Things is still in beta but is already a slick, full featured task management application that is very easy to use. Taking Things on the road is also made easier with the iPhone sync capabilities over a wireless LAN.

The GUI is particularly stunning and really makes Things a breeze to use. Projects are broken down into mini tasks (next actions). You can quickly create a project and populate it with next actions that can then be dragged and dropped into any order. You can also control the number of next actions visible for each project when using the ‘Next’ tab. 

Tasks can be quickly added to Things using the Quick Entry system. These appear in the ‘In box’ to be then dragged to the appropriate project when you have the time.  

I am no GTD expert, in fact I only really have any sort of idea after a talk at CreativeCamp Belfast but anything I describe is basically how I use the use Things to get the most of my time. I have opted to use tags as location indicators. For example, Home, Office, Phone etc. I can then tag a task as Phone and using the top navigation bar clicking phone shows me all the tasks tagged appropriately and thus things I can do when at the phone. It might not be the correct use but it really works for me, it is amazing what you forget and Things has already reminded me of things I need to do I would have forgotten about otherwise.

I have not explored the use of ‘People’ and team management although I can already think of two or three applications where it would be useful. 

Iphone
An iPhone version of Things is already available on the iTunes Apps store (around £6). The software syncs over the air but at this stage only over the Local Area Network. I am hoping to see over the air syncing via Mobile Me and the ability to sync with two computers but it is a beta and early days after all. 

The sync seems to work really well although I have had a few ghost items in the inbox on the iphone after a sync but no doubt this will be ironed out with the final release.

I could rave on about how good Things is for quite a while. Many of my mac friends swear by Omnifocus but although I have tried Omnifocus and really like it I am finding Things really works for me (and is really nice to look at).

To get a copy of the beta application (free) visit Things If you are using Things or another GTD application we would love to hear your comments on getting the most of the software.

David Allen Talks GTD :

And that’s just what we’re starting with — we’ve got some ideas in the hopper that should make managing your WordPress blog incredibly simple, wherever you are.

• Support for WP.com blogs and self-installed blogs version 2.5.1 and higher
• Embedded Safari for true previews of posts
• Full tag and category support
• Photo support for both camera pictures as well as library photos
• Support for multiple blogs
• Ability to password protect a post, save as a draft, or mark the post for later review
• Auto-recovery. This will recover posts which have been interrupted by phone calls

With the cost of chromatic tuners being well in their double figures spending £5.99 on a series of applications is amazing value. 

This is a well designed, highly polished application. The chord diagrams are stunning as is the overall visual interface.

Chromatic Tuner
Stop carrying around a separate device for tuning — your iPhone can handle it! Guitar Toolkit’s high accuracy tuner will get you pitch perfect in no time. You can run in three modes: all notes, standard tuning, or choose from over 40 alternate tunings.

Chord Diagram
With over 260 chord diagrams at your fingertips, the Chord Finder is an essential guitar player’s reference. Quickly cycle through chords, seeing in realtime the fingering for each.

Metronome
Keep the beat with the metronome tool. You can dial in an exact Beats Per Minute (BPM) count, or tap along to a song to determine the correct tempo. Multiple time signatures and tick-tock sound effects are there to craft just the right rhythm.

Tuning Tones
Prefer to tune by ear? Guitar Toolkit hasbuilt-in pitch reference tones to help you along. We’ve got you covered from E to E. 

To find out more about this great little music utility why not visit it on the Apps Store now. 

1. Freehand drawing using your finger.
2. Multiple ink colors and sizes.
3. Multitouch shape drawing. Draw lines, arrow lines, ovals and rectangles in a breeze. Place two fingers in the screen and see for yourself.
4. Multiple backgrounds to chose from: background library, current location map, a web site, solid colors or pictures.
5. Zoom in to increase the precision that you work with.
6. Store multiple drawings and manage them with ease, using the integrated corkboard.
7. Integrated picture taking. Use the iPhone camera to take a picture and use it as your drawing background.
8. Photo album integration. You can use your pictures as backgrounds or save your drawing into the photo album, so you can export them to your computer.
9. Send your art to your friends using Twitter or export it to your PC or Mac.

MooCowMusic:Band is a collection of virtual instruments that allows anyone, regardless of musical ability, to go beyond just listening to other people’s music on the iPhone or iPod Touch, and actually create music themselves from scratch. 

A number of instruments are provided (drums, piano, bass guitar, blues guitar, and crowd) that make full use of the multi-touch abilities of the iPhone to allow you to play complex chords in real time. As well as hearing the note, you will be able to see the screen react instantly to your touch: piano keys really depress and guitar strings really strum.

All the instruments can be recorded, overdubbed, and mixed together into a song, which can be stored for later playback. Instruments have individual volume and pan settings, and can be muted or ’soloed’ during playback.

A configurable metronome can be enabled during recording to help you to keep in time, and, if you make a mistake: simply erase the last few notes, overdub, or instrument, from the mix and record it again. 

Text and screenshots are not enough to fully describe a product as dynamic as Band. The following video gives an example of the recording process and showcases some of the demos that ship with the application. 

This is a really fun application and only costs £5.99 in the UK. Definitely worth a look. Click here to see the App. 

Shazam, a leading mobile music discovery provider, today announced a native version of its mobile application will be available for iPhone on the new Apple App Store beginning today. Already an industry standard, Shazam fully integrates with and

complements the iPhone, allowing users to seamlessly discover, buy and share tunes simply by holding their iPhone to music for just a few seconds. 

“Shazam on the iPhone allows users to discover, capture and share their experiences through music and images to fully encapsulate that moment.” said Andrew Fisher, Shazam’s CEO. “Shazam is inherently linked to the one device that is always with you - the mobile phone - and as such provides an instant link to the emotions and memories that sound evokes.” 

The Shazam mobile application enables music lovers to tap into a vast database of nearly five million tracks, giving instant satisfaction for those times when users want to know the tune that is playing, learn more about the artist, buy the song immediately - or simply add it to their playlist. Shazam also exploits the iPhone’s rich visual experience to allow users to view music videos with links to YouTube and share their memorable moments with their friends and family by attaching photos to the tag. 

Following seven years of focused effort in the mobile music space, Shazam has delivered a comprehensive and easy to use music services to consumers. Shazam’s one-touch service is sensitive enough to recognize tracks within just three seconds, even when the volume is low and in environments with significant background noise. 

Key user features include: 

• – Tag music: identify music anywhere - whether it’s on the radio, TV, in a movie or in a store 
• – Build one’s own soundtrack: see the list grow every time music is tagged 
• – Get the music: go straight to iTunes to preview and buy 
• – Music Videos: see related videos of the track on YouTube 
• – Capture the moment: personalize the tag by taking a photo and adding it to ‘My Tags’
• – Share the moment: send track details to friends via email 

Shazam is already used by more than 15 million music lovers around the world, live in over 60 countries and deployed with 75 carriers. Shazam on the iPhone is available for free from Apple’s App Store on iPhone or at www.itunes.com/appstore/ 

These apps will be available on Apple’s revolutionary new App Store, enabling customers to wirelessly download them directly onto their iPhones and start using them immediately. More than 125 applications are being offered to iPhone customers for free.

The new iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast*, built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software which includes support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and runs hundreds of third party applications available through the new App Store which is a built-in application on every iPhone running iPhone 2.0 software.

“iPhone represents a new software platform for developers, combining the most advanced mobile operating system, sophisticated developer tools and a breakthrough way for developers to wirelessly sell and distribute their applications right onto every iPhone,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The reaction from developers has been very, very positive and we’re opening the App Store with over 500 native iPhone applications available for immediate purchase and download.”

Many of these amazing new applications also take advantage of iPhone’s large display, Multi-Touch™ user interface, fast hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, built-in accelerometer and location-based technology to bring far more powerful applications to the mobile arena than ever before.

The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, which means it is accessible from just about anywhere, so users can purchase and download applications wirelessly and start using them instantly. Applications are free or charged to the user’s iTunes® account and the App Store notifies the user when updates are available for their apps. The App Store is also available in iTunes (www.itunes.com/uk) running on a Mac® or PC, which syncs applications to the iPhone or iPod® touch using a USB cable.

The App Store will offer over 500 native applications from hundreds of companies around the world in a variety of categories including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel.

“iPhone enables The Associated Press to deliver news in a way that simply wasn’t possible before,” said Benjamin Mosse, director of Mobile Products, The Associated Press. “Taking advantage of iPhone’s revolutionary location-based services, our Mobile News network can capture and store local news stories that can be read by users even when they’re offline and our award winning photography and AP video are displayed in stunning clarity on its high resolution screen.”

“iPhone is changing the entire mobile industry and has quickly become the number one mobile device for accessing eBay,” said Ken G. Sun, group product manager, eBay Mobile. “Users can shop, track bids and get great deals from the largest online marketplace in the world directly from their iPhone. We couldn’t deliver such a complete and easy-to-use eBay experience on any other mobile device and iPhone users can download it free from the new App Store.”

“iPhone is one of the most popular ways for people to enjoy Facebook on-the-go and we’re excited to deliver a great native application via the App Store,” said Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. “Facebook is even cooler on the iPhone 3G, with the ability to discover friends nearby, or to effortlessly take pictures and upload them instantly to their Facebook account.”

“The global MySpace community will love MySpace Mobile on iPhone,” said Chris DeWolfe, CEO and Co-Founder of MySpace. “With rich features such as seamless photo uploading from iPhone to your MySpace profile, the MySpace Mobile application is gorgeous and as intuitive as possible—empowering the community with complete control over their global MySpace network right from the palm of their hand.”

“Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch open up the world of games to an entirely new audience,” said David Cobb, vice president of Product Development, Sega. “The touch and tilt controls are natural and easy to learn, making gaming even more inviting, creative and rewarding. Super Monkey Ball takes advantage of these defining aspects and offers consumers an extremely accessible, imaginative and fun game experience. Whether an iPhone owner is new to games, or has been a fan for years, they will be intrigued and engaged by Super Monkey Ball and this progressive way to interact with entertainment.”

“With an iPhone in your pocket, you’ll never roam alone,” said Jeffrey Glueck, CMO of Travelocity. “From finding the nearest hotel with just a few taps to checking your flight status in a snap, the magic of iPhone lets us put tools that no one has ever seen before in the hands of travelers.”

In addition to the App Store, the iPhone 2.0 software update includes enterprise support, contact search, complete iWork® and MS Office document viewing support, the ability to delete or move emails in bulk, saving images from emails, a scientific calculator, parental controls and support for 16 additional languages.

Pricing & Availability
The App Store will be available beginning today via iTunes 7.7 and part of the free iPhone 2.0 software update for all iPhone customers on July 11. iPhone 2.0 is also available for iPod touch users for £5.99. iPhone 3G will be available in 21 countries— Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the US—on July 11. iPhone 3G will go on sale in France on July 17. For further information about iPhone 3G pricing and availability visit www.apple.com/iphone.

We’re giggling with glee to announce Comic Touch for iPhone and iPod Touch. Add various speech balloons and captions to your photos. Choose a fun special effect to warp and bend your family and friends, then email the results to them!  

Immediately add a comic element to the photo you have just taken with your iPhone camera or from your photo library. No more waiting until you get home!

Special Effects!
Bend and distort your friends and family with special funhouse mirror-like effects for that extra laugh! Choose one from either Bulge, Dent, Squeeze, Light or Stretch.

Share the Laughs
With a tap of your finger you can enter ‘Share mode’ where you can quickly and easily email your comic to your best friend or email it to photo sharing sites like Skitch.com or Flickr.com

Visit the Apps Store.

We would like to hear your opinions on the store. We personally feel there are a few highlights such as twitterific for iPhone, etch-a-sketch to name but two. Our first free downloads are definitely going to be the AIM Client and the iTunes Remote Control

There is no doubt Apple are set to revolutionise the mobile market with the iPhone 2 software. We are expecting a number of big names to release their software once things have settled down after the 11th launch.

The third application, Twittelator, is a full-featured Twitter client for the iPhone with the ability to send a map of the user’s location with one click and automatically upload snapshots to TwitPics.com.

TalkingPics allows the user to make many voice and music recordings for later playback. You can add a new snapshot, a library photo or even a map of your current location using the iPhone’s GPS functionality. Think of it as “sonic captioning,” allowing users to “make notes” without using a keypad or stylus to enter words. You can have many projects, which each contain as many entries as you like. The software has many practical applications, as developer Andrew Stone pointed out.

“We designed it for working professionals such as doctors, police officers, real estate agents and any profession where people need to take visual and audio notes in a hands-free way. And of course, students will love it, especially the introductory price of just $9.99!” said Stone.

iGraffiti lets users take a picture and then paint on it using the tip of the finger on the iPhone’s touch screen. Users can adjust brush stroke, shadow and effects, and can choose from a 48-color “crayon” palette picker for their paint colors. Making use of the iPhone’s motion features, users can shake the iPhone once to delete the last action, and shake twice to start from the beginning. Users can also pull images from the web for manipulation with iGraffiti, and then submit their art to the web.

“We’ve been having a lot of fun with this one,” said Stone. “Finished images can be saved in Photos and emailed to friends, used as Contact pictures or can even be shared with the iGraffiti community over the web. Visit Stone Software’s website to see the public art space. At $4.99 USD, it’s a must-have app!”

Twittelator lets you instantly twitter a link to the map of your current location to the popular social networking site Twitter. In an emergency, you can microblog a help message with your location with just one click. With all the standard features of a twitter client, Twittelator is a must-have application for Twitter users. Most importantly, Twittelator is 100% free!

Big Stone Phone is the result of a collaboration between two well-known Apple developers, Andrew Stone and Jeff Biggus and an award winning Mac artist, Ollie Wagner. Mr. Stone is the founder of Stone Design of Albuquerque, makers of Stone Works Creative Suite that bundles together 17 productivity applications for Mac OS X. The Suite includes Create, a page layout and web publishing program, iMaginator, an image manipulation program, and Videator, a video effects and VJ’ing program along with more than a dozen others. Mr. Biggus is a Chicago-based consultant who runs the popular HyperJeff OS X website for Mac users and developers. Mr. Wagner creates icons for applications on the Mac and iPhone.

“Developing for the iPhone is so much fun,” said Stone. “It’s a new frontier. Part of the fun comes from knowing that there are tons of other developers out there trying to make great software for this incredible device. We’re just one of hundreds if not thousands of groups on the planet trying to make something great.”

The applications are available for download and use today directly from your iPhone by clicking “App Store”. Direct links to the apps will be posted at their website.

Visit the Big Stone website for more information.

Easily manipulate, position, and change the bubbles with the iPhone’s touch interface. Images can be saved back to the devices library to share with friends.

Overland Park, Kansas - Greenwave Software LLC is proud to announce TalkBubbles 1.0, their fun-to-use photo sharing utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. TalkBubbles can add comic-like speech and thought bubbles to a picture from either the image library or photos taken with the iPhone’s camera. Easily manipulate, position, and change the bubbles with the iPhone’s touch interface. Images can be saved back to the devices library to share with friends.

Starting with a picture taken with the iPhone or by selecting one from the photo library, users can add dialog bubbles by double-tapping the screen. The style and placement of the bubbles can easily be changed with a touch, pinch, or drag. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a picture with witty additions must be priceless. With TalkBubbles, it’s as easy as one, two, three, and friends will be ROTFL.

Minimum Requirements:
* iPhone OS 2.0 running on either an iPhone or iPod Touch

Visit the TalkBubble Site.

No matter where you are, your Bible will be as close as your pocket.  Whether you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you’ll be able to find scripture quickly and easily with Pocket-Bible.  Enjoy the convenience of having the Bible anywhere you are.  

Pocket-Bible fully supports both portrait and landscape modes. 

One thing that sets this application apart is that Pocket-Bible users will help determine the features that will be included in free updates.  For more information or to submit a feature idea visit www.pocket-bible.org. 

The Bible just got a little more hip.

iTunes Online Store.