I had completely forgotten that one of the reasons I avoided Acompli (the iOS app that Microsoft re-branded as Outlook) was how they managed email remotely.
Here’s a recent Register article that describes the issue.
Rene Winkelmeyer breaks down the entire thing and is the source for the Register article:
What I saw was breathtaking. A frequent scanning from an AWS IP to my mail account. Means Microsoft stores my personal credentials and server data (luckily I’ve used my private test account and not my company account) somewhere in the cloud!
Imagine my excitement when I heard (from everyone) that Microsoft finally released Outlook for iOS. My email is split between Exchange (real Exchange, not 365) for work and IMAP for everything else. There is exactly one iOS mail client that supports those two systems effectively.1 With the release of Outlook for iOS, that number remains unchanged.
Surprisingly, Outlook for iOS supports Dropbox, Box, Yahoo, iCloud and GMail. Adding attachments is very convenient and seeing a list of all attachments from my inbox in one view is helpful.
Scanbot 3.5 is out this week and adds an interesting new twist to iOS document scanning: Reminders.
While I prefer TextGrabber for extracting plain text from the material plane, I like Scanbot for all of my other document capture needs on iOS.1 I like it even more with every new release.
Version 3.5 adds the ability to set a reminder on a document (“Pro” IAP required). Slide from left to right to expose the settings.
If you use Alfred for the Mac, then the $5 companion app might be worth the money. The iOS app is a remote trigger for Alfred workflows and actions.
As a new app there’s not much I can say about it. It is very similar to the Keyboard Maestro app for iOS but the Alfred Remote works on the local WiFi network only and is far more attractive.
Setup is easy and there are a number of interesting options.
Storms are a fun time to review weather apps, because emergencies reveal which apps are good in a pinch and which are just pretty. These are the apps I keep installed on my phone in order of my preference and use.1
eWeather HD This is the strangest weather app I’ve used. The radial forecast view is a bit challenging at first but the additional features really set this app apart from most.
Using plain text to manage my projects means I have a lot of flexibility for viewing, editing and adding new entries. When I’m on my phone, I mostly lean on quick viewing and adding. I will occasionally review a project but my phone is primarily a way to input tasks. I use Drafts for iOS, of course.
The Inbox I have a different TaskPaper file for each area of my work:
I know all the blogging outlets are currently enamored with Evernote’s Scannable app. That’s fine by me. Anything that gets rid of paper is super in my book.
But sometimes, I don’t want a PDF or image, I just want text so I can put it somewhere useful. That’s where TextGrabber comes in.
TextGrabber for iOS
After scanning, TextGrabber can immediately present a cropping window but there’s not much button mashing to convert the photo to text.
Terminology is nice customizable dictionary app for iOS. Here’s an action for it that uses the 1913 Webster’s Dictionary, which is often supperior to other sources.
The Good Doctor describes why he uses Drafts. It’s one of my favorite iPhone apps, for similar reasons. But Drafts has really become much more useful since the Today Widget was rolled out.
Usually if I put some text on my clipboard, it’s because I want to do something with it. The Drafts Today Widget makes that really easy. I pull down form the top of the screen and hit the +clip button.
Man, that’s a lot of software on sale. Some of my favorite iOS apps at pretty good discount.
