced in a backend update. We've addressed this problem and it's now safe to sync again.

For the majority of people who encountered this problem, you shouldn't see very many duplicate notes, and you'll be able to remove them manually without much effort. However, if you experienced a large number of duplicate notes, please contact us and we'll help you automate their removal.

Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Updated on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 07:19PM by @cloudmike

The "Detect Links" feature in Simplenote uses the built-in capability of iPhone OS 3.0 to automatically detect web addresses and other info in your notes, and convert these into tappable links. This feature will be disabled as of the next update. For those of you who rely on link detection, you'll be able to re-enable it, but it will behave differently. We'd like to take a moment to explain all the details.

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We're extremely happy that the latest release of Simplenote as a free app has been very well received. The Unnofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) calls Simplenote "a worthy replacement for Notes." Meanwhile, Gizmodo lists Simplenote at the top of its list of "Best iPhone Apps" last week alongside Facebook and several other fine apps. And finally, Lifehacker says "there's no reason not to grab it" in their post about Simplenote.

As a result of all this attention, we're experiencing our most significant growth yet! All our systems have scaled and remain stable. We're making ongoing improvements behind-the-scenes, and our web-based account purchase and upgrade system should be ready to go soon.

Don't forget that a subscription to Simplenote Premium is on sale for $4.99 per year. We've added a couple screenshots to help demonstrate some of the benefits.

Today we're announcing that the full version of Simplenote is available as a free download for iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide. We're partnering with the great Fusion ad network to make this possible. (If you use the free version of Tweetie for Mac, then you know what Fusion is all about).

We'd like to tell you why we made this decision and what it means to you.

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