Ever since we released Chimpadeedoo for iPad, an app that helps you collect new subscribers from your tablet, many of our customers have been waiting for an Android version. If you’re not familiar with Chimpadeedoo, it’s an easy way for store owners, bands, and people who set up shop at trade shows or festivals to build their mailing lists. We’re happy to tell you that Chimpadeedoo is now available on Google Play for Android devices (and of course, the iPad version is still available on the App Store).

Shortly after releasing Chimpadeedoo v2 for iOS, we started to see requests for an Android version in blog post comments.

“Any plans for an Android version?”

“Android, Android, Android …. and did I mention that we need an Android version?”

I hear you. Even in my sleep, I hear you (it’s creepy but true). We’ve always had plans to release an Android version, and our excitement grew when some of us attended Google I/O last year. Then a nice series of events happened: Google’s Nexus 7 was released, we hired an Android developer, and this was a great first project for him. (Say hello to Makario in the comments!) Here’s a quick tour of Chimpadeedoo for Android.
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We recently released Gather, an SMS app for event organizers to keep their attendees updated during an event. But what qualifies as an event?

Gather by MailChimp

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We’ve just published a new version of MailChimp Mobile for iPhone. With this latest update you can drill down deeper into your campaign reports. Update or download it on the App Store.

New Features

The new report detail is basically a lot more tappable. Opens and Clicks now take you to lists of “Who Opened” and “Clicked Links” respectively. You can drill down to see member profiles, along with Gravatars (when available). Just below the new Opens and Clicks numbers you’ll find your campaign’s List Average for these values as well, so you can easily compare the Campaign to your List’s historical average.

With the new layout, we’ve moved Bounce, Unsubscribe, and Complaint numbers to the list below open and click data. All of these stats can be explored if they exist.

You can see who Unsubscribed and you can even get their reason, if they entered one. Bounces and Complaints will show a list of subscribers who complained (boooo). Then, investigate further by tapping through to the subscriber’s profile.

More Mobile Updates

We’re working on updates to MailChimp Mobile for Android as well, so expect that soon. There’s also a new version of AlterEgo available for iPhone and Android. The new release adds support for iPhone 5 as well as a new refresh button for both platforms.

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Occasionally, we receive requests for instructions on how to export a group of contacts from your email address book to MailChimp. If you take the time to clean up your address book and avoid a full address book dump, you can import your list safely. We’ve already got a few KB articles that explain how to export contacts from Outlook, Apple’s Address Book and Entourage. But if your list lives in Apple’s Address Book, Chimport might be for you and it’s available on the Mac App Store for free.
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Chimpsterous adds a new "Newsletter" page.

Last week, Federico announced a nice integration for posting a newsletter button to your Tumblr blog. If you have a Posterous site, I’d like to introduce you to Chimpsterous. Chimpsterous mimics MailChimp’s Embedded Signup Form feature and makes it easy for you to add a subscribe form to your Posterous site.

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