tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23813031266827493372024-03-04T23:30:55.538-05:00The Home ScreenThe App Culture...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-86226151011208857352011-09-14T16:13:00.001-04:002011-09-14T16:13:56.456-04:00Back after an Extended AbsenceHello all, I have been MIA from my blog posts for just under one year! I am back and I have plenty to share for productivity apps for iOS, both the iPhone and the iPad.
First off… where is the new iPhone? I am hoping for a slightly larger screen and of course a speed boost. The current camera is very good, I see no reason to go to an eight MP sensor, I hope Apple holds off on 4G until a matureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-14360377106492184192010-09-21T09:50:00.001-04:002010-09-21T09:50:14.191-04:00Audible for iPhone upgraded to ver. 1.3 - Adds Access to StoreThe big news with Audible for iPhone 1.3 is access to the new beta mobile webstore for browsing and purchasing Audible books from your iPhone. Version 1.3 has a new "Shop" tab accessible from your "My Library" screen. From the shop tab there is an orange "Enter the Mobile Store" button, clicking it launches mobile safari - sign in and you are displayed with a mobile version of the Audible.com Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-31764858080271457182010-09-20T08:29:00.001-04:002011-09-14T16:21:41.832-04:00ITunes Genius Revisited!Quietly the Genius has become... Well... genius! Using my music library there are very few misses. It appears that Apple was correct, "over time, the Genius playlists will improve as more play data is collected. Right on! Play a favorite song, hit the Genius logo and seconds later you have a very good playlist. If you have not used iTunes Genius in a while, consider giving it a try again. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-21720636926005468182010-09-14T15:08:00.001-04:002010-09-14T15:08:13.105-04:00Pulse News ReaderHas twitter killed the RSS feed? For me, no, not completely. It has definitely changed the way I browse feeds. Where I used to live in NNW, I now get most of my info via twitter. There are still a handful of sites that are ideal for a newsreader; Daring Fireball, Canon Rumors, traditional news sites - such as NYT. I have 10 to 12 of these in Pulse, I can quickly peruse new posts, scrolling up Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-78159148270818680372010-08-27T14:50:00.001-04:002010-08-27T14:50:20.691-04:00My-Cast Weather Radar - my new GoTo Weather app!I had been using TWC Max & RadarScope for months, they were my go to weather applications on the iPhone. The Weather Channel application provides solid forecast information and RadarScope is a solid weather radar app.Then came along My-Cast, $3.99 from Garmin (digital cyclone) - I love the weather maps, as a cyclist, wind speed and direction are a good thing to know. My-Cast has great weather Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-51615997675685669972010-08-16T13:21:00.000-04:002010-08-16T13:21:49.670-04:00Change of FormatThis project of mine has been ignored for the past several months. I plan a change of format. Due to time constraints and this blog never really taking off, I plan to link the posts to my twitter account and post exclusively - quick snippets on iPhone and iPad applications, etc. Hopefully someone out there will find this info useful.
Thx, KIPPUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-82114681965387373052009-12-30T13:36:00.000-05:002009-12-30T13:36:27.892-05:00My "Go To" Apps for the Decade... Part 1.Yeah, why not a "decade list"? The iPhone is has been with us for 2.5 years, we have had Apps for 1.5 years. Below is a list of Apps I use daily, having ubiquitous access to their functionality is a game changer. In the early 90s Bill Gates preached "information at your fingertips", ironically Apple's iPhone platform is delivering... information at your fingertips.. and a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-20627429869826339862009-12-29T17:55:00.001-05:002009-12-29T17:55:55.988-05:00Dragon Dictation is a killer appAfter a couple weeks of use I have found Dragon dictation to be one of my most used application on my iPhone. Voice recognition is fast and fairly accurate. The UI for working with the text is well thought out and easy to use. I highly recommend getting this application. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-27667065286591334662009-12-24T07:53:00.000-05:002009-12-24T07:53:30.708-05:00A Gift from Evernote! A New version 3.2 on Christmas EveEvernote has given us a significant upgrade to the iPhone client. Evernote 3.2 for iPhone adds the ability to select folders and store them locally on the iPhone (for premium users), giving you access to your notes when you have no network connection. Notes created on your iPhone in the Evernote client are stored locally by default.
Editing rich-text notes!? ... not quiteUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-68676285286789485452009-12-14T14:22:00.000-05:002009-12-14T14:22:55.142-05:00i.TV version 2.1.1 - Replaces multiple Applicationsi.TV is not a new application, it has been on the App store for a long time, but there is a new release 2.1.1 that was published on 12/11/09. The new release caught my eye, I read the release notes and realized this one application.. if it does all that is promised.. will replace at least 2 separate applications on my phone.
After three days of use, I can say that it works as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-88364342426977032172009-12-09T10:45:00.000-05:002009-12-09T10:45:26.475-05:00Triumverate of ProductivityThree Apps that are either new or recently updated... I am finding these apps useful for data capture.
Dragon Dictation (Free) - great for composing a quick email, text message or twitter message.. while driving!
JotNot Scanner ($4.99) - turns your iPhone into a pocket scanner. Support for multiple page PDF creation, share to Evernote and webDAV. The new version includes a form of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-10794353824510034352009-09-22T22:37:00.001-04:002009-09-22T22:58:56.367-04:00NetNewswire 2.0 Now on the App storeCheck it out!First Impressions... Lightening fast! -- Posted from my iPhoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-7996436203233900002009-09-14T17:39:00.001-04:002009-09-14T17:39:38.166-04:00NetNewsWire for iPhoneNNW for iPhone 2.0 has been submitted to Apple for review. Now it's a waiting game... 3 days or 3 weeks! Hurry up Apple, it is time for a new RSS reader. -- Posted from my iPhoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-87615792626422150842009-09-11T13:38:00.003-04:002009-09-11T13:59:10.383-04:00Great New Website: First & 20Are you looking for new useful applications for your iPhone? Firstand20.com might be the answer. It is a website of iPhone homescreens from tech dignitaries, complete with explanations of why and how they use those applications - in all, it makes for a good read. The tagline on the website says it all:— "A Collection of iPhone Home Screens — from some very talented designers, developers and tech Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-3758989592234831882009-09-09T11:33:00.002-04:002009-09-09T11:38:07.517-04:00Highly Recomended: Macworld's App GemsFor regular readers of this blog.. I highly recommend App Gems from Macworld ($1.99). Intelligent reviews of iPhone/Touch applications. The essentials tab is very useful, breaking applications into smart categories and covering the cream of the crop in that category.Monitoring new applications on the App Store is too over-whelming at this point.. App Gems is here to help!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-66966346631414692612009-09-09T10:47:00.001-04:002009-09-09T10:49:43.927-04:00New iPods Today?I have not seen this mentioned in the rumor mill... but I would like to see GPS added to the iPod Touch. Making it an ideal GPS track logger.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-15147200348891287392009-08-25T10:38:00.003-04:002009-08-25T10:43:49.692-04:00InfoWorld's App FinderInfoWorld is billing their new web resource as the "no-junk" business iPhone apps finder. An interactive catalog of iPhone applications designed for businesses, professionals and IT staff. It sounds good to me!InfoWorld App FinderUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-10223073228467094992009-08-25T09:19:00.003-04:002009-08-25T09:33:05.504-04:00SmugMug Users Checkout BlossomIf you are using Smugmug to store and share your digital images and video clips, do yourself a favor and pick up Blossom SmugMug Mobile ($2.99) by Kupuk. With Blossom you can browse your SmugMug albums blazingly fast on your iPhone.Blossom makes easy work of sharing your SmugMug photos on Facebook and Twitter as well as saving the image to your iPhone's photo roll.The latest release added Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-56061894141997979422009-07-19T23:06:00.001-04:002009-07-19T23:06:38.675-04:00New Evernote for iPhone 3.02More Evernote goodness! A new version 3.02 just hit the App Store. Bug fixes & speed enhancements, launch time is noticeably improved. Launching into a new note is almost instantaneous. Another use I found for the 3GS and Evernote... Weekly or monthly recording of the odometer mileage reading on your auto(s). Just take a quick photo of your dashboard tag your note and let Evernote do the rest. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-76890611753174737242009-07-14T13:25:00.005-04:002009-07-14T15:10:21.716-04:00Is That a Scanner in Your Pocket?The iPhone 3GS's autofocus camera and macro capability allow you to take crisp clear pictures of all types of text documents. We are starting to see applications that take iPhone document imaging a step further. OCRTOOL ($4.99) is an application that showed up on App Store last night. The description is vague, there is no URL for the developer (listed as mkanda). I took the plunge and purchased Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-69288269102681679182009-07-12T08:19:00.000-04:002009-07-12T08:45:14.908-04:00Trying out BlogpressBlogpress is available for $0.99 on the App Store. Blogpress offers landscape editing, picture posting and rich text formatting. Landscape editing functions as expected, it is a great feature to have in a blogging application (iBlogger is missing it).Adding an image is straight forward, although there is no option to rotate an image.I was hoping that the rich text editing would offer basic Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-88703082397743627262009-07-09T13:00:00.000-04:002009-07-09T13:05:09.615-04:00Excellent Macworld Review of Instapaper 2.0If you are looking for a good explanation of Instapaper, this review is worth reading. The 2.0 upgrade is very good. Macworld Review of Instapaper 2.0Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-70102815552524340802009-07-09T09:39:00.000-04:002009-07-09T09:46:42.294-04:00NYT Article - Organize With iPhoneThere is a decent article at the New York Times today. Using the iPhone to help organize your life. The article covers To-do list managers, the author favors ReQall. Also covers file sharing and eating... An interesting mix of topics. NYT Organize with iPhone Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-58417973054015129322009-07-08T23:24:00.001-04:002009-07-09T10:40:08.603-04:00Blogging from the 3GSBlogging from the iPhone. Sure the Home Screen blog is all about getting the most out of your iPhone, so why not leverage all of these great apps and begin blogging mainly from my shiny new 3GS?The last last post (DTG 1.1) was done using iBlogger. The plan for this post is to compose in DTG (I love the landscape keyboard), then copy & paste into iBlogger for uploading..There are a few things Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2381303126682749337.post-4447611337217581732009-07-08T00:20:00.000-04:002009-07-08T06:35:57.956-04:00Documents To Go version 1.1Dataviz released DTG VERSION 1.1 today. - System wide cut, copy & paste. - Zoom editing, along with the option to dismiss the menus for more editing screen space. - Email your word doc from within the application. I tested all three of the above, they are all welcome enhancements. DTG is becoming a very good iPhone word processor. Excel editing was not included in this upgrade, nor opening email Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0