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December 2nd, 2009 
iphone News and Updates 
Liberate contacts, webpages, email, photos, and documents from your tiny touchscreen and onto the printed page. With the help of free software installed on your Mac or PC, Print & Share can talk to any printer connected to that computer when you’re on the same Wifi network – or even, conditions permitting, from anywhere on the Internet. The app doubles as a document beriefcase, letting you swap and read files from computer.
Hard Copy: Choose what to print from the main screen, iPhone installations don’t let apps get direct access to the Mobile Safari or Mail apps, so Print & Share has its own browser and email programs, which you must use to print webpages or email messages. You can also exchange files with the came computer that you use to print. Save files on your iPhone to print or read later, and share them with others via email.
Paper Tiger: Select the stuff to commit to paper, and Print & Share searches the network to find a computer with the companion WePrint software installed. If you are not on the same WiFi network but you know the computer’s Internet address, just type it in to connect from anywhere in the world, firewalls allowing. Select your printer, and send your file, contacts, pictures, and web pages on their way.
Not to self: Voice memos are a fast way to capture big ideas and fleeting thoughts. Voxie distinguishes itself from the many apps that turn iPhones and iPods into dictaphones (including the built-in Voice Memos app) with its sleek interface, easy audio export, and a lightning-fast paid transcription service handled by actual human beings, including specialists in legal lingo. Record clips of any length in your choice of four quality levels.
Mover makes it east to send contacts and photos with a flourish to other iPhones and iPods on the same WiFi network. The app shows the names of up to four others with Mover open on the same network, each staking out one side of the screen. Just flick a contact or photo towards the name of the iPhone you are sharing with, and it skids into view on the receiving end, automatically saved to that phone’s contact list or camera roll. 
ReaddleDocs is the Rolls Royce of document portfolios. Lots of other apps (including Quickoffice and Evernote) let you share, store, and browse files, but this app offers the cleverest mix of methods to spirit files on and off your iPhone. It talks to popular online storage services (like MobileMe or Box.net), downloads from websites, exchanges with computers on the same network, and lets you email files back and forth. 
Todo does everything you’d want in a to-do-list – and almost certainly more. With so many features, fields, colors, icons, and customization options, Todo lacks the easy elegance that earns Things the top pick in this category. But Todo has a nifty set of bells and whistles that hardcore organizers may consider essential.
Cross an outline with a flow chart, and you get a “mind map,” a visual sketch for capturing and organizing stream-of-consciousness ideas. iThoughts diagrams these brainstorm sessions on your iPhone. A bubble represents your topic; draw links to more bubbles for related ideas, which grow like tendrils across the screen. When you’re done, prune and organize branches into shape. Email or share maps online in several formats.
So you might’ve heard. There’s this company called Google that knows a thing or two about web search, and they’ve figured it out for iPhone, too, with best app for searching the Web. The secret ingredient is voice search. Just talk into your iPhone or microphone-enabled iPod Touch, and the app fetchs the results for your sopken keywords. Tap a result to launch Mobile Safari and you’re in business. 
Turn your iPhone into a unfailing executive assistant, ready to remind you of calender items, notes, and to-dos. It’s almost magic Say “Meet Rich at 4:30 pm Tomorrow”. and reQall transcribes the text, creates a to-do, adds an event to your calender, and sends you a reminder before the meeting. It’s like an outboard memory for the overloaded modern mind. The app requires a fee account at reqall[dot]com. 
Don’t let the small things you’ve gotta do today make you forget your grand plans for tomorrow. Goal Tender is a little app about the big picture, a tidy complement to the nitty-gritty task managers of the last few pages. Tap in the goal to accomplish, and watch the progress bar surge as your wind your way to completion. The app optionally stores your goals online, too, letting you see you see them in your outlook 2007. iCal, or Google calender.
