GoodReader for iPad (and iPhone) continues to get better all of the time. It’s the ugly Swiss Army Knife of iOS. AFP with Bonjour discovery makes it a simple process to get to files on a local network without needing to jump between the computer and the iPad. GoodReader can also connect to a Time Capsule over AFP. There’s also iCloud publishing and the ability to unRAR an archive. Too many great features to list here.
I purchased the PowerDock Dual from Amazon[1] to help cleanup the family charging stations. 2 iPhones, 2 iPads and 2 laptops all charging in one creates an overwhelming tangle of little white cables. Unfortunately the PowerDock Dual is poorly designed and just creates more problems than it solves
The concept is great. The PowerDock holds one iPad and one iPhone with small coin dish between them. It looked like a smart solution.
A nice update to the best iOS GPS app. I’ve reviewed it before and love it.
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple engineering has officially stated that there are no plans to bring Siri to old iOS devices.
I personally never expected Siri to come out on older iPhones. Sure, I would have loved for my wife’s “old” iPhone 4 to get Siri. That does not make any sense for Apple though. It’s an amazing selling point for the iPhone 4S. I still think that the iPhone 4S was specifically designed to work best with Siri and that the performance on older hardware is likely to be worse (i.
One of the least discussed features of iOS 5 is the new split keyboard option. Yet, this has had one of the greatest impacts on the way I use my iPad. A quick drag of the return key up splits the keys apart and shrinks each key size. It looks awkward and too small to be comfortable, but for me it makes holding the iPad and typing a sane experience.[1]
Keyboard Maestro macros can be executed several different ways. There’s the common hot-key trigger and text snippet trigger. These are great but sometimes I need to run a macro when I’m not sitting in front of my computer. That’s where the KM Webserver trigger and Keyboard Maestro iOS apps come in handy. Webserver This a somewhat understated feature of Keyboard Maestro. I can configure the application to expose a webserver running on a specific port.
It's not my preferred note-taking app, but if multi-media notes are your thing, this is a monumental Notability update from Ginger Labs. It's clearly a lovingly managed product.
One of my favorite new features in iOS on my iPad2 is mirroring to an Apple TV 2. This is a pretty big deal. It transforms the iPad from an introverted device to a home activity center.
If you own an Apple TV2 you probably know how satisfying it is to watch the photo screensaver serve up all of your favorite family moments. It’s equally satisfying to sit together on the couch and look for local restaurants on Yelp or look at recipes in Paprika.
My iOS 5 notification center is working great on my iPhone 4 but I only received 4 calendar notifications on my iPad tied to the same account. After rebooting the iPad and pulling open the notification center, the widget appears to have seizure for several seconds while every notification from the past 24 hours passes through the display. After that, I'm left with a single reminder in the display widget. Hopefully the restart has kicked the notification system back on track.
You might be an OmniFocus guru or a Things aficionado. But the Due app for iOS is a valuable addition to any toolbox (TUAW review). It's not for scheduling your life or planning a project. It's for those times when you really don't want to forget something but it's just not going to make it into your task list. Those unplanned imminent tasks.
Due is more of a timer than a scheduler.
