Showing posts with label iPhone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iPhone. Show all posts

little printer = big possibilities

Everyone enjoys service with a smile and why not get your RSS services printed with a smile, a cute one at that. London based design studio BERG has developed a great Little Printer that lets you print your RSS feeds from your phone. They have partnered with a few companies like Nike, Google, and Foursquare, sure to make this launch in 2012 a great one. For instance with Google you can print news feeds and list or with Nike you can track your calories burned over the last few weeks, including yesterdays workout.

I think it is brilliant! Did I mention it is inkless?
Watch the video to fully understand the cool and cute factor of this. 




I hope they open the possibilities of this printer to business solutions like on-the-go receipt printing or instant customizable coupons or vouchers. This could be used for businesses on the go or just a daily to-do list you tear off on the way out the door after grabbing your keys. Really the possibilities are endless!

how to create your first iPhone app (reblog)

Create your own app in 10 easy steps.
Thanks Smashing Magazine!
 
"What if you had a nickle for every time you heard: "I have the perfect idea for a great application!"? It’s the buzz on the street. The iPhone has created unprecedented excitement and innovation from people both inside and outside the software development community. Still for those outside the development world, the process is a bit of a mystery.

This how-to guide is supposed to walk you through the steps to make your idea for an iPhone app a reality. This post presents various ideas, techniques, tips, and resources that may come in handy if you are planning on creating your first iPhone application."

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MORE/REAL stylus

You ever use a stylus to draw and spend half the time getting use to the silly tiny thing? Why do they make them so small? Don Lehman thought the same thing and is doing something about it and you can help it come to life.

Introducing the MORE/REAL Stylus Cap!

freelance billing made easy and beautiful

 5 Reasons to check out Billings
  1. Easily track time from any application using the convenient menubar timer.
  2. Billings immediately alerts you when a client has an overdue balance - with obvious red icons.
  3. Setup a recurring invoice once and forget it.
  4. Multi-currency support 
  5. Did I mention you can bill right from your iPhone?!
billingsapp.com

part 2, design nerd iPhone apps

I want to start off by asking, don't you wish you could bookmark apps right in the app store on your phone? There are apps that can do that for you but that should just be a feature right in the regular app store. Apple, you should be on top of this stuff and not out making pads.

Anyhoo, to all of my iPhone loving designers out there this is for you. I found more great apps that I wanted to share.

I like to start out with FREE things first. A good free app makes the day better.



"Action Method is an intuitive approach to productivity, designed to help creative thinkers push their ideas into action. Based on the power of capturing and managing "Action Steps" (tasks you need to complete), Action Method ensures nothing falls through the cracks, and ideas are accomplished."

Try it out, it's FREE!

WordFu (iPhone App)

I am back in the iPhone loop. I bought the 3Gs iPhone as a happy birthday to me. I have to feed my inner nerd here and there. :)

I am a word game lover and I stumbled upon a great gem a few weeks ago called WordFu. If you like ninja fight sounds, word games, and a beautifully designed interface you will love this freaking game. One of the cool things about this game is, after making words with the little blocks you get to do a ninja chop (shake the phone) to lock in your word. How cool is that? Oh, did I mention there is a free version that is almost as cool as the paid app?


How to play

freelance polish, extra shine

There are times when people don't take freelancer designers serious. Some will treat you like a pair of hands building their "brilliant" idea or just think you are amateur designer and will not take your time or business seriously. If you are looking for a but more respect there is a tool to make your freelance business seem a bit more, businessey (yea, i said it). The big plus is you will put your project management in overdrive.

SUBERNOVA
$120 / year translates to only $10 / month
  • Automatic Email Reminders To Your Clients For Overdue Invoices
  • Email Reminders for nearing and due project / milestone deadlines
  • Push notifications to your iPhone via Prowl
  • Scheduling Emails To Clients
  • Time Tracking
  • Unlimited Projects
  • Unlimited Clients
  • Unlimited Milestones
  • Unlimited Links

design nerd iPhone apps

With the big hoopla over the iPhone and how great it is I feel for the apple "cool." I recently bought a iPhone for myself only to be disappointed and in-like with it. It is so easy to use and navigate but without a jailbreak there are a bunch of very simple things that you cannot do.

iPhone shortcoming's:
  • Forwarding a txt msg
  • Sending multimedia messages
  • Video recording
  • Bluetooth data transfer

There are more but you get the idea. You would think AT&T would tell you this when selling you the phone, no, they do not. I took my phone to the AT&T store and got my $200 back and the same day (I am not surprised with my luck) I found out about iPhone OS 3.0 coming in the summer of 09. I was pissed! I played with that phone fell in-like (almost love) with it and not being able to do what I wanted took it back and then I find this out. You would not believe the number of AT&T tech support, customer service reps, and sales people I talked to and not one, NOT ONE was aware nor did they bring up OS 3.0 coming in the summer. How sad is that?

I can honestly tell you I have never had a good experience with AT&T and this is one experience to add to the list. I will go and buy the iPhone when the new OS comes out but come on AT&T. Train your people. They should have knowledge of not only the products but how to do basic troubleshooting on all phones. At first I was mad at apple but by the end of it all my anger shifted right back to AT&T, as usual.

With that all out of me system, :) I want to get into designer friendly iPhone apps and wallpapers.
First up, wallpapers: