Name Changer App

Of the apps listed, the most recent one I tried even before I read the article was Name Changer. That’s a simple yet useful application for me. I process photos from my digital camera through Light Room but when I export them, I still need to rename some files. This app makes it a whole lot easier.

Quicksilver is a main stay on my Mac. I can’t live with out it. I’ve also tried Paparazzi but somehow forgot to reinstall it when I reformatted my Mac the last time.

Most of the apps mentioned in the article are quite useful and best of all free. Go check it out.

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Bento app for iPhone and iPod Touch

The mobile app comes with 25 pre-designed and ready to use templates, which can have you up and running in minutes. They’re also customizable so that you can add other data that you want. It also ships with a blank template so you can create your own custom template.

It also integrates with the iPhone / iPod Touch’s existing applications, such as Contacts, Safari, Mail, Phone dialing and Google Maps for a better all around experience.

The app’s release is actually quite coincidental since I just downloaded the trial version of the desktop version of Bento. I think I really need a database app for some new things that I’m venturing into. I’m exploring to explore Bento and see if it fits my needs or should I go for broke and get Filemaker Pro. I do wish that there was a trial version for the mobile version of Bento. While $4.99 isn’t exactly a lot of money, it’s still money and in these trying times you really don’t want to be spending on something you won’t be using.

Check out the complete press release of the Bento for iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Bento for iPhone and iPod Touch Out Now

Wireless is the way to go nowadays. Cables are just so ugghh.. 20th century. Unfortunately wireless headphones do cost a lot of money. Especially stereo headphones.

AirPhones is a new app available for iPhone/iPod Touch that will allow you to stream music from your computer to your device, essentially making your iPhone/iPod Touch a wireless headphone.

It’s able to stream audio from iTunes, VLC, etc.

You need to purchase the app for $6.99 and download the server for your Mac. Currently it supports only Intel Macs. A universal binary as well as support for Windows is coming according to the creator.

You pair your device with your computer and it will stream your computer’s audio to your device.

I got my review copy of the AirPhones, installed it on my iPod Touch as well as install the AirPhones server on my MacBook Pro. It was quick and easy. I had it running in a few minutes.

First impressions were mixed. I was able to listen to music from iTunes, stream the audio from the tv show I was watching with VLC. However when I was using the DVD Player app it wasn’t streaming audio properly. I could barely hear it.

In some cases there’s also audio latency. The TV Show I was watching was out of sync. The audio and video didn’t match.

I understand that this is a first version and improvements will be made. I can understand and appreciate the concept. I see the instances wherein this app would certainly be useful. Example, if I really have a big audio library or if the music I wanted to listen to was in our family computer and my iPod was not sync to that. I could use this to listen to it while walking around the house. Stuff like that.

I’m being honest though when I say that the price is a little bit high. Now, I know that apps shouldn’t be dirt cheap and developers should be properly compensated for their work. However, for my needs, I would be hard pressed to spend $6.99 on this app.

That being said, it’s a good concept, it needs work to get some bugs out and I’m pretty sure that some people would gladly pay the price tag for this app.

I do hope that iTunes will allow demo versions to be downloaded because apps like this which are priced higher would benefit greatly from demo versions first. This is so that a lot more people can try it first and then decide if it’s worth paying money for. With the current system customers will be scared to plunk in money for an app that they haven’t tried. It’s a shame too for developers who can’t get people to try their products.

For more info on AirPhones visit their site here.

Download the app from iTunes here.

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AirPhones: Wireless Headphone Software Solution

[via Techradar]
[image from Truphone]

Make free phone calls with your iPod Touch! Well ok, it will only be free if you call other Truphone users or Google Talk. Support for calling to Skype and MSN users will be coming soon.

This will work in 2nd generation iPod Touch units (too bad for me). You need a set of earphones with the built-in mic such as what Apple sells.

As more WiFi hotspots go online, this will add to an already list of good reasons to get an iPod Touch or upgrade your 1st gen to the 2nd gen.

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Free Calls With Your iPod Touch

I recently got locked out of a Finance web site I use a lot. With the tons of username and passwords I have to remember, I just forgot my details with this one. Usually I don’t like writing down my finance passwords for fear of losing the piece of paper. Thus, it took me a long phone call and several tense moments before I was able to log in again.

By sheer luck I was gifted with a single license of 1password. I’ve been thinking of buying this app but wasn’t really convinced I needed it. Since it’s free, I said “why not”. So off I went to download the application and give it a go.

I must say I’m generally happy with the app. I’m thinking it’s worth the $40 price tag.

It’s just plain easier to have an app remember your passwords but not only that you can create identities and have it fill up the fields that you need to fill up when signing up for a new service. It can also generate new passwords for you. Cool.

One of the drawbacks I’ve seen is that it doesn’t work too well with some AJAX driven sites such as Digg or Flash driven sites such as Picnik. I don’t know if it’s just me but I had trouble logging in to both using this app. Apart from that it’s been good.

There’s a free iPhone/iPod Touch app that you can use in tandem with the desktop app.

Check out their video here. Download a trial version here.

[Image courtesy of Agile Web Solutions]

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