Electronic Books (eBooks) are huge news these days. From the Kindle to Barnes & Noble’s latest offering, portable readers are the news of the day. While some think this is the wave of the future, I have come full circle from my non-comvergence stance: At some point in the future, there will be a single device that will do everything you want well enough that you will stop using your single-purpose device. Some say that day has come and the iPhone is it. I’m not quite there mentally, but the proliferation of reading programs on the iTunes App Store makes me think some folks are going in that direction. This review is of one of many different reading apps, Classics2Go from KiwiTech. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: eBook Readers and Gear, iPhone related

Tagged: eBook reader, iPhone, Literature, Software

Classics2Go iPhone eBook Reader App Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on July 16, 2009 at 8:09 am.

“New Media. Original Content. On Demand.”

Mediafly is your source for video and audio personalized channels including podcasts and more delivered to virtually any media-enabled device.”

I don’t really do audiobooks or podcasts- I’m just too visual of a person to focus on that sort of thing for too long. My mind wanders and the next thing I know I am engrossed on something else while the content plays to an empty audience. I tell you this so you understand that when I looked at Mediafly for all of my podcasting needs (at Julie’s request), I did so with an attitude of hopeful pessimism- hey, at least it offers video, right?. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Audio / Video Gear, Blackberry related

Tagged: Blackberry, media, podcasts, rss, Software

Mediafly for the Blackberry Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 27, 2009 at 7:16 am.

Many years ago, while using one of my Palm devices, I discovered a company named SplashData. They had, among other programs, an app called SplashPhoto. This pair of apps (one for Palm, one for Mac or PC) allowed me to sync photos with my Palm, creating an electronic brag book – photos I had taken, optimized for the small square of screen I carried everywhere. Recently, SplashData have begun to create apps for the iPhone. I’ve recently been asked to look at a new program called File Magic. While running it through it’s paces, I revisited an application I’ve had on my iPhone for a good while: File Magnet, from Magnetism Studios. The two are amazingly similar in more than just the name.

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Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: iPhone, Software, utilities

SplashData’s File Magic and Magnetism Studio’s File Magnet for the iPhone originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on June 23, 2009 at 7:16 am.

Locale was a Grand Prize Winner in the first Android Developer Challenge. It is a tool that allows you to perform a number of actions based on conditions you define in the application. It makes great use of the Android G1’s location abilities, but frankly the name is misleading, because it can do far more than just update based on location.

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Filed in categories: Android related

Tagged: Android, Software

Locale for Android Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 29, 2009 at 3:00 am.

mWallet by Total Wireless Solutions is a very nifty application. You don’t have to use every feature that it offers but if you decide you want to, it’s definitely a practical step. It only costs $7.50 for an S60 device and $6.50 for a UIQ device. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Symbian OS Related

Tagged: S60, Software, Symbian, UIQ

mWallet – Symbian Utility Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 19, 2009 at 11:07 am.

There are so many bubble popping and ball matching style games out there, that it’s difficult to get excited about a new one. That’s why I wasn’t all that enthused when the people from Howling Moon Software emailed to ask me if I would like to take a look at Crayon Ball for the iPhone / iPod Touch. But I said ok and here’s the scoop. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: game, Software

Howling Moon Software’s Crayon Ball iPhone Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 10, 2009 at 9:26 am.

Why would you want to add a calculator to your iPhone/iPod touch? You can’t remove the standard one, and it does most of what normal people use a calculator for all ready: add, subtract, multiply, divide, hold a number in memory and let you use it in an operation. There’s even a “change sign” button. What more could you want? Well, if you’re the scientific kind, you’d want to turn it to landscape and get all those trigonometric function keys, log functions, square, cube, square roots, percentage, and a few other keys. That should do it, right? Yes, the built-in calculator is pretty powerful. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: iPhone, OS X, Software

PCalc iPhone Software Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 30, 2009 at 11:41 am.

The Nokia Podcasting application, developed by Nokia comes with the sis file already preloaded onto the memory card of some of the more recent Nokia phones. It’s also free for download from the Nokia website and it’s available for all E or N series phones that have WLAN and is compatible with some others. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Symbian OS Related

Tagged: Nokia, podcasting, Software, Symbian

Nokia Podcasting Application Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 25, 2009 at 2:29 pm.

If you’re a fan of the popular TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, then you will enjoy playing Prime Time Quiz Show from Pixellive on your iPhone or iPod Touch. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Games, Software, Trivia

Pixellive Prime Time Quiz Show iPhone Game Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 13, 2009 at 8:40 pm.

I’ve always enjoyed playing card games like Solitaire on my PDAs and phones, but I never really became interested in the game of BlackJack until now. James Lee of Seahorse Software asked if I might like to try his BlackJack Run game. I accepted, didn’t think that I would find a game of BlackJack all that fun. I was wrong … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Games, iPhone, Software

Seahorse Software BlackJack Run iPhone Application Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 6, 2009 at 10:26 pm.

The zen of the Palm OS is that it is easy to use, intuitive, and helpful. A key element of this is being able to quickly jot, store, and retrieve notes- but… is your note a memo? A contact? An SMS? How many times have you had to actually (**shudder**) write something down and add it to your Palm later? Splashdata’s Snap solves that. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: memo, note, Palm, Software, splashdata

Splashdata’s Snap – Palm OS Utility originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 24, 2009 at 1:00 am.

While much of what I need is on the Web in one form or another, there are times I need to access information when there is no network available. This has been, until recently, one of the few real issues I have had with the iPhone: notes taken on my computer can’t be shared easily with my iPhone and vice-versa. Recently, I’ve been using SyncBook, an iPhone app that syncs with my Mac via text files over a local network connection. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Notes, Software, Syncing

SyncBook iPhone Application Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 19, 2009 at 1:00 am.

Another in my series of pet peeves with my Palm Centro (which I swear I cherish even with all of the peeves and annoyances) is the fact that the memory card is literally trapped inside. Some reviewers said they can open the card cover without removing the battery cover, but most of us cannot. I love shuttling files and programs back and forth between my Palm and PC, and I miss being able to do this by just popping cards. My options seem to be to solve this by modifying the battery cover so I can pop the card cover, or to use software. Since this is a software review and not an Instructables.com “how to” posting, I guess we will look at software. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Palm, Software

Softick Blue Files and Card Export II – Palm OS Software Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 15, 2009 at 8:51 pm.

Hot on the heels of the Slacker app for BlackBerry announcement the other day, comes a Slacker Radio application for the iPhone. I love my Slacker G2 Personal Radio, so I was anxious to check out how this free application on the iPhone compared to it. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: iPhone, Slacker Radio, Software, Streaming

Slacker Radio iPhone Application Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 13, 2009 at 1:50 pm.

OK, for everyone who remembers Part 1 of this review from way back last year, you should recall that SplashData’s SplashWallet is a package of four great utilities for $59.95- SplashMoney and SplashShopper, reviewed last time, and SplashID and SplashPhoto, which we will look at today. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: ID, Photos, Software

SplashData’s SplashWallet – Palm OS Utility Review Part 2 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 3, 2009 at 4:49 pm.

Do you have .99 cents jingling in one pocket, and an iPhone in the other? Do you also have a wacky sense of humor? Then you might want to check out the Singing Snowman and Singing Cat iPhone apps from Gigabyte Solutions. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: iPhone related

Tagged: Entertainment, Software

Gigabyte Solutions Singing Cat and Snowman iPhone Software Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 22, 2008 at 4:08 pm.

[Memo to self: Next year, review good software for the holidays before the holidays.]

SplashData’s SplashWallet makes a great gift AND a great tool for the holidays… which would have been a more useful realization if I had it about a month earlier! Check out part 1 of my 2 part review… … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Palm OS related

Tagged: Software

SplashData’s SplashWallet – Palm OS Utility Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 17, 2008 at 7:44 pm.