Iconfactory does it again with Frenzic Touch! Here’s yet another reason to never set your iPhone down and not get any work done… ever! I’m fairly addicted to Frenzic on the Mac, now it’s on the iPhone? CRAP! Well… It’s only $4.99 in the App Store and well worth it! (if you don’t mind not sleeping). This app is a perfect iPhone App. Much better on iPhone or Touch than on the Mac (who likes moving a mouse and clicking on stuff anyway?)

Read Iconfactory’s Full story here

Recently, I got the chance to take a sneek peek at FileMaker’s newest version of Bento. I gotta admit, I’m not much for cataloging my CD or DVD collection or keeping track of the number of times my dog howls aimlessly so when I first heard about Bento last year, I wasn’t nearly as impressed as one of my fellow writers here at iBAM. However, recently I have changed my tune all together. As most of you know, I organize PodCamp AZ and it’s quickly approaching. I have an ever growing number of registrants and a database with all sorts of info that I needed some serious assistance in managing. The stage is set for 2 weeks ago and my chat with a couple reps from FileMaker and their demo of the new Bento.

The tour took less than 30 minutes and in that amount of time, I had learned all of the basic essential skills I needed to manage the database. Within an hour I had exported the PodCamp AZ Registration DB and Bento made it all pretty for me. I was able to see how many were coming, how many are interested in pre-registration, who wants a shirt and how many of each size to order. I gotta admit, I was very impressed!

Well, today’s the day! Bento 2 is finally released and ready for you to play with. It has all sorts of new features and easy to use tools to make your data managing a whole heck of a lot less boring. I would recommend at least giving it a test drive to see what it can do. It might just make you sane again! Below is the official press release so you can check out some of the features and raves. Have fun! [Continued]

Welcome back to Exploring Quicksilver! In this segment, we look at creating a simple solution for managing a to-do list, as well as an easy iTunes trigger. If you haven’t already, please be sure to watch Part 1, where I go over the basic setup and overview of quicksilver.

Special thanks to Merlin Mann for the idea related to the To-Do List. You can find Merlin at 43 Folders.

As I was sitting down to write l my latest article, I had posted questions asking for suggestions, to no avail, then the idea hit me. I decided to do something about the iPhone 2.0 software. Prior to the new app store, all the iPhone’s were alike. Now with the introduction of the app store and the 2.0 software each iPhone can be unique. You can load it with productivity tools, with social networking tools, whatever you like.

Initially, I thought the 2.0 software would be a bust, however I was happily surprised. I can now use Twitter, Facebook or anything availible in the app store. On launch day Apple had 500 applications availible. Of those 500 apps, 125 were free.

Quite a few got a lot of press, like Super Monkey Ball, even at $10.00 US is well worth the price. But being the cheapskate I am, I gravitate to the free apps. Another of my favorites is Pandora, free Internet radio that plays music, based on songs or bands that you like.

That being said, I think my favorite application hands down is the Wordpress App. In fact, I wrote and published this article with it.

What are your favorite iPhone 2.0 apps, and why?

Update:

After reading some of the comments… I may have found my new favorite App:

Ever find yourself breaking out into a sweat while typing an email or browsing the Internet? I do and it’s not because I live in Arizona (although that does assist). It’s because my “not so laptop friendly laptop” tends to get a little toasty at times. Don’t get me wrong, I love my Mac, but sometimes it gets to thinkin’ too hard and making me sweat because it’s turned itself into an all too efficient lap warmer. Not my favorite use for my Mac, I’ll admit. So what do I do about it, you might ask? (Well, thanks for asking). I use SMC Fan Control for all my laptop cooling needs. (This is starting to sound like an infomercial, I think)

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