EdMap for iPhone Entered in Apps4Edmonton Contest
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Friday August 27, 2010 14:12
We are excited to announce our latest iPhone app – EdMap! Residents of Edmonton, Alberta can use EdMap to quickly find location, information and directions for City of Edmonton recreation facilities.
EdMap has been submitted as an entry in the City of Edmonton’s Apps4Edmonton contest. This contest encourages residents to develop applications that will benefit Edmontonians and is also helping to promote awareness of the city’s Open Data Catalogue.
EdMap is available for free on the App Store in Canada for iPhone and iPod touch (requires iOS 4.0 or later).
If you like the app please cast your vote for EdMap! Voting starts soon – please see the Apps4Edmonton website for voting details.
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First Thoughts on Tablet Mapping Potential
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Tuesday January 26, 2010 23:10
Lee Sitek, Principal Consultant
The Apple iSlate (my preferred name for the tablet widely expected to be announced tomorrow) will undoubted be touted as a replacement for full colour publications, particularly magazines and books featuring images such as textbooks. I feel it would also be a great replacement for paper maps.
Many people find even an iPhone (as opposed to other types of smartphones) has too small a screen for more than brief use when there isn't a physical map at hand. I could see the iSlate excelling in the domain of foldable maps or map books. The generous tablet dimensions would give a comfortable viewing area similar to a two-page map book layout. Plus with an iPhone-like touch and drag to pan the user would get a "visual exploration" experience similar to when stretching out a large foldable map on a large table. This would mean no more fumbling to follow triangles on page edges to another page or flipping (and often ripping) a map over to see a city inset. When sitting at a small cafe table with your travel partner you could comfortably set or hold the tablet between you to double tap, pinch and drag your way around the map, intuitively exploring the places you'd like to visit in person later that day.
I guess at the very least the iSlate will include the same cell tower triangulation capabilities as the iPhone. This would be fine as long as it would be possible to use an iPhone's cell connection through tethering (via Bluetooth preferred) or at least drop in an iPhone's SIM card. Forcing iSlate customers to sign up for non-iTunes cell data use could end up turning many prospective buyers away from this innovative mobile device.
With the great mapping potential as described above (and more that I hope to expand on in further posts) my biggest hope for the iSlate is that it includes GPS functionality. This would enable things like quickly switching from reading a magazine while on an intercity bus to a map to see exactly where you are and how much further to your destination.
Perhaps it should be called iMap...
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Reconnect iPhone App Version 1.2 Released
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Tuesday July 21, 2009 22:12
Version 1.2 of Reconnect is now available on the App Store. This update resolves a date calculation issue which affected users in some time zones.
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New Version of Reconnect Now Available
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Sunday June 28, 2009 21:59
Version 1.1 of Reconnect is now available on the App Store. This update resolves some minor compatibility issues with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update.
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Reconnect Now Available for iPhone and iPod touch
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Sunday June 7, 2009 22:56
We are pleased to announce that Reconnect is now available on the App Store. Please see the product page for Reconnect for more details.
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SeeTechnologies' First iPhone App Coming Soon
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Tuesday June 2, 2009 20:13
SeeTechnologies will soon be releasing an iPhone application titled Reconnect. More details will be released soon once it becomes available through the App Store.
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Impressions of iPhone 3G After One Week
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Sunday July 27, 2008 6:51
Lee Sitek, Principal Consultant
I bought my iPhone 3G six days after launch so here are some of my observations about the iPhone after the first week of use. I’ve owned two PDA’s (like a smartphone without the phone) prior to buying the iPhone – a Handspring Visor (Palm OS) bought in 2001 and an iPaq hx2790 (Windows Mobile 5.0) bought in 2006. My opinions of the iPhone are greatly influenced by these predecessors.
For me the number one reason to buy an iPhone is GPS + Google Maps. It is one thing to be able to communicate with anyone else in the world via voice or email. Knowing exactly where you are and how to get where you’re going using the same incredibly portable and intuitive device is even more powerful. An added bonus provided by Maps is the ability to add the results of a business search instantly to your contacts database. In the past I’ve had to look up a business on the internet or (gasp!) in the printed phone book and then either cut and paste or key in the company name, phone number and address (and if I was really ambitious also the company’s website address) into the appropriate fields in Outlook or on my PDA. The iPhone Maps app saves me from this tedium. I search for the company name, product or service and I click on the pin matching the location (near my current location) I want. One more click on Create New Contact creates a new contact record with all these details automatically filled in... Wow, that was quick and painless!
On the other hand, many of my contacts are actual persons, not companies. What happens if a friend, for example, emails me her new street address? First I’ll tell you how I’d do this on my old Windows Mobile PDA – it was as simple as selecting the text with the stylus, holding the stylus on the selected text for a second (like a right-click on a PC) and selecting copy and then pasting into one of the address fields in the contact entry for my friend. Most of the time the address would be correctly parsed into its component parts such as Street, City, Province and Postal Code. On the iPhone there is no copy and paste functionality. This means I have to either (a) memorize the address from the email, switch to the contact record and then type it in hoping I remember it all and remember it correctly or, (b) write it down on a piece of paper (how archaic!) and then key it in or, (c) turn on my computer, open Outlook and copy the address from the email to the contact and then sync my iPhone. Hopefully Apple is working on a solution for copying and pasting text on the iPhone. One of the key advantages of going digital is not having to type in the same thing more than once (particularly on a mobile keypad)!
One aspect that has really surprised me about the iPhone is how little data I’ve been transferring over the cellular network. In just over a week of average use I’ve sent just 4.2MB and received 48.3MB. My average use doesn’t include any streaming audio or video but does include a fair amount of Maps usage, frequent emailing plus emailing some photos, frequent web browsing and downloading applications from the App Store. Contributing to this low cellular data usage is the fact that iPhone connects to my home Wi-Fi automatically whenever I’m in range. It will be interesting to see how close the iPhone’s usage log compares to my first month’s bill but it’s looking like my 6GB/mo data plan is extremely excessive!
Overall, I feel the iPhone 3G lives up to the title of “Best Gadget Ever”. I can say that it’s definitely one of the top five purchases I’ve ever made! I’ll post more details why this is the case in the coming weeks as I try/buy more third party applications and use the core iPhone apps more extensively.
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SeeTechnologies Website Launched
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Sunday July 27, 2008 6:32
We are pleased to announce the initial launch of the SeeTechnologies.ca website. Please check back often over the upcoming months as we expand our website and offerings.
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