Carrier IQ provides telemetry and analytics to cellular carriers and manufacturers, and according to the company itself, its software is preinstalled on over 141 million phones, including the iPhone. Is this spyware and what information is it sending? And how do you disable it from sending information?
Scanning and OCR with your iPhone? If you have had a need and could not find a suitable or accurate enough app, well your wait is over. Prizmo for iPhone from Creaceed allows you to check that requirement off your list and gives you a tool to scan text, business cards , receipts and more.
Apple released a new feature called AirPrint as part of iOS 4.2, but if you don’t have an AirPrint-compatible printer you can’t use this great new feature. To the rescue comes eCamm, with their Mac application called Printopia.
Well, it’s finally here. Apple has released iOS 4.2 for both the iPhone and iPad and there is much rejoicing in the streets.
If you are looking for a pedometer app for your iPhone to use while you are out walking or running and want to be able to listen to music, keep walking past StepMeter Pro when you see it in the App Store.
Mountain View, California – PhatWare announces today the new version of the popular note taking and handwriting recognition software for iPads and iPhones – WritePad 4.3. The new version features improved Twitter client with search, full synchronization of WritePad documents with Dropbox, seven color themes, ability to obtain the current location address and contact information, and a superior handwriting recognition engine.
WritePad is an advanced notetaker for iPads and iPhones, which converts practically any handwriting into computer text. This feature-reach, Star-Trek-like technology makes the on-screen soft keyboard obsolete. Notes created with WritePad can be emailed, Tweeted, saved, translated to other languages, synced with Dropbox, or exchanged directly between 2 or more iOS devices.
With WritePad users can:
* Create and modify text documents using the advanced handwriting recognition engine or iPad keyboard for text entry in landscape or portrait mode
* Improve productivity by utilizing inline gestures, spell checker, context analyzer, and shorthand features
* Email, Tweet, or Synchronize WritePad documents
* Translate documents to 13 supported languages using Bing Translator
* Change WritePad’s appearance by manipulating text, page and ink colors using the customizable Styles feature
Pricing and Availability:
WritePad 4.3 is available now in the iTunes App Store. WritePad for iPad is priced at $9.99 (USD), while the iPhone edition is priced at $3.99. In addition to English, WritePad is also available in German, Spanish, and French (localized versions are sold separately). For more information about the WritePad product line, please visit PhatWare’s web site.
PhatWare: http://www.phatware.com/
Founded in October 1997, PhatWare Corporation is a leading provider of easy to use powerful software products and professional services for the mobile and desktop computing marketplace. PhatWare specializes in handwriting recognition, digital ink, note taking, and database and network management software development. PhatWare Corporation is a founding member of Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC) – a unique partner program developed by Microsoft Corp. to serve as a focused feedback mechanism for Microsoft Windows Mobile platform development, and provide leading companies with the tools and resources they need to bring the most innovative and successful mobility solutions to market – a Microsoft Certified Partner, and Microsoft Windows Embedded partner. Copyright (C) 1997-2010 PhatWare Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
We all aspire to be better photographers, but most of us need all the help we can get. TrueHDR from Pictional gives us amateur photographers with a tool to help improve our photo taking skills. TrueHDR allows you to take full-resolution HDR prictures with your iPhone 4, 3GS or the iPod Touch 4G.
The recently released version adds several new features including a AutoCapture mode, SemiAuto mode, support for the iPod Touch 4G, along with easier access to Facebook, Twitter and email.
Photogene for iPhone has been around for a while now and provides some great photo editing tools to the iPhone. Recently the developer, Mobile Pond, released a version specifically designed for the iPad.
Photogene for iPad was designed to take advantage of the large screen and the more powerful processor of the iPad, making it a perfect photo editing tool.
Review: EyeTV for iPad & iPhone
Elgato has been providing hardware and software that allows you to view and record live television on your Mac for a number of years. Now using Elgato’s EyeTV iPhone/iPad application you can stream TV directly to your iPad or iPhone. The EyeTV software running on a Mac computer converts live TV to the correct format and streams it to your iPhone/iPad over a 3G or WiFi connection.
Another camera app for the iPhone? Well, Camera Plus Pro developed by Global Delight is probably one of the most advanced camera apps available for the iPhone and if you feel limited by the iPhone’s built-in camera functionality, then Camera Plus Pro will make your picture taking easier and improve the quality of those pictures.