Mover Lite …transfer pics and contacts between iPhone, iPad and Mac
Mover Lite is the FREE version of Infinite Labs’ Mover+.1
The app runs on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and allows you to transfer contacts and photos between your iDevices over wifi. With a 99¢ add-on to the Lite app, you can also transfer those files to your desktop Mac running Mover Connect.
If you want to be able to transfer files between your devices when they’re not connected to wifi, Mover+ allows for connectivity and transfer over Bluetooth for $1.99.
I’ve found that the app runs very well between two devices, but can get a bit confused when you have three devices, like a Mac, an iPad and an iPhone, all connected as I show in the video. It works, but confusion is a possibility.
Mover has come in handy for me many times when I just wanted to transfer a photo and I don’t want to have to go through the trouble of emailing it to myself or some other such procedure.
No Flash? No problem—click here!»As mentioned in the video, the iPad stand I’m using is the BookArc for iPad from Twelve South. It’s a nice sturdy metal stand that securely holds the iPad in either landscape or portrait2 orientations. It sells for around $45.
- I’m actually using Mover+ in the video, but I’m pushing Mover Lite here since it’s the FREE introductory app [↩]
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Your iPhone and your iPad team up to help you take sneaky reconnaissance photos
EZ Cam is a sneaky little app for the iPhone and iPad1 … and when I say “for the iPhone and iPad,” I mean it because you’ll need both.
MobAc Design came up with this $2.99 US app (EZ Cam Lite also available) that brings Remote Camera Sharing to the iDevices. You simply launch the app and make a wireless connection between any two devices using Bluetooth, WiFi, or 3G. From there, both devices can see a camera’s-eye-view in real time. Once your target is in sight, snap a picture using the controls on the iPad and the photo is taken on the iPhone and instantly transferred to the iPad for viewing.
Imagine, since this is a Bluetooth, WiFi or 3G connection being made between the devices, you can be in a totally different place than the iPhone, lying in wait with your iPad and be in full control of the camera… which is going to come in handy when you need to take that quick picture of the guy who finds your iPhone laying around all by itself and takes it for himself.
I wonder if Gary Powell was testing EZ Cam when he left that prototype iPhone 4 unattended.
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Pod à porter – neckband for iPod shuffle
In a time when it’s all about multi-touch technology and the ability to download apps, the iPod without a screen is oft forgot.
While surfing my usual haunts on these, our interwebs, I came across the Pod à Porter. It’s a neckband that attaches to the top of your iPod shuffle and channels the earbud cable around a rigid loop that you can hook around your neck.
Pod à porter is the easiest way to wear your music – even if you’re not wearing much. No more headphones dangling by your knees; no more ripping the buds from your ears when you take off your jacket.
The Pod à Porter sells for US$ 27.001 and is simple, but awesome.
- € 20.72 [↩]
The Ultimate Apple Commercial Song List… iPod, iPhone, iPad and more
What follows is a comprehensive list of the songs used in the Apple iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad television ads over the years. Much of the list comes from this page on Wikipedia, to which I’ve added links to iTunes for all of the songs1 and YouTube videos for most. If I have missed any, please drop me a note in the comments and I will be sure to track it down and post it.
I have always loved Apple’s advertising and the music they source is often a quiet character setting the tone of the whole ad while the gadget takes center stage. I wanted to create a spot where I could access them all in one place and I thought I’d share that place with you.
Which ad is your favorite? Drop me a comment… if you tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine.
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Streaks Seinfeld-esque time management app for iPhone
I love to sleep in. I sleep in so long I waste away weekends. It’s a problem and I seriously need to solve it. My goal is to get myself out of bed at 6am every morning. Yes, 6am! It’s going to be tough, but if I can get momentum, I know I can make this my routine.
That’s why I was glad when I came across Streaks – Motivational Calendar in the iPhone Apps Store. It works on the same motivational principle as Jerry Seinfeld uses to be a better comic; he writes every day and keeps tabs of his progress on a calendar. Then, after several days of consecutive productivity, if he feels a bit lazy and wants to slack off that day, a glance over at the calendar motivates him to write in order to not break the streak. The more days that are marked off on the calendar, the more of a let down it would be if you had to break that streak.
Streaks – Motivational Calendar by Fanzter is a light-weight answer to this call for your iPhone and iPod touch (and iPad if you like the zoom-mode). It provides multiple calendars to track all your goals, be they “Exercise,” “Write in My Journal,” or in my case “Get Up At 6am.” Fantzer has outfitted Streaks with four themes for your calendars (unfortunately, you must choose one theme that will be for all your calendars) and a numerical icon badge that shows you the current streak your on with the first calendar in your list.
Get a handle on your goals; download Streaks for US$1.99
What goal do you want to achieve? Please let me know in the comments…maybe we can start an accountability group 
