Productivity
I'm amazed by all the creative uses developers are finding for the iPhone camera. One of the latest is the just-released Babelshot. If you're in a situation where you have a bit of text in a foreign language that you need to translate, such as a restaurant menu, you can simply take a photo of the item, select the portion of the text you want to translate, and Babelshot does the rest. It supports automatic translation between 32 languages. You don't need to do any typing or anything. Babelshot only works for small amounts of text. You can also optionally enter in text manually. The app is $1.99.
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Sorry but I haven’t posted lately as I’ve been preparing my materials for tenure review here at West Chester University of PA. But, after attending a recent conference hosted by the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (atmionline.org) I have some great new apps to share with you. I’ll roll them out over the next few weeks. Here’s the first.
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The iPhone operating system has never allowed for listing more than 9 (SpringBoard) pages of 16 applications each, which has severely restricted the number of applications you can install on a phone. (Actually, the number of third-party apps you can display is even less as the built-in applications take up one tab – around 14-16 icons.)
The problem was slightly cured by the introduction of OS 3 this June. It allowed for both slightly more (11) SpringBoard pages so that you could see a bit more applications. However, additional programs you synchronized did not show up – even when they are there on your phone.
Fortunately, there are several solutions for the problem.
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LogMein Ignition is not only functional but has a certain wow factor to it. Imagine whipping out your iPhone wherever you are and using it to control your computer at home or at work, including accessing all the applications. The app (for iPhone and iPod touch) costs $30, and a limited version of the service is free. As I understand it, the paid service, which costs $70 per year, allows you to access multiple computers.
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Apple recently announced a major shift in how they treat free apps and I have been mulling over what it means to developers, in addition to end users. In the past, "In-App Purchases", or the ability to add features to an app, were only available for paid apps. Free apps could not be upgraded, short of purchasing the paid version separately. Now, users of these free apps can purchase upgrades. On one hand, more choices are a good thing. But I have some concerns.
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reQall Qtech, Inc. iPhone 3.0 Free Macintosh Not Available PC Not Available Web Yes
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I've been looking for this app, especially after I unloaded my land line telephone. No more faxes for me! I simply scan my documents using Scanner Pro and my iPhone, adjust if needed, and then e-mail, store on my iDisk or print. I can scan one or more pages of any size and then combine them into a multi-page PDF document to share. Allows for vertical or landscape layout. Editing features include correcting for color, brightness and/or contrast. I can reorder the pages within the document and even set a password for security.
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By Mary Ann Drawl  Personal Formulator is a simple financial calculator that allows you to quickly figure out discounts, tips, car loan payments, and more. We were visiting a friend and went to a car dealership to look at a Smartcar he wanted to buy. He needed help figuring out the total cost for two loans that had different interest rates. I taught music, not math, but had his answer quickly using Personal Formulator.
Personal Formulator
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Continued from HERE.
Automatic discovery of remote desktops on the same LAN?: the Jaadu apps and Mocha VNC support automatic discovery of local desktop computers. Note that in order for this to work, you must run Jaadu VNC Connect or Jaadu RDP Connect on the same desktop. They will keep broadcasting a message to the local network that there is a VNC / RDP server listening on these devices. Note that these broadcast messages are sent out even when the VNC server is shut down or stopped - or the RDP service disabled; that is, these three remote controller clients will find these desktops even then.
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I've long been promising a generic roundup on accessing the desktop on other computers (let them be running Windows, Mac OS X, Linux or even some mobile operating systems like Windows Mobile) from iPhones and iPod touches (from now on: iPhones), mostly because there aren't really usable and/or up-to-date all-in-one articles on the subject, let alone comparative ones.
Getting this roundup ready took me a lot of time (over six weeks): much more than I've originally expected. The reason for this was that I've made some really serious bandwidth usage and networking model tests (all involving the making of videos of this process to provide you with as documented a process as possible) so that I can provide you as much objective, comparative information as possible.
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