by Simon Ng on March 18, 2010
Over 1 million iPhone users have downloaded the first version of PayPal app onto their iPhones and use it to send money. I’m one of them but to be honest, I seldom use the PayPal app, considered that it only provides limited features such as send money and view transaction history.
On Tuesday, PayPal announced an updated version of its iPhone application. After using it for a day or two, I start to love the app and it’s now becoming one of my must-have iPhone apps.
The version 2.0 release offers a handful of significant features and a much slicker user interface. One big feature is “Bump to transfer money”. We have covered the Bump app that lets you swap contact information between iPhone by simply bump two phones together. The new PayPal app integrates the Bump technology and you can tap two iPhones together to transfer money.
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by Simon Ng on March 17, 2010
Trip Tracker for the iPhone is a wonderful application that the frequent flyer will love! Developed by PageOnce, the app targets to be your one-stop place to manage all your trip itineraries. It lets you manually build your trip plan by adding your flight, hotels and car rental information. But if you own frequent flyer account or other hotel accounts, the app can also “automagically” imported all the flight and hotel details, minimizing all the hassles of manual input.
The app is simple and intuitive. Once you launch Trip Tracker, you’re presented with a summary screen of your trip schedule. To add any new information to the app, simply tap “New” and you will present to you three buttons: Flight, Hotel, Car rental. When you click on one you will be presented with two more options: Automagically, or manually. If you choose automagically, you just need to provide your frequent user account information and any booking made will be automatically updated to your iPhone app. If you choose manually, you then scroll through the list of providers and pick your airline, flight number, hotel, city, car rental agency and dates….i.e. manually setting up your trip information.
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by Simon Ng on March 15, 2010
Folks from Meninos design have created some really interesting iPhone-related products: drink coaster, doormat and playing cards. This should be a great gift for any iPhone addicts.
The coaster design is based on the iPhone’s application icons including phone, calendar, map, calendar, etc. The whole coaster set comes with 16 coasters, that each coaster measures 85mm square and is made from sturdy MDF plywood and wrapped with a premium vinyl decal & durable varnish to protect the design. There is also a thin rubber layer on the bottom to keep the coasters from slipping around. The iPhone set of coasters costs USD$59.99 and is available via Meninos online store.
If you do not like the coaster, the company also creates a set of iPhone playing cards. With the iPhone’s look & feel, the cards are made of PVC plastic and measures 5.7 x 8.9 cm each. You can also purchase it via Meninos online store and it’s available for USD$25.
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by Simon Ng on March 15, 2010
Pixelbite Games will soon rollout a classic top-down racing game titled Deliverace for iPhone. It features pretty graphics, great control and power slides that optimize for the handheld device.
There is no words about the exact release date or the pricing. But it should be available for iPhone and iPod touch soon. Remember to check out the cool demo (see below). If you love racing game, I’m sure you’ll love it.
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by Simon Ng on March 14, 2010
Google Street View is now available in Hong Kong (as well as, Macau). If you haven’t heard of Street View, it’s a feature in Google Maps that provides panoramic views from various positions along many streets in the world.
Google Street View was first launched in May, 2007 and only available for major cities in U.S. As of today, the street view has been gradually rolled out to other international cities. Now, it finally comes to Hong Kong, my hometown.
Explore the World from Your Computer
If you haven’t never been to Hong Kong, you can just sit in front of your computer and point your browser to maps.google.com.hk to take a virtual walk. Telegraph has written up a handy guide if you do not know how to use Google Street View on computer.
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by Simon Ng on March 13, 2010
The wait is over. Starting from today, you can pre-order Apple’s iPad through its online store or reserve it at any Apple retail store. For now, pre-order is only available in U.S.
Should you pre-order the iPad? As mentioned by Informationweek, the initial supply of iPad may be limited:
Reports have been inconsistent about this, but there’s a possibility that initial demand may outstrip supply. If you’re serious about acquiring an iPad the first day it’s available for sale (April 3), pre-ordering is the best way. Apple is going to let users sign up and reserve a unit for in-store pick-up. Your odds of scoring an iPad will be much better than if you just show up at an Apple Store on launch day. I mean, seriously, more than, like, 10 people might be interested in your neck of the woods, so be sure to pre-order.
My take is if you love to be the early adopter of the “revolutionary” and “magical” device, remember to reserve an iPad via Apple’s website. But don’t forget you will still need to wait for another 3 weeks until you can actually get the hands-on with the iPad.
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by Simon Ng on March 12, 2010
DigiDNA has launched FileApp Pro and is now available for free download for 2 weeks only. In brief, FileApp Pro is a simply file and document manager for iPhone and iPod touch. It allows you to easily transfer files from computer to iPhone via WiFi and manage them on the go.
Advertised as a document manager, not only you can view various types of files, FileApp Pro offers additional features to manipulate files and folders on your device. Some of the features include file renaming, move files/folder, copy file/folder, compress & decompress file/folder, as well as, folder creation. If you need to create a simple text file, FileApp Pro also provides option for you to create and edit text file.
Similar to other document reader applications (e.g. AirSharing), FileApp Pro also comes with a document viewer. The viewer is primitive but supports nearly all common types of files:
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by Simon Ng on March 11, 2010
How many times you come across a web page and you do not have time to read it in front of computer? If you are looking for an app that lets you save a web page and read it on iPhone while you’re on-the-go. Remember to check the “Read It Later” app.
Basically, this app allows you to bookmark & save any web pages you find interesting and read later on your iPhone even without internet connection.
Read It Later service is completely free. But when you download the app to your iPhone the first thing you will have to do is setup an account with “Read it Later”. Choosing a user name and password is all that is required.
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