Thanks everyone for your comments. I see there's been some interesting discussions since I posted yesterday!
Polly - there's more information about our mobile site
here
Primrose - unfortunately, the app has some critical technical issues for a number of members, including the ability to register an account and report content. We've not taken the decision lightly and hope to be bringing further improvements to Talking Point soon for people using smartphones and tablets.
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I used the word 'phase out' deliberately. Removing the app from Android and then Apple won't happen at exactly the same moment, nor will disabling the function that links Talking Point to the apps. When all of that happens, login, posts, and forums should no longer work and communication between Talking Point and the app will cease.
The *only* aspect that should continue to work is the “Trending” tab because this information is cached on the local devices of each user. Because it has data in the cache it will create the illusion or “appear” to work and show some posts data etc. Peoples devices will soon drop this cached information too after a period but it's not possible to say exactly when.
The majority of this work should happen today, and we'll be in touch with further information.