I started the website roughly a week ago and it appears to be coming along quite nicely.

Twitter: I'm not big on the idea of Twitter for personal use (maybe in the future), but I thought I'd have one for my developments and work. I wanted to go for a simple username like @shaddeen but it's taken along with @deenshad; and the worst thing is, they're not even being used! I've contacted twitter about this so fingers crossed. Perhaps one of the users will stumble across this post and offer their twitter account in exchange for a free copy of SmartPlayer?

SmartPlayer for iOS: I'm all about aesthetics and if there's a 'prettier' product that serves the exact same purpose as another lower-priced 'ugly' version, I'll certainly opt for the former - even if it means I lose a feature or two. Apple's music application is exactly what people need to listen to music - you can browse your library, play songs, shuffle, play, etc. but there's just, at least for me, something missing in terms of appearance. I'm mainly talking about the 'Now Playing' view, where the artwork and controls are displayed. This is where the idea of making SmartPlayer came from; I wanted to create an App that looks great and makes the iOS music experience a little different, good different I hope. I originally began with a Light themed app, then after a night of using it I decided to add a Dark one that's easier on the eyes.

Looks aside, SmartPlayer features a built-in fading out sleep timer (inside the app) and ironically, Twitter integration. Maybe some day I'll be able to use this cool feature. The idea is that you can tweet what you play, a nice little feature (you're also able to change the prefix of the tweet in the Settings). It's by no means an amazing app with super duper features; it just looks nice and performs a few useful functions.

App is now 'Waiting for Review' so now we play the waiting game...

Update: no response from twitter so I'm using @shaddeen_