TweetDeck for Android Officially Launched
Anyone try it yet? I'm downloading now... Hopefully it will be exactly what I'm looking for. :)
The Life of a DanielIt's not as interesting as it sounds...Filed under: appTweetDeck for Android Officially Launchedvia mashable.com
Anyone try it yet? I'm downloading now... Hopefully it will be exactly what I'm looking for. :) Geocaching > Groundspeak's Geocaching Android Applicationvia geocaching.com
Not sure how I missed this, or how long it's been out--it's not listed on the Geocaching home page. But the official Geocaching app is available for Android. It's in the Market, and runs $9.99. A buddy of mine has the iPhone version and loves it. Hopefully the Android app is just as awesome. WordPress for iPhone [review]Back when I had a Blackberry, I searched for some kind of application that would let me make posts to my blog from the phone. Pulling up the editor in the browser worked, but it was a pain. When I switched to the iPhone, I scoured the App Store looking for the same thing. I kept thinking that somebody must've created a blog client for the iPhone, but found nothing. Until now. WordPress for the iPhone is the perfect app.
When you first start it up, it will ask for your blog URL... If you input that correctly, it'll automatically find the xmlrpc file, and ask you for the username and password for your blog. And that's it. You can set up multiple blogs, if you'd like. Once logged in, the app will pull down your recent posts. Tap the compose button in the lower right corner of the screen, and start creating a new post. Add tags, select from your categories (or create a new one,) select the status of the post, and start typing away. You can save a post as a local draft, so you can work on it off and on till it's done. You can even post it as an "under review" post, so you can tweak it when you get back to a computer before letting the post go live. If you want to add a photo to a post, you can do so--it'll be displayed beneath the text of the post on your blog. The one thing that wasn't intuitive for me (and maybe it's just me,) was that there's no "Publish" button... You have to set the status to "Published" then click the save button. Honestly though, that was the only problem I had with the app, (and that was mainly my own ignorance.) If you're an iPhone/iPod touch/WordPress user, you have to have this app. Best of all--it's free. I love free. Flickit [review]The first thing I noticed about Flickit is the simple and clean interface. Tap once to grab a photo (from your library, or the camera,) tap again to set the title, description, tags, sets, etc. and tap one more time to upload. It's simple, elegant, and effective. I did manage to crash it once while pulling in all my Flickr sets. I generally tend to try to crash an app when I first get it, just to see where the threshold is. In this case, it was tapping and scrolling while the app was trying to download the list of all my sets (there are a LOT of sets.) One of the cool features is that you can setup several photos to upload at once. They line up in the middle of the screen--tap one to set its details, then just scroll through the rest to set each photos details. The settings page allows you to choose whether or not to view "usage hints", and what size you'd like to upload. I always upload at the Large setting, but this takes a little longer if you're just on a 3G connection. Now, the price... Free. Seriously, how can you beat that? Killer app, killer price. But grab it soon, just in case the free pricetag is just an initial offering. If you've tried this app out, let me know what you think of it in the comments. WordPress for iPhone (testing)I'll do up a proper review soon, but I wanted to test this app. So far it is flawless. I can even attach photos (this photo is a screenie of Flickit, another app I'll be reviewing soon. So far I see huge potential for quick mobile blog posts from airports or wherever. More soon. |
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