Flickit Pro 2.1 Released with Background Uploading to Flickr

Flickit Pro, the Green Volcano Software client for Flickr.com, was updated to version 2.1 last night, which brings full support for iOS 4 and iPhone 4. Besides improved video quality upload and overall upload speeds, version 2.1 brings the much-request background uploading to Flickr and UI optimizations for the Retina Display.

I’ve been beta testing Flickit Pro 2.1, and it works like this: in the Settings you can choose to hide / show a notification for when the upload is complete. Choose some photos, send them to Flickr, close the app and they will be uploaded anyway. It works really well.

Personally, I think Flickit Pro is the best Flickr client for the iPhone. The new and improved version makes it even better. Available at $4.99 in the App Store.

Lady Gaga at Infinite Loop - iPhone 4 Commercial Coming?

Apparently, Lady Gaga just dropped in Cupertino and visited Apple’s campus at Infinite Loop. Not that big of a news, but remember? Back in May, when we didn’t even have a name for the iPhone 4 (we kept calling it “4G” - some people still do), 9to5mac reported of a deal between Apple and the pop singer about a commercial for the new device.

Back then, Gaga’s label Polydor said “no comment”. Sure, many artists visited Apple’s campus (Maroon 5 performed, too) - we just thought that, considering the previous speculations, this might mean something.

We’ll see.

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Over-the-Air Updates for iOS Beta Apps? Yes, Please.

Writing for MacStories, I test many beta versions of new applications coming out for the iPhone and iPad. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the situation, but installing betas on iOS devices is a pain: you have to download the app’s file and the .mobileprovision profile, add them to iTunes, sync and hope that iTunes doesn’t screw up. With each version of the beta (Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3…) you have to repeat these steps.

Now we have a solution to this problem: an upcoming open source framework that will allow beta apps to update over the air by directly contacting the developer’s servers, without the need of syncing the device via iTunes. Pretty much like Mac applications do.

I’m seriously looking forward to this. [via Ken Yarmosh]

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BookBook: Wrap Your iPad In Hardback Leather

Of all the cases and stands we talk about every week, the BookBook for iPad has to be one of the best we’ve ever seen. Produced by Twelvesouth, well known makers of awesome Apple accessories, the BookBook turns your iPad into an elegantly bounded leather book. It even works as a stand thanks to an internal mechanism based on a strip and a button. It’s old style.

“Your iPad is held in the case by two soft leather corners and a soft elastic band that runs across the top of iPad. This elastic band is perfectly positioned below the invisible sensors near the top of iPad and just above the iPad viewing window. You see the full screen, all functions will work and you have access to all controls and inputs on your iPad. You’ll also find a button and string stitched into the case, which are used to transform BookBook into a display stand.”

$70 with free shipping for a limited time. At least you can say you did something to save books. Sort of.

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Designers, Rejoice: Review for iPhone Lets You Easily Judge Mockups

Honestly, I didn’t know anything about this new app from Bohemian Coding - but boy it looks useful and beautiful. Review for iPhone helps designers in quickly exporting UI mockups from the Mac to an actual iOS device, so that they can judge their designs in seconds on a real unit.

Just drag the files from your Finder to the Review Sync app for Mac (which runs in the menubar) and they will be exported to the iPhone in seconds, so that you’ll be able to see whether you did a good job or not. For designers, this could turn out to be a huge time saver.

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TaskAware Winners Announced

Thanks everyone who entered the TaskAware for iPhone giveaway. We also want to thank Nino D’Aversa for the promo codes he offered to MacStories readers.

Here are the winners:

Tilt

John Duong-Tran

alan Echia

You’ll receive the promo codes in your inbox in a few hours. Congratulations!