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Walk the Stars On Your iPad with Star Walk

September 3, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Walk the Stars On Your iPad with Star Walk

Walk the Stars On Your iPad with Star Walk → I remember seeing Star Walk in the App Store long ago and always wondering what it was, but I never checked it out. I got the chance to check it out recently, and was blown away at what Star Walk lets you do....
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Purchases for iPhone: Shopping Lists Without All the Fat

July 29, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Purchases for iPhone: Shopping Lists Without All the Fat

An app that I’ve used for quite a long time that I’ve never gotten around to writing about is Purchases for iPhone from Rehserve IT. It’s been a permanent fixture on my home screen for months and I think it deserves being touted for the truly great shopping list app that it is. I’ve...
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Folio for iPad Does PDFs Beautifully

July 28, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Folio for iPad Does PDFs Beautifully

Something I’ve been looking for ever since I got my iPad was a PDF reader that I didn’t absolutely hate. I tried Good Reader cause it was just $0.99. I hated its UI and felt like I was just contributing to its continued spot atop the productivity apps. Yeah, it does everything under the...
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Separating Lists from Tasks: Pocket Docket for iPhone

July 21, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Separating Lists from Tasks: Pocket Docket for iPhone

I love list apps. I buy far too many of them, and half of the time I wind up just leaving them in my iTunes app library, not even on my phone. I see the difference between task managers and list makers. Things and Omnifocus are task managers. There are due dates and tags....
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Mathematical Beauty: Calcbot for iPhone and iPad

July 13, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Mathematical Beauty: Calcbot for iPhone and iPad

Calcbot started off as an iPad only app in the beginning. It made sense to build a simple, but beautiful calculator for the iPad since there wasn’t one included with Apple’s software. While the app is great on iPad, it’s the iPhone version that really shines. There have been plenty of calculator’s so far...
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I Have a Fever: Ashes for iPad

July 8, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
I Have a Fever: Ashes for iPad

I was really excited about Ashes for iPad before it came out. My enthusiasm has waned quite a bit since its release though. I’ll start off by first explaining why I was excited. I’m a Fever user. Kind of. I’ve given up on it over the last few months. Shaun Inman has a real...
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Buying iPhones in Japan: Brandon’s Sob Story

June 24, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Buying iPhones in Japan: Brandon’s Sob Story

Remember when Steve Jobs said that Apple held back on international iPad releases because they wanted to be able to meet...
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Twitter for iPhone: May Tweetie 2 Rest in Peace

June 4, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Twitter for iPhone: May Tweetie 2 Rest in Peace

Tweetie 3.0, or as Twitter would like you to call it, Twitter for iPhone is the worst software update I can ever remember downloading. Generally, updates make things better, not worse. Twitter for iPhone adds nothing useful to Tweetie’s base. It actually breaks Tweetie. And I feel fine calling it an “upgrade” because this...
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Send Beautiful Greeting Cards from Your iPad with Jubilee

June 4, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Send Beautiful Greeting Cards from Your iPad with Jubilee

I’m not gonna sit here and pretend like I have a lot of friends whose birthdays I have to keep track of. I hardly even pay attention to the birthdays of my family members. I’m not exactly what you might call a people person. I stopped checking Facebook just so I could avoid all...
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Japanese iPad Customers Are Getting the Runaround

May 15, 2010
By Brandon Pittman
Japanese iPad Customers Are Getting the Runaround

For those not following the story, Japan is set to release a SIM-locked contract-locked iPad with Softbank, and obviously, Japanese folks are a little more than annoyed. Some of them have been emailing Apple’s new unofficial PR spokesman, who also happens to be their CEO. “Actually, the version of iPad sold in Japan does...
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