When Federico and I initially reviewed Mailroom, our review wasn’t exactly the most positive. We felt the app wasn’t ready for the primetime, and I didn’t want to leave a sour taste in people’s mouths. The application really did have potential, and it seems the developer has been listening to the influx of suggestions. Today, I’d like to Re-Review Mailroom, because it has become a really great GMail client for the iPhone.
Mailroom, the Better, Faster GMail Client
Screenflow 2.1 Adds “Publish as Flash” Feature, 64-bit Audio Capture
Screenflow, the excellent screencasting application we reviewed a while ago here, has been updated to the 2.1 version which adds a bunch of interesting new features. In the mood of supporting the never-ending Flash format, Screenflow now allows to directly export a video in Flash, automatically generating all the required components. The update also includes many bug fixes, support for 64-bit system audio capture and “forever-saving” of documents.
Go download.
A Shortcut for Googling the Current Website
Porting iPhone Apps to the iPad, Why It Might Not Work
“You can actually see this problem already on Apples iPad website. Why do you think Apple doesn’t ship iPad versions of the calculator, the clock, the weather app or the stocks app? Because they wouldn’t live up to Apples standards, if you’d just blow them up to the iPads screen.”
I definitely agree with this. It’s either rewrite the whole app, or you’re busted.
iPad Keyboard Dock and 10W USB Power Adapter Delayed to May
By visiting the Apple Store we noticed that today Apple has delayed the iPad keyboard dock and 10w USB power adapter to May, thus missing the official April 3rd launch. With this move, the only accessories available at launch will be the iPad Dock and iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter, still scheduled for April 3rd release. iPad case is due to ship on “mid April”.
Production issues?
First Screenshot of IM+ for iPad
Clever use of the split view, but..icons in the top toolbar?
MacUpdate Promo Bundle: 11 Mac Apps for just $49. Yeah, Parallels 5 is included.
Wikipedia on the iPhone, We Have a Winner: Meet Articles.
I’ve always wished there was a decent Wikipedia client for iPhone. A well designed, feature rich, clean, simple, fast Wikipedia client, not that crap they sell for 3 bucks and it’s dubbed as “The Ultimate Wikipedia Client for iPhone, It Will Make You Smarter!”. I wanted something with a great typography, focused on readability, that could remember my position at every launch but, most of all, that would allow me to keep multiple entries open at the same time.
Thank God I wasn’t the only one who wanted the perfect Wikipedia app, and I believe we couldn’t ask for any better, considering the developer who realized it. Sophia Teutschler from Sophiestication.com (developer of Coversutra, Tipulator and Groceries - no, you couldn’t ask for anyone better than her) has just released her new application called Articles which is hands down the new, best Wikipedia client for iPhone.
Why? Read on to find out why and get your credit cards ready.
Dissecting iTunes Links
Very useful post over at Bjango’s team blog, analyzing the various types of iTunes links.
Eternity Time Log, Task Management from a Bird’s Eye View . Review and Giveaway.
I don’t think people realize just how much of their lives are spent doing things. When I ask “Jane” how long it took her to write that report, I expect a response like, “Oh, just a few hours. No biggie!” Now admittedly no one would be too happy about wasting three hours for a stupid report, but for conversation’s sake, let’s roll with it. As much as she let those few hours roll of her back like it was no big deal, time is a bitch. And when we finally realize that, it just might help re-prioritize aspects of our life that we’re spending way too much time on.
Eternity Time Log is an application designed to not only log the time you spend doing things, but show you just where you may or may not need improvement. It’s an excellent tool of getting an overview of your life, and it’s helped me rethink what I do, what I can I do to improve my time management for certain tasks, and what I can cut back on. I think for a lot of people who’ll use this seriously, there’s going to be this eyebrow-raising revelation that tells you just how much time you’ve actually working compared to time spent with your kids.