Multiple Platform

Browser for the iPhone, Android & iPad

Skyfire brings Flash videos to the iPad and iPhone in a friendly format. Over 200,000 web sites are supported. You can check out your favorite Flash video sites at www.bit.ly/site_check. Skyfire for mobile devices adds built-in social networking capabilities, including Twitter and Facebook and gives users the ability to share pages via these social networks and email. The Android app allows users to experience the social netowork integration and the company reports videos download faster, play smoother and saves up to 75% data use. I have found the videos are sometimes slow to download and video play is not the smoothest, but when you really need to see Flash video content, the Skyfire app will surfice.

eWallet by Iliumsoft

If you have a multitude of passwords, PIN numbers, calling cards, user names, credit cards, health information, bank accounts, memberships and travel club to store and you are looking for a secure, encrypted and password-protected software, which will work and synchronize with your handheld devices, this is the software for you. eWallet uses government-level (FIPS) 256-bit AES encryption for its software encryption, a built-in password generator lets you instantly create unique and secure passwords, has nested categories, and complete card-level synchronization on any platform. Change your cards anywhere, any time, and keep all changes when you sync. eWallet is available for:

• Windows Mobile
• iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
• Blackberry
• Mac OS X
• Windows PC's, notebooks and netbooks
• Android

I have found this to be an invaluable piece of software.

Documents to Go

BlackBerry, iOS (iPad/iPhone/iPod touch) , Android, Maemo, Palm OS, webOS (Palm Pre/Pixi), Windows Mobile Standard and Windows Mobile Professional

I have used this software since I purchased my first Handspring. It is a must for a power user who wants to synchronize their email (including attachments), PDF files, pictures and Excel charts.

• The first and only commercially available mobile office suite to fully support (view, edit & create) Microsoft Office 2007/2008 files and attachments
  • View, edit and create Word 2007/2008 files
  • View, edit and create Excel 2007/2008 files
  • View, edit and create PowerPoint 2007/2008 files
• "Zip and Send" allows you to compress and email an opened file instantaneously
• Full screen support for viewing PowerPoint presentations
• Auto Run support allows you to rehearse presentations which have existing slide timings and slide show preferences
• English, French, Italian, German and Spanish versions now available

Other recently added features:

• Create, view and edit native Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files
• View native Adobe PDF files
• Decompress Zip Archives
• Create, view and edit Excel charts
• Access password-protected Word & Excel files (97-2004 formats only)
• Supports rich formatting such as bold, italics, underline, tables, embedded graphics, footnotes, endnotes and much more...

Android

Act 1 Video Player ($2.79 | download from the Android market)

I watch a lot of podcasts on my phone, and found I needed a more robust video player. Enter, Act 1 Video Player. This is a very full featured video player for devices running the Google Android platform and includes play lists, thumbnails, bookmarks, home screen shortcuts, play in the background, video sharing, resume points remembered for all videos, on-screen clock, timer and battery meter and much more...

Security Pro ($9.99 | download from the Android market)

Security Pro, by droidSecurity, Inc., protects against viruses, malware and OS exploits, including FindR online service for identifying phone location, find lost or stolen Android devices based on GPS and cell tower ID.

Trend Micro™ Mobile Essential™ (Beta)

Trend Micro's Mobile Essential incorporates the Trend Micro anti-malware technology to effectively defend against the latest threats to mobile devices. With Mobile Essential, you can filter unwanted calls/messages using filtering lists. It also provides Web Reputation and Parental Controls for safe internet browsing. This app can be downloaded using the Android Market app.

iPad

OmniFocus ($39.99 | download from the iTunes store)

OmniFocus is a personal task manager by OmniFocus Group for the Mac OS X and iOS (Mac, iPad and iPhone). The program uses concepts and techniques from David Allen's book, Getting Things Done.

This is a fantastic program for those of you who have been (or are still) diehard Franklin Covey or DayTimer users who are looking for a personal task manager software for your brain dump (projects and actions). The OmniFocus database for the Mac, iPad and iPhone syncs easily across all devices. The iPad software comes with a simplified Map which allows you to see available actions closest to you as well as a Review feature mode so that you can periodically check the status of ongoing projects. This program is a bit pricey, but in my opinion, well worth the money.

ReaddleDocs for iPad (PDF viewer/attachments saver/file manager; $4.99 | download from the iTunes store) for the iPad and iPhone

ReaddleDocs from Readdle, is a very impressive document and file management app for the iPad.  It is a file editor, PDF reader, Dropbox viewer and a wireless flash drive simulator.  You can retrieve documents from your PC or Mac (Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista/7) via Wi-Fi, web sites, email attachments, MobileMe iDisk, Dropbox GoogleDocs and other online file storage, including your iPhone.  Connect to any FTP or SFTP enabled web server, view files and edit them remotely. The latest version supports SugarSync out of the box.  ReaddleDocs' built-in view supports PDF, MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint) Open Office Writer (.odt) and Apple iWork files.  Highlight text inside PDF files in various colors, make notes at any place in your document, underline and strikeout annotations and save changes which are compatible with desktop PDF readers. Bookmarks for PDF files are saved inside PDF outlines. ReaddleDocs also has in-document search for MS Office, TXT and RTF files. ReaddleDocs allows you to forward email attachments to your unique Readdle Storage mail-in address and then save it to your iPad.  You can also download files directly from IMAP/POP3 enabled mail servers.  Use the built-in web browser to find and save files directly to your iPad; save entire web pages with images and access them from ReaddleDocs. 

ThreatWatch by Trend Micro for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Stay up-to-date and safe with the Threat Watch application. Download this app with iTunes.

Mobile News

TouchFire: The Screen-Top Keyboard for iPad

TouchFire makes your iPad feel like a normal keyboard!

TouchFire puts the "touch" back into typing on an iPad. You can now feel where the keys are and rest your fingers on the home row, so you can type as fast and accurately as you can on a laptop. You can even type without looking at the screen. TouchFire cushions your fingers as you type, something both touch-typists and two-finger typists really appreciate. Typing on an iPad is no longer a pain!

Kickstarter find: Keep your MacBook cool and your fingers flying

Kickstarter continues to impress as a go-to resource for gadget accessories that tread somewhat off the beaten path. Two recent discoveries fit that description, and offer smart solutions for folks looking to shore up commonly cited iPad and MacBook Pro deficiencies.

For more information visit The TILT: The Coolest Cooling Stand for the MacBook Pro, A Product Design project in Los Angeles, CA by madMINDS

Adobe brings Reader to iPhone, iPad

Adobe has released the first iOS version of Reader, its dedicated PDF viewer. While iOS can already open PDF files, Reader supports some additional features, such as the ability to load portfolios, packages, annotations and drawing markups

Glitch in Apple's iOS 4.1 allows iPhone access without passcode

from AppleInsider by By Katie Marsal
October 26, 2010

A glitch discovered in iOS 4.1 allows iPhone users to access contacts, call history and voicemail on a passcode-locked handset without knowing the numeric entry required to unlock the phone.