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When we first released TextExpander touch for the iPhone, we also released an SDK (Software Development Kit) that other iPhone developers could use to integrate TextExpander touch functionality into their apps. The response has been very positive, both from developers and users.

Tip: If you want to use TextExpander touch with an app that supports it, you must turn on “Share Snippets” in the TextExpander touch preferences. You should also check the preferences of the app to see if it has a TextExpander setting that you need to enable.

Here are the apps that have so far integrated TextExpander (links go to the App Store):

Tweetie 2

“The Twitter client that redefined Twitter clients is back, and it’s even better. Rewritten from the ground up with a fast and powerful new core, Tweetie 2 offers the most polished mobile Twitter experience around.”

WriteRoom

“For people who want to write and take notes on their iPhone. WriteRoom is a distraction free writing environment. Unlike Notes, WriteRoom provides a clean interface and tether free syncing.”

Go Mail Yourself

“Go Mail Yourself allows you to quickly send yourself email notes or reminders using the Mail application. One of the basic fundamentals associated with improving productivity is quickly and easily capturing ideas and information so you can process them at the appropriate time.”

Attendance

“Attendance allows you to take and keep attendance records. Its main intended use is for teachers to keep track of records for their classes, but it can also be used for meetings and group gatherings.”

More apps will be adding TextExpander integration in the future. We’ll keep an up-to-date list on our website.

More than one TextExpander user has commented how they cannot bear to work on a Mac without TextExpander anymore. If you don’t have access to your snippets, the work pace seems to slow down. You miss the little TextExpander “pop”.

I went on a trip this weekend without my Mac. My sister brought hers, though, and it was only a matter of time before I asked to borrow it. As I sat down to compose an email, I realized that I didn’t have my TextExpander snippets on her Mac.

But I did have them on my iPhone in TextExpander touch.

It’s easy to transfer snippets from your Mac to your iPhone. But it’s just as easy to transfer snippets from your iPhone to your Mac–or a friend’s Mac, as long as it’s running TextExpander 2.7 or later. (Your friend can easily download the free demo!) Here’s how:

1) Under Groups, select the snippet group you want to send.

2) Tap the Action button in the bottom left.

3) Tap “Send via Local Network.”

4) You’ll see a list of available Macs and iPhones on the network. Tap the name of the Mac you want to send your snippet group to. That Mac will display an alert asking for confirmation.

Click “Add” and your snippets will be added to TextExpander on that Mac, and you can use them.

Good manners would dictate that you delete the group from your friend’s Mac when you are done.

TextExpander touch is still $1.99 in the App Store. This special introductory price ends September 9!