Article Archive for February 2010
Apple Continues to Lead in Customer Service Quality
Apple continues to lead Dell and HP in customer service quality for phone-based technical support, but HP made marked improvements since 2008, according to the latest study conducted by Vocal Laboratories Inc. (Vocalabs). In 1,157 telephone interviews immediately following a support call in 2009, 64% of Apple customers were “Very Satisfied” with the experience, compared to 45% of Dell customers and 47% of HP customers. Compared with 2008, HP customers in 2009 found it easier ... Read More
WikiPlaces 2.0 released for iPhone
Vitaliy Pronkin has announced WikiPlaces 2.0 application for iPhone and iPod Touch. We listened to users’ suggestions and updated WikiPlaces to be the best application to find out more about places around you! WikiPlaces provides access to Wikimapia – the great community project with the aim to describe every location in the world. It currently has over 11,000,000 places marked. You will be amazed how much interesting and surprising information you will find about places near ... Read More
Sound Touch for iPhone
Announcing that SoundTouch Interactive, the developers of Sound Touch, today released the first version of a new product. This is a brand new app offering a precious looking interface that little kids love. Using audio, images and photographs, Sound Touch teaches small children about the sounds of life without them realizing they’re being educated. Sound Touch is a brand new app on the market, developed as a fun and gentle way to teach small children about the sounds they might ... Read More
Healthful Apps Releases new iPhone app
Apps For All, LLC has announced that its latest health care application, Health Tracker Apps (TM), for the iPhone and iPod Touch, is now available on Apple’s App Store. This iPhone app, the latest in a series of apps, provides peer-recommended healthcare apps from the App Store based on user submitted feedback. The apps recommended by Health Tracker Apps offer initial self-testing capabilities for vision, hearing, and other conditions. While not a replacement for doctor’s ... Read More
Elasty HD 2.0 – Movie Toolbox for Mac users
Creaceed announce the release of Elasty HD 2.0 in beta version. Designed for any video camera owner from casual to heavy users, Elasty HD 2.0 is the Toolbox for customizing Movies on Mac OS X (10.6) Snow Leopard. Stabilization, Special Effects, Motion Tracking and Retiming are some of Elasty HD’s convenient features. Version 2.0 addresses a large number of feature requests from active users, and the user interface was completely redesigned in order to make it much easier to ... Read More
Free PortaClient iPhone App Makes VoIP Calls
Global communications infrastructure company PortaOne, Inc. today announced the availability of its new PortaClient app for the Apple iPhone?an application promising new convenience to customers of VoIP service providers using PortaOne’s PortaSwitch platform. PortaClient, now available at no cost in a demo version, lets iPhone end-users access their account information and usage data, check balances, manage their service settings, and even initiate low-cost VoIP calls using the ... Read More
iPhone and iPod Touch Educational Math App
ndependent developer Esa Helttula has released a new educational math app Trade-First Subtraction 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. It is the first Everyday Math app in the iTunes App Store. The app can be used to teach and study the trade-first subtraction method. Everyday Mathematics Everyday Mathematics is a new mathematics curriculum developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project. In the United States over 3 million students in 185,000 classrooms are currently using ... Read More
Office iPhone app with Google Docs integration
Byte Squared has announced its office application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The product, named “Office2″ (pronounced “office squared”) provides Word compatible document editing and Excel compatible spreadsheet editing with support for the DOC and XLS formats. It includes the following features: Word Processor Features: * View, create, edit and save documents in Word 97-2003 (.doc) format. Compatible with Microsoft Word, NeoOffice and any other .doc compatible ... Read More
Tracks 1.0 released for Mac OS X
Conceited Software has announced Tracks 1.2, an iTunes and iTunes Music Store controller for Mac OS X. Tracks lets users play their music library and browse the iTunes Music Store right from the menubar. No need to interrupt your workflow and switch to iTunes to change songs anymore. Tracks lives in the menubar and is available at all times via global, customizable keyboard shortcuts. Browsing the user’s iTunes library is as easy as opening the Tracks bar and typing a few ... Read More
zooSpelling iPhone App
Auman Software, a design and development consultancy focusing on early childhood learning and educational entertainment technology applications, has announced that zooSpelling, their educational application for Apple(R) iPhone(TM) and iPod touch(TM), is a finalist in the 2009 Best App Ever Awards for the “Best Overall Educational App” category. Now in its second year, the 2009 Best App Ever Awards are the original iPhone OS Application achievement awards created to recognize ... Read More
AmpliVox Launches iPod Portable Sound System
AmpliVox Sound Systems is proud to introduce a breakthrough PA system made for the multimedia presentations of today’s speakers: the iPod Remote Controlled Wireless PA System. This innovative system includes an iPod docking recharging station and DVD player with video-out. This easy to use iPod PA System, which is compatible with iPhone and most iPod models, delivers sound and video for multimedia venues providing presenters with “personal” choice. It provides clear ... Read More
Macworld 2010 New Product Launches
Dozens of companies will be making new product announcements and launches next week at Macworld 2010, IDG World Expo, owner of Macworld 2010, announced today. Many of these products are highlighted in Macworld’s unique First Looks program, designed to make finding and test-driving the latest products easy for attendees. The First Looks program highlights the latest innovations for the Mac, iPhone, and iPod platforms, and can be seen only at Macworld 2010 from February 9-13, 2010, at ... Read More
Rocketbox 1.0 – Powerful e-mail search for Apple Mail
Central Atomics has announced Rocketbox 1.0, a powerful new way of searching your e-mail in Apple Mail.app. Rocketbox is more advanced than Mail’s search, with search by person support, a blazing fast engine that is up to 200x faster than Mail’s, and powerful filters that make it easy to find what you need. * Search by person – Rocketbox provides intelligent search-by-person suggestions, making it easy to see your e-mail correspondence with a person. Rocketbox’s ... Read More
AmpliVox launches the breakthrough iPod Portable Sound System
Amplivox Sound Systems introduces the innovative iPod remote controlled Wireless PA System. This brand new PA System features an exclusive iPod docking station and a remote controlled DVD player with video out. AmpliVox Sound Systems is proud to introduce a breakthrough PA system made for the multimedia presentations of today’s speakers: the iPod Remote Controlled Wireless PA System. This innovative system includes an iPod docking recharging station and DVD player with ... Read More
Free iPhone tab bar icon editor
Berlin, 2nd February 2010. iconsBerlin just released its iPhone tab bar icon editor. The online editor enables app developers to create tab bar icon art at no cost within a couple of minutes. Though iconBerlin offers a complete icon set as well, that one specific icon may be missing while a project’s dead line is approaching. The developer may begin with icon creation immediately. The icon editor speeds up the workflow. There is no need to look up the technical details for tab bar ... Read More
AJA Builds Mac OSX Snow Leopard Support into Io Product Family
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, announced Mac OSX Snow Leopard support for its original standard definition Io family of products. This release also supports Apple’s Final Cut Pro 7. New Version 3.1 software is available today as a free download via http://www.aja.com/support/io/io.php for all Io, IoLA and IoLD customers. “AJA has built its reputation on developing products that innovate and simplify workflows for ... Read More
