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Readdle, Shape Services and more slash prices on their apps for Black Friday
Some of the biggest Black Friday sales come from Readdle, Apparent Software, DEVONTechnologies and Shape Services, all of which cut prices on almost all the titles in their app lineup. You can save on popular apps like Printer Pro, PDF Expert, Socialite and IM+. Check out the full list of discounted apps below. Readdle PDF Expert for iPad $9.99 -> $4.99 Scanner Pro (universal) $6.99 -> $1.99 Calendars (universal) $6.99 -> $1.99 Printer Pro for iPad $6.99 -> $1.99 Printer Pro for iPhone $4.99 -> $1.99 Remarks (iPad) $4.99 -> $1.99 ReaddleDocs for iPad $4.99 -> $1.99 PDF Converter for iPad $6.99 -> $1.99 ReaddleDocs for iPhone $4.99 -> $1.99 Shakespeare Pro (universal) $9.99 -> $1.99 BONUS: PDF Expert for iPhone $9.99 -> FREE Shape Services IM+ Pro Black Friday price: $2.99 (normal price is $9,99) Business Card Reader for iPhone Black Friday price: $1.99 (normal price is $4.99) Business Card Reader HD for iPad Black Friday price: $1.99 (normal price is $6.99) Webcamera Black Friday price: $0.99 (normal price is $2.99) RDM+ Black Friday price: $1.99 (normal price is $7.99 and $9.99) RDM+ for Mac Black Friday price: $1.99 (normal price is $9.99) iDisplay Mini Free (normal price is $ 0.99) Apparent Software Cashculator for Mac $29.99 -> $14.99 -- For personal finance management Cashculator for iPhone $4.99 -> $2.99 -- For personal finance management Trickster for Mac $9.99 -> $4.99 -- Productivity booster for fast access to recently used files Socialite for Mac $9.99 -> $4.99 -- Client for multiple social networks, including Facebook and Twitter DEVONtechnologies DEVONtechnologies is offering a 25% discount on all their software products and upgrades from Black Friday through Cyber Monday (November 23 through 26). You can buy directly from DEVONTechnologies or grab their titles in the App Store.
Daily iPad App: Business Card Reader HD lets you scan business cards on the go
SHAPE Services has an iPad version of its Business Card Reader app that'll make it easy for you to manage your business cards right on your tablet. The iPad version works in a similar way as its iPhone counterpart. It uses the camera on your iPad 3 to snap a photo of a business card and has a text recognition system that'll parse out the relevant contact details. Once you import the information, you can easily add the contact's details to your iPad address book. You can also sync the data to LinkedIn and other CRM systems using the instructions on SHAPE Service's website. The app works smoothly as long as you have a firm, steady grip on your iPad. Because the iPad is on the large side, though, it's hard to maintain a steady hand while photographing the business card. Any shakiness introduces blur, which diminishes the app's ability to recognize text. As a result, there can be several errors in the contact information that need to be corrected before you can save the entry. That being said, Business Card Reader HD can be useful when you want to enter a business card, and you only have your iPad. You just have to keep as still as possible to get the best results. The app is on sale right now, so you can purchase Business Card Reader HD for US$1.99, which is 70 percent off the app's regular $6.99 price tag.
SHAPE Services to release IM+ Video for Facebook video chat
A report from TechCrunch claims SHAPE Services, the company that develops the IM+ messaging client, has bought CrispApp. CrispApp produces fone, an iOS application for chatting and making voice calls to your Facebook friends. SHAPE plans to take the technology behind the fone app and merge it with CrispApp's video technology to create IM+ Video. This new app will let users make voice and video calls to your Facebook friends. Calls will be free of charge and will let you make mobile to mobile and mobile to desktop calls. The Facebook video calling app could debut in the App Store within the next 10 days.
Mobiola WebCamera gets localization, AppleScript support
It's always nice when developers respond to the suggestions of reviewers. A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of Mobiola Web Cam from SHAPE Services. It's a combination of an iPhone app and a desktop (Windows and Mac) client that turns your iPhone into a webcam. At one point in my review, I suggested that it would be nice to see scripting support built into the Mac desktop client for automating the process of capturing screen shots or video from the camera. Just over two weeks later, the app has a slightly different name (WebCamera instead of Web Cam), it's localized in German, Italian, Spanish, French, and Dutch, and AppleScript support has been added. The app is currently on sale for US$1.99 from the usual $4.99 price, so if you're thinking about picking it up, now's a good time. A quick look at the Mobiola WebCamera Scripting Suite from AppleScript showed three new verbs: take snapshot, start recording, and stop recording. With these, and a connected property that's part of the application class, it's quite simple to write an AppleScript that waits for the iPhone to connect to the desktop app, and then takes a picture or timed video at regular intervals. I found that I also no longer needed to specify an IP address and port for the client and app to get the camera to connect, so it's obvious that the developers at SHAPE Services are paying attention to reviewers and customers to make a good app even better.
iPad roundup: iDisplay extended desktop, plus Kindle and Time reader apps
Say what you will, the past couple of days have been littered with signs of a rapidly expanding set of functions that the iPad can perform. Latest on the block is the iDisplay desktop extender, which will turn any of your iPhone OS devices into a WiFi-connected second monitor, allowing you to finally unchain your Mac OS (Windows version forthcoming) desktop and take it on the move. Introductory price is $4.99 and you'll find an early hands-on experience at the TUAW link. Next up we have the Kindle for iPhone app contracting its name to just Kindle and making the expected jump to iPad compatibility with version 2.0, which comes with iBookstore-like page turning and, best of all, won't cost you a thing. We've also got word of Time Magazine pricing what's free on the iPhone at $4.99 per issue on the iPad, with the excuse being that you can "experience Time in a revolutionary new way." Good luck with that, we say.
SHAPE Services brings Skype to Apple's iPhone
For those not courageous enough to give the SoonR Talk workaround a go, fret not, as Skype has finally arrived (for realz) on the iPhone. SHAPE Services has introduced IM+ for Skype for iPhone, which is simply a Safari web application that enables one to "access the Skype ecosystem from the mobile environment." Reportedly, the app was "designed especially for the iPhone's touchscreen," and best of all, it's being offered up gratis "for a limited time." So go on, point your iPhone to SkypeforiPhone.com and get to yappin', ya heard?
