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    Documents To Go for iPhone OS Updated

    April 27, 2010 /

    Documents To Go 3.2 for iPhone OS has landed in the Apple iTunes App Store.

    The biggest updates in this release are enhancements to searching, application optimizations, and bug fixes. I’m excited to learn that the next update for Documents To Go for iPhone OS will support the iPad! I’m really looking forward to that since Documents To Go will allow you to work with native Microsoft Office documents.

    DataViz is also running a special promotion to upgrade to the Premium edition of Documents To Go. On my iPod touch, using the in app upgrade option, I can step up to the Premium edition to gain Exchange attachment support and Box.net/Dropbox support for $4.99. Not a bad offer if you ask me.

    Hit the App Store icon on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to get the latest update to Documents To Go.

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    What’s On Your iPad?

    April 22, 2010 /

    I’ve been really enjoying my new 32GB Apple iPad. Here’s a quick run down of the iPad specific apps that I’ve installed so far.

    • 12 Solitaire Games from Astraware
    • ABC Player (Free)
    • AccuWeather Cirrus
    • Air Hockey (Free)
    • Apple iBooks (Free)
    • Apple Pages ($9.99)
    • BigOven Lite (Free)
    • Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List (Free)
    • EW’s Must List (Free)
    • Flight Control HD ($4.99)
    • Harbor Master HD (Free)
    • IMDb Movies & TV (Free)
    • Marvel Comics (Free)
    • MotionX Zen HD (Free)
    • N.O.V.A – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance HD ($9.99)
    • NPR for iPad (Free)
    • NYT Editor’s Choice (Free)
    • PCalc Lite (Free)
    • Tap Tap Radiation (Free)
    • Twitterific for iPad (Free)
    • USA Today for iPad (Free)
    • The Wall Street Journal (Free w/ limited functionality)
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    iPad Tutorial Videos

    April 2, 2010 /

    With less than 24-hours to go before I can get my hands on my 32GB Wi-Fi edition iPad, my OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) for new business tools, has kicked into over drive.

    Last night, people who follow my Twitter feed know I was downloading application for iPad from the iTunes Store. Today, I’m watching Apple’s iPad tutorial videos.

    Also, my print edition of Time Magazine arrived in the mail today. The cover features Steve Jobs and has a few stories on the long road to the iPad. Time’s editor also announced that there will soon be a Time application for the iPad which will require a paid subscription. (I don’t know if a paper subscription will be able to unlock/login to the electronic iPad edition yet.)

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    Rumor: iPhone OS 4 only for iPhone 3G, 3GS

    January 20, 2010 /

    BoyGeniusReport.com has some new details on what could end up being in the final version of iPhone OS 4.0, widely rumored to be either introduced or launched next week during Apple’s media event along side the fanboy insanity that could be the launch of the iTablet.

    According to BGR, the following could end up on a fruit themed smartphones near you very shortly:

    • There will be multi-touch gestures OS-wide. (Would make sense for that as the rumored OS for the iTablet is close if not the same as the iPhone)
    • “A few new ways” to run applications in the background — multitasking.
    • Many graphical and UI changes to make navigating through the OS easier and more efficient. We haven’t had this broken down, but we can only hope for improved notifications, a refreshed homescreen, etc.
    • The update will supposedly be available for only the iPhone 3G and 3GS, but will “put them ahead in the smartphone market because it will make them more like full-fledged computers” more than any other phone to date. Everyone is “really excited.”
    • The last piece of information is the most vague, but apparently there will be some brand new syncing ability for the contacts and calendar applications.

    If the iTablet does end up running iPhone OS, and I think that makes the most sense and allows Apple and their third-party developers to leverage the existing iTunes ecosystem, the changes coming in iPhone OS 4 make a lot of sense and are probably right on.

    The bad news is that that, if true, the rumor suggests that folks using the original first generation 2G iPhone will be shutout from future OS updates. Also missing from the rumor is the fate of the current pool of iPod touch owners. If the iPhone 3G and 3GS are eligible for the upgrade, it follows that the most current iPod touch would be also.

    Man, I’m suddenly not all that excited about losing access to new software updates on my first generation iPod touch and iPhone. We’ll have to wait and see what happens next week.

    [Via BoyGeniusReport.com…]

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    Confirmed: Apple Event January 27th

    January 19, 2010 /

    Apple has confirmed that they will hold a media press event on January 27th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. In the emails sent out to the media, Apple invites people to “Come see our latest creation.”

    Let the wild speculation begin. Ops! Too late! So what does Apple have in store for us? Well, the leading rumor is that Apple fill finally introduce their new tablet. At this point, we all know that Apple is doing a tablet. The only question people have is what amazing things will it do?

    Other rumors flying around the Internet today suggest that Apple will bring out iPhone OS 4.0, but not a new iPhone or iPod touch, and possibly talk about or release a new version of iLife 2010 (and if there is an iLife upgrade, rest assured that there will be an iWork upgrade sooner than later).

    Even if we only get half of what is rumored to be shown off next week, it will still be a great event!

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    A History of Tablet Computing

    January 17, 2010 /

    Most smartphone fans started out life using devices referred to a “personal digital assistants”, or PDAs. Over the last 10 years, the most iconic PDA was the “PalmPilot.” Apple has reignited a second mobile computing renaissance first with the iPod, then iTunes, and most recently, the iPhone and the iPod touch. While we wait for Apple to unveil their next mobile computing platform, rumored to a new tablet computer, AppleInsider has published a very good historical accounting of mobile computing.

    “A variety of vendors have tried to deliver tablet-like products over the past two decades, but none have been a standout success. This has the tech world watching with bated breath to see if Apple can apply its aura of desirability to the tablet segment in the same way that it has managed to do in desktops, notebooks, MP3 players and smartphones.”

    Read the full AppleInsider article…

    [Via AppleInsider.com…]

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    Custom Ringtones for the iPhone

    January 14, 2010 /

    Someone saw me with my iPhone recently and asked how to go about converting an .mp3 file they already had in iTunes into a ringtone they could use on their iPhone. Since I haven’t activated my iPhone’s phone service, I never checked out how to make a ringtone. Sure you can buy them from the iTunes store, but it seems silly to spend extra money for a 15 second song clip after having already purchased the full song.

    Turns out that the folks at Art of the iPhone have a good tutorial on how to convert a non-copy protected song in your iTunes library into an iPhone ringtone.

    Head over to ArtOfTheiPhone.com for more details.

    [Via ArtOfTheiPhone.com…]

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    Documents to Go with Exchange Attachments Updated

    January 9, 2010 /

    DataViz has updated Documents To Go with Exchange Attachments for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. This is a free upgrade to current owners of the Exchange attachments edition of Documents To Go.

    “[W]e are happy to announce that a new version (3.0) of our “Documents To Go with Exchange Attachments” for iPhone/iPod touch is available in the App Store. Documents To Go is now the only mobile Office application for iPhone with support for viewing and editing of all three Office formats (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). And we have no plans to stop there! In the next several months we will be adding some really exciting new features to the product, so be sure to stay tuned.”

    What’s new in version 3.0

    * Edit & create PowerPoint presentations:
    o Edit/add bullets and text in Outline view and see changes immediately in Slide view
    o Edit/add speaker notes
    o Sort, add, duplicate and delete slides
    o Promote/demote bullets
    o And more!

    * Added support for Gmail attachments
    o Edit/view attachments using Docs To Go

    * Product name change
    o From “Documents To Go with Exchange Attachments” to “Documents To Go Premium”

    Pricing and Availability

    “Documents To Go Premium” is available now for $14.99 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at: www.dataviz.com/itunes. All customers who purchased a previous version of “Documents To Go with Exchange Attachments” will receive a free update to version 3.0. For more information: www.dataviz.com/GetiPhone

    DataViz is also working on finishing a free update to the base edition of the “Documents To Go” product ($9.99) with an in-app purchasing option for customers to upgrade to the features of the “Premium” version. The time frame for the upgrade for the base edition was not specified.

    For more information, please visit the DataViz website.

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    Sherlock Holmes Mysteries

    January 8, 2010 /

    I was looking up the features of Apple’s QuickTime Pro for Windows (yes, this is work related) and I noticed a small ad in the QuickTime Player window for Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, a game for the iPhone and iPod touch.

    Clearly a tie-in to the movie now playing in theaters, skimming through some of the screen shots in the iTunes App Store you get the impression that this is a cool game to play. Best of all, Sherlock Holmes Mysteries is only $0.99 meaning that if the game isn’t what you expected, you’re out less than the cost of a gourmet coffee!

    I’m definitely going to check this game out over the weekend. For more information about Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, check out the iTunes Store.

    [Updated article with pictures from the game.]

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