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Wirefly Mobile iPhone Backup: Necessity or Just Another Costly Distraction?

Wirefly Mobile iPhone Backup: Necessity or Just Another Costly Distraction?

The idea that telco’s want to provide backup and sync services suggests WireFly is on the right path. Cloud services are emerging as the one thing every major tech company has in their sights. Apple’s forthcoming iCloud service features backup and synching capabilities and this is certainly a competitor as far as the iPhone backup market is concerned.

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iFlip Wallet for iPhone: Minimalist Approach for On-The-Go People

iFlip Wallet for iPhone: Minimalist Approach for On-The-Go People

Imagine a leather wallet that wraps around your iPhone and has a few slots for credit cards and business cards. This product is simply perfect – it proves that people [sometimes] want less and they’ll pay for less.

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Travel Lite, Pack Like a Pro for iPhone

Travel Lite, Pack Like a Pro for iPhone

Packing Pro helps me identify stuff I really don’t need to pack. The realization of what you don’t need to pack is a key success factor in creating more productive and enjoyable travel experiences.

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Database Apps on iPhone – A Reality with FileMaker Go

Database Apps on iPhone – A Reality with FileMaker Go

Of all the devices and platforms out there, FileMaker Go and iPad represent a lush garden of UI opportunities. The innovation possibilities for advancing the science of personal and small business databasery (new term) are enormous with this product.

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An Executive-style Mobile Document Library for iPhone

An Executive-style Mobile Document Library for iPhone

There’s no shortage of cases that I encounter where an executive wants to understand how to create and manage a document library on iPad, but these requirements also sometimes extend to iPhone.

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VoIP on the iPhone Thanks to CounterPath

VoIP on the iPhone Thanks to CounterPath

For those not familiar, CounterPath produces some of the most popular SIP clients for OS X, Windows, and Linux – namely X-Lite, EyeBeam, and Bria

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iPhone Contact Capture, WorldCard Gets The Job Done

iPhone Contact Capture, WorldCard Gets The Job Done

I only publish stories about iPhone apps that are compelling or change my attitude in some way. So here I am, eating my own words concerning contact capturing tools.

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iPhone calendar sharing made easy with Tungle

iPhone calendar sharing made easy with Tungle

Tungle offers a hosted services called Tungle.me. Tungle’s service focuses on doing one thing really well, allowing you to share your availability with anyone without compromising the security of the data within your calendar.

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The iPad is a Glorified Digital Picture Frame, Or Not

The iPad is a Glorified Digital Picture Frame, Or Not

As we know, the highly anticipated iPad has been called many things including a big iPhone that can’t make calls, iPod Touch Maxi, a dumbed down laptop, a Kindle on steroids

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Goober Networks VoIP and Instant Messenger for iPhone

Goober Networks VoIP and Instant Messenger for iPhone

Goober VoIP for the iPhone allows users to make local and international VoIP calls for significantly less money than their carrier would charge, saving up to 90 percent on all phone calls, with costs [reportedly] as low as $0.01 a minute.

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WorldCard Contacts for iPhone: Misstep or First Step?

WorldCard Contacts for iPhone: Misstep or First Step?

My expectations may have been too high leading into this review. I was hoping that WorldCard Contacts would provide an overlay to the iPhone native Contacts application

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Headquarters For iPhone; A Vastly Superior Basecamp App

Headquarters For iPhone; A Vastly Superior Basecamp App

Headquarters is not only the best Basecamp application I’ve used, it is one of the best iPhone productivity applications I’ve used. It has replaced the vast majority of the native or web based Basecamp apps I use.

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