Cory Bohon

iPhone Version

My location-based application for iPhone and iPad was updated tonight to include several new features and additions. FindMe Pro version 1.5.2 now has the following features:

• Weather information for your current location (where available) — Weather includes current temperature and condition, lows, and highs for the current day
• Updated for iOS 4.2, with new support for iOS multitasking
• Ability to hide and show speedometer and compass
• High resolution icons now display for Retina Displays
• Faster, smoother version
• Various bug fixes, including a bug where “(null)” would be displayed when certain location information (such as address) was unavailable

Despite all of the great new features in FindMe Pro for iPhone and iPad, the price is still the same $0.99 (US). You can find the update, or purchase FindMe Pro on the iTunes App Store: iPhone version / iPad version.

FindMe Pro is the ultimate travelers companion. Whether you are planning to travel around the city, country or world, make sure than FindMe Pro is on your iPhone before you leave.

FindMe Pro is an iPhone application that allows you to instantly find your location with style. FindMe Pro gives you instant access to GPS information like latitude, longitude, altitude, street address, city, postal code, and country. In addition, you can flip between two versions of the Google Map, including Standard and Hybrid (Satellite view with a standard map overlay). If you want to share your location, you can do that by tapping the email button at the top to instantly compose a message with your location information pre-populated.

If you are moving in a vehicle you have the ability to view your average speed in either miles per hour (mph) or kilometers per hour (kph). Tapping the speedometer lets you switch between the two speed calculations. If you are moving, you will also have instantaneous location information, including the geo-located street address.

Check out FindMe Pro today and learn why people don’t leave the house without it.

One of my latest iPhone application lets you shrink your URLs to something a little more manageable. Aptly named, Shrinker for iPhone lets you type in a long URL, then with a tap shorten it using TinyURL.com (Bit.ly and other shortening services will be coming soon). You can copy the link to the iPhone clipboard or email the link right from within the application.

From the iTunes App Store:
Long URLs can confuse people. Whether you’re sending a link through email, instant messaging, text messaging, or simply copying it for later use, make Shrinker an application on your iPhone. Shrinker lets you take a long URL and shrink it down to something a little more manageable. Right from the application you can shorten your links, create an email to someone with the link pasted right in, or copy the link to the clipboard for later use.

Where to get it
Download Shrinker today for free from the iTunes App Store (the application is iAd supported) and never leave any of your email readers confused by long links.

Last week I shared with you a sneak peak of version 3.0 of my iPhone application called “What’s My IP?”.

This application has now been approved and is on the iTunes Store. If you have already purchased the application, you may now download it for free as an update. If you have been checking out the application in anticipation of the 3.0 update, I appreciate it.

You can find the new version of “What’s My IP?” on the iTunes App Store at this link, and you can check out the sneak peak by clicking here.

I have submitted a new update for my application What’s My IP? on the iTunes App Store. With this update, the application has been completely revamped to include device information in addition to just the IP Address. Two completely new features let you get the IP address from a hostname online and check the reachability of a website/server by typing in the IP address or hostname.

With this post, I want to give you a sneak peak of the application so you can know what’s to come for the application. Check out the description from the App Store below and the screenshots below that. I anticipate that this application will become live on the App Store next week as I submitted it last weekend. I will post (and tweet) when the application goes live.

Info from the App Store
The iPhone/iPod touch application that was the first on the App Store to provide IP Address checking for your Apple iOS device has swiftly become the tool for network administrators, small business IT departments, and home network users with version 3.0.

Version 3.0 of What’s My IP provides users with important information about their network and accessing device. With a single tap, you can find out your IP Address, Device Name, and Device Type.

New with version 3.0 is the ability to get the IP address of a hostname on the Internet or your local network. Simply tap the Hostname tab to begin. Type in a hostname, click “Get IP Address,” and the address is presented to you quickly and easily. No fussing with other services that can often take extra time to navigate to.

Version 3.0 also comes with a server reachability checker that you can use while on your local wireless network or abroad on either EDGE or 3G. By tapping on the Reachability tab, you can check to see if the server hostname or IP address you type in is available online. If the server is online, you will see ONLINE presented; if the server cannot be reached, OFFLINE will be presented. This check happens almost instantly, keeping you from having to mess with Mobile Safari or other online services.

Now you can see why What’s My IP 3.0 is becoming the swiss army knife of network administrators. This application provides you with the network tools you need at an affordable price.

Don’t let your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad be without one of the best networking tools available for iOS devices.

Earlier this week, one of my newest iPhone applications, TipCalc (Tip Calculator) was approved and placed on the iTunes App Store for $0.99. Here’s a little about the application and what it does.

• “Wait, you want to leave how much of a tip?”
• “How much would that bill be if we gave a 15% tip?”
• “But the service wasn’t that good!”

So, you’re at a restaurant, arguing with your colleague over splitting the bill. Normally, you would have to figure out the math on a napkin, or pull out that geeky calculator. That is, until now.

TipCalc lets you quickly and almost instantly calculate a tip based on the quality of service using a 4-star system (1-star: 5% tip; 2-stars: 10% tip; 3-stars: 15% tip; 4-stars: 20% tip). Then, if you wish to split the bill with someone else (or among several people), then type in the amount of people to be split with and click “Calculate Tip.”

An alert dialog will display all the pertinent information regarding your bill, including taxes, tip, and split amount.

You can download this application from the iTunes App Store starting today. A future update will let you input custom tip percentages and automatically calculate taxes based on a percentage inputted by the user.