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myPhoneDesktop 1.5: Still My Favorite Browser-to-iPhone App

When it comes to quickly sharing any kind of information between my desktop browser and the iPhone, I have one and only favorite tool of choice: myPhoneDesktop. What this app does is simple, yet effective: it allows you to share links, text, images, phone numbers and maps from your browser to the iPhone (or iPad, it’s universal) in seconds. You hit a button (of course, you have to create a mPD account first), and boom - you get a notification on the phone.

The iPhone (and iPad) app stores your most recent shared items in a very simple tabbed interface, so you can instantly retrieve links, text, images. It also comes with many settings to tweak the default apps, as I wrote in my review months ago. The latest 1.5 version adds support for browsers other than Safari (Atomic and Perfect Browser are supported) and comes with the ability to add tasks to Todo built-in. The desktop client has also received major improvements, such as the possibility to import contacts from .CSV files, shortcuts for account switching and fixes for SMS and call scheduling.

myPhoneDesktop is available at $4.99 in the App Store. Check out the full 1.5 changelog and screenshots below.


What’s New In Version 1.5

iPhone

- Ability to add tasks to Todo app (http://appigo.com/todo)

- Ability to open URL’s in alternative browsers (can be controlled in the “Settings | URL View Options | Open With” view). Currently supported browsers are:

- Safari

- Atomic Web Browser (http://atomicwebbrowser.com/)

- Perfect Browser (http://www.perfectbrowser.com/)

Desktop Client

- Added ability to import contacts from CSV files. Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail and Yahoo address book formats are supported out of the box. Import from other formats can also be performed via correct mapping of CSV file and myPhoneDesktop contacts’ fields

- Ability to Drag&Drop CSV files into myPhoneDesktop to initiate import of contacts

- Added Option to force myPhoneDesktop client to start minimized

Desktop and Web Clients

- The Call and SMS buttons in the Phone View now works with Skype on iPod touch and iPad

- Ability to add tasks to Todo app (http://appigo.com/todo). Task list should be specified in the simple textual form (see http://bit.ly/aB34g3 for more info)

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