Release date for Amazon users
After Apple and Google release the update, Mojang will then submit the new update to Amazon, and etc.
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
0.7.3 will be released tomorrow (August 16, 2013)
Johan and Tommaso are doing some final bugfixes and announced that 0.7.3 might come out tomorrow
Johan Bernhardsson
Realms debugging scheduled on the weekends
Johan and Tommaso are going to do some bugfixes to Realms on the weekends
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
Transparent in-game GUI
Tommaso has made the in-game GUI transparent, as seen in the previous blog post
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Mipmap is added
Tommaso added mipmaps to MCPE
Q:What is a mipmap?
A: Mipmaps are feature that makes faraway things look smoother when moving Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Q:What is a mipmap?
A: Mipmaps are feature that makes faraway things look smoother when moving Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
End part of the World
Tommaso discussed about if he'll not add infinite worlds, he might copy like the one on the Xbox 360 Edition
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
0.7.3 is now only compatible with iOS 5.0+ and Android 2.2.3+

Johan stated that 0.7.3 will now be only compatible with iOS 5.0 and up

But as for Android, MinecraftPE is still compatible with Android 2.2.3 and up.
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
0.7.3 is submitted
Johan Bernhardsson has just submitted the new update to Apple and Google, might take one-two weeks for release.
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
0.7.3 list of features
Johan Bernhardsson listed all of the features that have been set for 0.7.3
Here are the features:
-Ability to reset your realms
-Splash text on Menu Screen
-Sun, Moon, sunset, and stars
-Double chest
-Chests now have an open/close animation and sound
-Quartz Slabs
Tweaks:
-Small changes on login/sessions
-Spider's eyes now glow in the dark
-Zombie and Skeleton visually burn in the morning
-Realms connection is now easier
-Dropped support for iOS 4.3 in favor of 5.0
Bug fixes:
-Many realms fixes
-Fix Login Problem
-MCPE-3988 - Furnace crash bug *SEVERE*
-MCPE-3989 - Inventory bug (throwing items in hand while in a gui)
-MCPE-4122 - Glowing Obsidian can yield resources with an Iron pickaxe, but obsidian can only be mined with a Diamond one
MCPE-4546 - Capital "W" can't be typed when creating world
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
Here are the features:
-Ability to reset your realms
-Splash text on Menu Screen
-Sun, Moon, sunset, and stars
-Double chest
-Chests now have an open/close animation and sound
-Quartz Slabs
Tweaks:
-Small changes on login/sessions
-Spider's eyes now glow in the dark
-Zombie and Skeleton visually burn in the morning
-Realms connection is now easier
-Dropped support for iOS 4.3 in favor of 5.0
Bug fixes:
-Many realms fixes
-Fix Login Problem
-MCPE-3988 - Furnace crash bug *SEVERE*
-MCPE-3989 - Inventory bug (throwing items in hand while in a gui)
-MCPE-4122 - Glowing Obsidian can yield resources with an Iron pickaxe, but obsidian can only be mined with a Diamond one
MCPE-4546 - Capital "W" can't be typed when creating world
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
Hunger, Caves, and Infinite Worlds.
Isn't there anything that this developer couldn't do? He'll add Caves and Infinite Worlds before Hunger will be implemented
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Double Chest is added
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Double Chests! |
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
The Moon, Sun, and Stars, and glowing Spider eyes are added
The new Minecraft developer added the Sun, Moon, stars, and Spider eyes into MCPE, which wasn't expected until beta. But, let's hope this appears in 0.7.3, not 0.8.0.
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
New button texture
Tommaso Checchi will be adding a new more realistic texture to the button GUIs soon.
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Yellow bouncing text
The new developer for MCPE, which is Tommaso Checchi, added a new feature - which is the yellow bouncing text
And here's proof.
And here's proof.
the Minecraft - Pocket Edition forums!

This is my second time advertising this amazing forums, but i just want it to be at its climax stage like
what JackFrostMiner did.
Here are what you can see here:
1. Shoutbox for everyone to chat
2. Discussion section - For everyone to talk about MCPE
3. Maps and Modding section - To check out the latest maps and mods. You can post your own map here too!

4. Servers section - To see all the servers posted by people. You can advertise your server here.

5. Off-Topic section - To talk about non-MCPE related stuff

Register on the forums to see more content and have more friends!!!
Join the MCPE forums here!
New MinecraftPE developer: Tommaso Checchi
Good news! Johan Bernhardsson announced that there will be a new developer of mcpe that will help him with coding the game! This means less bugs every update, more new exciting features!
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
Johan Bernhardsson's Twitter
Tommaso Checchi's Twitter
0.7.2 is out!!!
0.7.2 is out in the Apple App Store and in Google Play and here are what's new in the latest update:
Version 0.7.2
- Unicode keyboard support, chat in more languages!
- Clients' armor is saved on server
- Realms bug fixes
- A few more bug fixes :)
- Higher friction while flying
Version 0.7.2
- Unicode keyboard support, chat in more languages!
- Clients' armor is saved on server
- Realms bug fixes
- A few more bug fixes :)
- Higher friction while flying