Review: iMovie for iPhone 4
This won’t be a comprehensive review, because those exist elsewhere (best of breed here), but I have put this app through its paces and have a few points to make about it for those on the fence about whether to buy or not. Things that annoy me: Location services must be on to use the app. Why? You can geotag clips, but I don’t want to be FORCED to do so. Only video clips shot with...
Read MoreMac app review: PhoneView for iPhone
iTunes backs up your iPhone and iPad, but mere mortals usually can’t figure out where it puts stuff or how to get it back out of the backups. Additionally, sometimes you just want a way to get stuff from an iPhone to your Mac (eg, you lost all your photos and didn’t have a hard drive backup, but they’re on your phone; you’d like to see all your text messages to the person...
Read MoreqStatus for iPhone
Those of us who use several social media sites can find ourselves doubling or tripling our status updates from time to time. I hate doing anything extra, so I have tried a lot of methods for getting the job done in one fell swoop. There are several ways [link to Mashable article] to update your status across multiple networks at once; this review covers qStatus for iPhone [$0.99; iTunes link]....
Read MoreAwesome Note
I have used a ton of to-do systems, mostly recently Remember the Milk (RTM), but they have never really fit the way I needed to remember things. RTM in particular is overkill for what I need. Awesome Note ($3.99 in the App Store; free “Lite” version available) for my iPhone [iTunes link] combined with Evernote and Google Calendar have finally, I think, filled the bill for me. A review...
Read MoreiPad: Answers and Challenges
First off, yes, I am writing this on the iPad. As an “executive summary,” I’ll just say this: it is what everyone thought it was. And the answers to both of my questions in last night’s final preview article have been revealed. The short answer is that while the iPad is a great piece of hardware, and a lot of fun, it’s going to take some work to make it fit in...
Read MoreThe Last iPad Preview Article
So at this point, with iPad pre-order deliveries less than 12 hours away, you’re either sick of hearing about it, or so excited you can’t stand it. Put me in the latter category. Much like a kid on Christmas, I doubt I’ll sleep much tonight. You might recall that back in January, my enthusiasm wasn’t quite there yet. (I even got the ship date wrong by about 3...
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