We are delighted to release Night Box 2.5, a major release after less than 5 months. This version is a Universal app providing both iPhone and native iPad functionality. A brand new user-interface was designed specifically for the iPad, taking full advantage of the large screen space. Here are the new features:

• Each city now contains thorough descriptions for every listed neighborhood, providing further insight for users looking learn more about individual districts and neighborhoods
• A new Favorites page consolidates all user favorite lists including: venues, people, neighborhoods and genres
• A live weather box now displays current weather conditions for each city
• Additional settings for sorting venues by name or opening date, and option to refresh the entire Night Box data on demand
• A streamline news feed with integration of Facebook and Twitter

Like our previous releases, this version is also a free upgrade for all existing users.

Download your copy from the App Store.

Here’s special holiday message from the Night Box team: Jingle Discoball

Young Rich and Faking It (youngrichandfakingit.com) writes a thorough review of Night Box.

Night Box ranks second in over 7,000 apps! View the Appolicious ranking page.

City.com and Chi Chi 212 review Night Box. Here’s what they said:

Need To Fake It Until You Make It In Nightlife? There’s An App For That

Most of us have gotten here by paying our dues. Whether we worked/paid/slept our way to the top, we put in the time and effort. We know the right people because we made it our business to know the right people.

But oh no. There is no longer a need to work hard to be on “the inside” There is now an app for that.

Enter Night Box. Here’s the gist. Night Box is an app that gives you the lowdown on the nightlife scene in New York City. For $9.99, you can get all the standard info about a club as well as the names, photos and bios for owners, managers and doormen.

Apparently promoters are keeping the night box staff up-to-date and in return, the app will tell you to drop their names at the door.

For the second time this month, Apple is featuring us on the Home Page of iTunes. This time under the “What’s Hot” section.

June 21 marked the first official day of summer and here’s our timely campaign to prove it! We think it’s going to be good summer.

For the html page, please see: http://www.nightbox.com/campaign/summer-2010/

We are thrilled to be featured on the Main Page of Apple iTunes App Store, both the desktop and the iPhone version! Despite the hype on iPhone 4-specific apps, iPad apps, and the remaining 225,000+ existing apps, Apple decided to feature Night Box on its homepage!