I lay my head in the guillotine with this post title, but I have to get this out of the way: If you’ve ever used Tweetie 2, you’ve used Osfoora. And while I don’t want to say it, the feature comparison is so similar it’s not even funny. So with this said, I’m going to review Osfoora as perhaps a re-imagination of Tweetie 2 – what does it do better and what does it do worse?
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Osfoora, a New Take on Tweetie
Sneak Peek: Bulletin, New RSS App for iPhone by Tim Davies
Developers will never stop dreaming about the perfect RSS reader for iPhone or at least, they have to try. I’ve come to this conclusion after trying many feeds readers actually, like Byline, Newsrack (former Newstand), Newsprint, Reeder, MobileRSS Pro. They’re all great applications but the question is - is there room for one more?
Sure there is, and we think Bulletin by Tim Davies is gonna be the next big thing in its category.
HippoRemote: Remote Controlling As It Should Be.
You know what, I won’t start this review by telling you what HippoRemote does; I’m going to tell you what it doesn’t instead. HippoRemote doesn’t display your Mac screen on your iPhone. But all the rest is just there, and it’s working greatly.
Scribe Notes: Beautiful and Rich Notes for iPhone
There are so many apps to take notes on the iPhone, and we’ve covered this subject so many times that I don’t think talking about the ones we’ve featured is even worth anymore. I think the problem with note taking apps mainly resides in the lack of a real multipurpose application that lets you capture any kind of information and organize it into a unified, streamlined interface. No, don’t suggest Evernote please. And yeah, I’m not going to talk about Pastebot here, as its main function is that of capturing the clipboard and, eventually, sync it to your Mac computer. I always would have liked to have this app that could contain most every kind of data (be it photos, text or videos) and keep it stored into a single database.
Today I’d like to talk about a new application we’ve just downloaded from the App Store, it’s called Scribe Notes, it’s beautiful and it allows you to easily enter notes and organize them in notebooks. It’s cool, let’s check it out.
Notable Quotes, Words Not to be Forgotten. Review and Giveaway.
I don’t know if it’s a fetish, but reading those famous phrases from people I vaguely remember studying in senior high has become somewhat of a daily activity. I’ll wake up in the morning and flip through a few quotes before beginning my daily routine of Mail and Tweetie 2 checkups on my iPod Touch, before nesting it back into it’s own little neat space. I’ve been playing with Notable Quotes for the last day our so, and may I say it’s fancy. Between the script, leather-bound pages, and its coffee like glow, Notable Quotes has a very expensive feel to it. I like it.
Taptu, Search by Touch
Mobile browsers are usually of one breed on the iPhone. All browsers normally have an address bar, a search bar, and perhaps tabs. But asides from accessing search engines, none of them make looking for information too convenient. Taptu Search makes finding information easy because of interactive contextual touch elements.
Make your Grade with Grades. Exclusive Preview and Giveaway.
This afternoon was full of mystery and intrigue. Adventure and possibilities. Mexican and and iPhone-app’ness. Over fine Spanish cuisine, I met with iPhone developer Jeremy Olson (@jerols on Twitter – if you aren’t following him you should) who runs a great blog over at Tapity.
For a few hours, we discussed all things iPhone and iPad, covering everything from marketing, to design, to an app I’d like to share with you all today. Students rejoice, because the age old question of, “What do I need to make on my test to get an A?” has finally ben answered.
Meet Grades.
Easy Forecasts with The Weather for iPhone. Review and Giveaway.
It’s 9am in the morning here in Viterbo, Italy. It’s sunny outside, I’ve slept 5 good hours, girlfriend is still sleeping but the Espresso machine is already on ready to get rolling for some good black coffee. The day couldn’t have started better than this. Also, inbox is full and the phone doesn’t have too many missed calls. Hell, the world loves me today.
This is how I wake up pretty much everyday. I know, I have a damn good life around me. But you know, there’s something missing from the typical out-of-bed, ready-to-work workflow I described above: checking the actual weather for the day, and the upcoming days. I don’t know why, I’ve always been used to checking the forecast since I was kid; I remember that back then I watched the tv every morning before going to school, but being evolved into the perfect web 2.0 guy, the iPhone does the job quite perfectly now. And so before the making of the coffee (real espresso, not that Starbucks fake shit you americans drink) comes the “let’s check the weather” moment where I sit down, wake up the dog and fire up Outside to see what the temperature is like and what’s gonna happen during the week. Outside is a great and well designed app by Robocats, be sure to read our review if you missed it.
Today I’d like to talk about this new and simple application called “The Weather” which allows you to quickly see what the temperature’s like and get a basic forecast for the week. Also, we’ve got 9 promo codes to give away.
Cinder, Previously Known as LittleSnapper for iPhone. Ember Client.
LittleSnapper is a very good application, so good that it’s basically always open on my Mac and sitting into the dock. But this is an old story, you can just read our huge review about it if you missed it. What’s important about LS, and thus the reason I had to mention it here, it’s that Realmac Software, the guys behind LittleSnapper, created a social network / image sharing service called Ember (and previously known as QuickSnapper) which integrates with LittleSnapper and lets you share pictures, screenshots and stuff that you find inspiring. You can create collections, fave images, follow and unfollow people to receive updates about what they do on Ember directly in your Dashboard. It’s awesome, and a pro Ember account gives you access to lifetime LittleSnapper upgrades. Be sure to follow me on Ember to stay updated with my pictures stream.
Anyway, we’re not going to talk about LittleSnapper again. Well, actually yes - let me explain the situation. LittleSnapper was available for the iPhone too, and it was a good app in my opinion. Sure it was deeply different from the Mac version (mainly thanks to Apple’s SDK limitations) but overall, it was a damn great utility to take photos / websnaps and upload them to Ember. Eventually Realmac quit the development of LittleSnapper to focus on Mac OS X development and sold the whole LS app to BitBQ, which started working on a full porting of the old application to make it work with Ember.
The app is now out in the AppStore, it’s called Cinder and it’s free for a limited time. I’ve been testing Cinder for a few weeks now, read on to find out if it’s a worth successor to LittleSnapper.