Thursday, June 3, 2010

iWebcamera Turns your iPhone into a Real Webcamera

Now you’re able to turn your iPhone into real webcamera how? The answer is simple with new iWebcamera 1.0 app on your iPhone. iWebcamera 1.0 is real drive-based webcamera released by drahtwerk. When you install the app on your iPhone you can use it as webcam for applications like Skype, Instant Messengers, YouTube and any other webcam based Windows applications.

The additional possibilities include:
* Turns the iPhone into a real, driver-based wireless web camera
* Two quality options
* Instant-Pause mode, pauses streaming instantly without exiting the host application on the computer
* Plug and Play ready, install the Windows drivers, connect the iPhone to the computer’s network and the camera is ready to go
* Built-in manual
* Send drivers by e-mail feature
* Beautiful User Interface fully translated in English and German
* Compatible with Windows 7, Vista and XP

Pricing and Availability:
iWebcamera 1.0 is now available on the Apple App Store in the Utilities category at the price of $4.99 (USD) for a limited time only.

Free calls with Skype on your iPhone/iPod and soon on iPad touch

The first official Skype iPhone app went live in March 2009 offering to customers VoIP calls for free – but only via Wi-Fi, join in Skype instant messaging sessions as well as conference calls and availability of SkypeOut credit via the iPhone web browser. Now Skype has released updated version of the same app enabling to make calls over 3G networks and works on iPad as well as on iPhone. App includes improved start-up time and an enhanced call quality indicator, which helps customers to choose the best moment to make calls.

Skype iPhone app helps you to reach your contacts anywhere in the world and without being restricted to the availability of Wi-Fi network. The service is available at great rates with Skype. You can call and text (SMS) phones with Pay As You Go credit or with a subscription you get unlimited calls² to landlines (and mobiles in some countries).

Moreover, Skype-to-Skype calling on 3G is free and to phones abroad on WiFi or 3G at low cost until at least the end of August 2010, after that there'll be a small monthly free.

Regarding Apple iPad, the consumers can use the Skype iPhone app, but it may cause some problems concerning interface and space usage as the app needs a lot of space in some cases. Unfortunately not all the iPhone apps run on iPad, but the developers started working on this stuff and soon iPad users can have the Skype app for iPad and it will hit the app store pretty soon.

In addition, Skype will release two new apps this summer – one for iPad and a new redesigned version for iPhone. There are also rumors that iPhone Skype app may feature video chat. This rumor might come true as the next iPhone 4G/HD has a front facing video camera for video chatting.

The application is available from the App Store and is compatible with the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch and the iPad. Skype requires the iPhone operating system version 3.0 or above.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Tidal Pool releases Receipts 2.0 with Google Docs and Evernote support

Tidal Pool Software has released updated version of Receipts for iPhone and iPod touch. New version Receipts 2.0 includes additional support for capturing multiple receipt photos, attaching a voice memo to a receipt, and uploading expense reports to Google Docs and Evernote.
With Receipts app you’re able to track and organize business and personal expenses (including car mileage), create accounts, categories. Besides, it includes five different types of custom receipt fields for local taxes, payment information, or anything else you want to track with your receipts.
You can add new receipts quickly with an optimized user interface and in any world currency with totals always available in your home currency. Enter receipt details, one or multiple receipt photos (with cropping support), and even record a voice memo.
Browse through the overview graphs to keep track of your spending. See how much money is spent on each account, category, unit (currency/mileage), and over time. Filter the results by account, category, unit, or time interval.
Generate expense reports with all the receipt details. Email or copy (WiFi) the reports with photos and voice memos included. Upload the reports with photos to Google Docs or Evernote. Google Docs converts the reports to spreadsheets while Evernote embeds photos and performs OCR (making finding receipts easy).
Additional advantages contain: an integrated calendar showing upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, map view, displaying your contact’s locations relative to your own (with filtering support).
Share your contacts as vCards by email or over WiFi. ContactBook also supports groups allowing you to organize your contacts using custom groups (e.g. work, friends).

                                          Feature Highlights:
* Full integration with the system address book database
* Quickly add and edit contacts with inline editing (requires fewer taps)
* Filter contacts by any field to find a contact or group of contacts
* Support for managing and organizing contacts by groups
* Rotate to browse contacts in CoverFlow mode
* Phone, text message, email, surf, and locate contacts
* View all upcoming birthdays, anniversaries, and other important dates using the integrated calendar
* Locate your contacts with the built-in map view (with filtering support)
* Share contacts by email or WiFi (WebDAV/HTTP) as vCards
* Import vCards over WiFi (WebDAV/HTTP)
* Control which contact fields to share with others
* Create custom labels and assign them to fields

Device Requirements:
* iPhone and iPod touch
* Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later
* 2.9 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Receipts 2.0 is available exclusively through the Apple App Store in the Finance category. Receipts Lite 2.0 is available for free and includes all the features of Receipts but is limited to 10 receipts.