Price Disparities Favor iPhone Users

Software exclusivity is quickly becoming a thing of the past.  What once was a killer app for one system or another has now turned into the consumer connundrum of which software to buy for which device and why.  Determining a winner based on techincal differences and personal preferences takes time and research, yet one thing has become readily apparent: the iPhone is home to some tremendous bargains on some amazing software.  What you may spend $20 on elsewhere could only cost you $2 in the App Store, and it’s entirely possible you’ll end up with a better experience too!  Don’t believe us?  Take a look at these 5 examples of spectacular AppStore savings;

GPush Review: Bringing Gmail Notification to the iPhone

E-mail addiction is a hard habit to shake.  I get more than a hundred emails every day.  We’re not talking spam here — we’re talking legitimate e-mails that demand my attention.  My inbox is so full, it has it’s own inbox.  Given the circumstances, it’s fairly easy to see how I’ve become a compulsive email checker.  Watching TV.  Writing.  Sitting at a red light.  No matter what the activity, I couldn’t go more than five minutes without checking my inbox.  …and then there was GPush.

Opinion: Apple, Shape Up Your Changelogs

I recently updated to the most recent release of iTunes. I did this as soon as it came up in my Software Update, as I always try to have the most up-to-date versions of the software on my computer. Newer is better, right? Well, that’s usually been my view, but in addition to some cool new and improved features, there were some things that I was very used to that I now had to learn entirely new ways of doing. This led me to hate the new iTunes, and only after finding ways to recreate old features, which took me some time, could I really accept it as an improvement.

Impressions: App Store Genius

As part of the recent OS 3.1 upgrade for the iPhone, Apple introduced a new feature intended to suggest apps based on your previous purchases. Like the similar function introduced to music listeners in iTunes 8.0, this handy little feature goes by the name “Genius.”  But does the App Store Genius live up to it’s name like it’s big brother, or is this genius just a C student in disguise?

News: iPhone OS 3.1 now available

Announced at today’s Apple event, the latest iteration of the iPhone operating system is already available on iTunes.  OS 3.1 is a free upgrade to OS 3.0 users that offers an  improved shopping experience, better sync functionality, and a host of other options and tweaks.

Opinion: An Updater’s Chronicle

Today, I upgraded my operating system to Snow Leopard. I knew that it would be worth it in the end, but every time I do this I am petrified. Of all my files disappearing (this happened once to me); of the upgrade stopping partway through, leaving me with no operating system (this too has happened); of my programs not working after the upgrade because they haven’t been upgraded themselves. Luckily for me, however, none of these happened when I upgraded today. I write this not only as a story of my installation, but also as a reassurance to you that Snow Leopard will not become despite its namesake a sharp-toothed beast with untold powers of destruction. This cat is surprisingly tame.

Simplenote Review: No-Nonsense Notes

The market for iPhone note taking apps is huge. While Apple provides a Notes app, it is very basic and only syncs with notes in Mail.app. The de facto third party note taking app for the iPhone/Mac is Evernote which includes syncing between your iPhone, desktop, and the web. Evernote, however, has many more features than most people need from a note taking app. All the extra features of Evernote can cause it to run slowly on older iPhone/iPod Touch platforms. Simplenote solves this problem as a fast, clean, and no-nonsense note taking app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Opinion: Apple and the Cats

The release this past Friday of the newest Mac operating system codenamed “Snow Leopard” added one more to a slowly increasing list of big cats that Apple has used to name its software. And this got me to wondering why are all of the systems named after these animals? It doesn’t seem like computers have too much in common with man-eating, furry giants. But then I thought about it some more, and realized that perhaps the choice isn’t as peculiar as it might seem.