Digg just announced the release of the official iPhone app. It appears to be very clean and well developed (and most importantly, free, as opposed to the others I’ve purchased). It has very nice drop down menus for stories, with digg up and digg down buttons. I have used diggle in the past but didn’t like very much. After using diggle briefly I switched to diggit, it was better but it still didn’t make me want to use. This official app, on the other hand, is more user friendly and intuitive.

In other news, digg and taptaptap are giving away 14 iPads to celebrate the release of the official digg app. Simply go to http://digg.taptaptap.com/ and follow @taptaptap on twitter, and retweet the message. At first I was a bit reserved about the iPad, given the very few apps shown, but I think there is real potential in this device. Just look at what became of iPhones, apps weren’t much of anything when it was first released but they later became the reason you buy an iPhone. Let’s see what happens with the iPad in six months; I think it will be amazing.

From iTunes:

Keep up with the latest popular content on the web with Digg’s official iPhone app!

We want to make it easy to discover interesting content on your phone and to jump into the conversations around that content. You can browse lists of recent news, search for the topics you care about, and save stories to check out later.

Some highlights …

* Browse lists of the top stories in 24 hours, recently popular stories, and upcoming stories with rising interest
* Preview any story in a list by clicking the arrow next to each item in the list, which will reveal the story description, source, thumbnail, date, and submitter
* Save any story you’re interested in to a list for easy access later
* View websites in an integrated browser, with options to Digg, bury, save, and share the story in-line
* Read through and vote on the comments for any story
* Search for any story on Digg and sort results by date, Digg count, or relevance
* Easily share stories with your friends via Facebook, Twitter, or email
* Best of all, login to link the app to your digg.com account and easily Digg or bury both comments and stories

Help spread the word and win a customized iPad!

TapTapTap is hosting a contest where people can win one of fourteen beautiful Digg iPads, customized by Colorware. Learn more: http://digg.taptaptap.com

The app was created in partnership with TapTapTap and showcases some of the great things that can be built off the Digg API.