There is an incredibly rich selection of text editors for IOS. Federico Viticci does a review on his 4 IOS text editor favourites and also has done a review on Byword which only recently been introduced on IOS (IA Writer also deserves an honourable mention). I agree for the most part with Federico’s selections and this comes from experience of trying all of them (except WriteUp) plus many more.
My go to favourites include Writing Kit when doing long form research papers, Byword for general purpose writing with markdown formatting that eventually gets exported as HTML documents, and Simplenote for short notes in my personal text database. One of the great things are that these apps work on both iPad and iPhone (universal), sync with documents on my Macs and are less than $5 each to own. You can’t beat that as a deal if you are at all interested in beautiful mobile writing tools.
Apple celebrated 25 billion IOS apps downloaded by awarding a $10,000 iTunes credit to Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China who downloaded Where’s My Water? which is number 17 on the all-time top iPad apps. With the low price of apps and music, $10,000 is a lot of downloads. Also published is a list of the…
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This American life broadcasts some really interesting, educational, and revealing episodes that dig beneath the headlines to change how you think about what is happening in the world. A recent compelling episode #454 Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory is about the expose that was done by Mike Daisey about conditions in Chinese factories and…
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As surprising as it might sound when the richness and diversity of IOS apps are considered, one of the killer apps for me on my iPad and iPhone is Simplenote (and nvAlt on the Mac). Text notes that are always in sync between your iPad and computer (even Windows with the free Resophnotes application) are…
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A recurring theme in my blogs is how personal learning and training can be the best way to get more efficiency, effectiveness, and enjoyment out of your systems (after you have chosen the best products to work with). MacSparky’s book, iPad at Work, explains in detail how to get more value from your iPad. If…
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Scrivener is an excellent application on Mac (and recently on Windows) for all sorts of long form writing. Limited syncing with Simplenote and Index Card on iPad are supported but what many users have been craving is full synchronization with an IOS version of Scrivener. Dreams do come true as an IOS version of Scrivener…
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I completed the Steve Jobs biography today which I found very interesting as a way to learn more about one of the most influential ICT product developers in the early to present day history of personal computers and the Internet. One reference related to Apple and the Internet was how Apple has started shifting from…
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If you managed to get through the traffic and successfully upgraded to IOS5 you are now wanting to use those fancy new features but it is not obvious how to activate them without a few tips. Notifications have been organized so you can access them just by dragging down from the top of the screen….
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While we are waiting for IOS5 to be delivered today, it is amazing to think that todays latest and greatest device was predicted 24 years ago by Apple in their Knowledge Navigator concept video. In fact it even is another example of that old Apple joke about a miraculous new product which the customer disses…
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This seems to be a take off of the sixth sense videos which show how future computers will interact with the real world more once pico projectors become integrated. It shows how IOS 5 could become magical.
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