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[Pre] Recommended Apps: Reboot Scheduler

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Many of us know the phenomenon. The longer we use the iPhone or the Palm Pre the slower it goes. Rebooting the system always helped on either device.

For the Palm Pre there is now a solution that is called Reboot Scheduler by Zinge, which allows to automize the reboot process and to schedule it to a certain time.

We feel this is a nice tool for people running homebrew apps on their Pre anyway. You find it via the PreCentral repository.

That’s what we really like about the Palm Pre WebOS platform: it embraces the homebrew developers. No jailbreaking, no hassle.

Kudos fly out to Zinge and the PreCentral team.

Links

» PreCentral.net: Palm Pre Reboot Scheduler…

Screenshot is courtesy of PreCentral.net…

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[MacOS] Recommended Apps: Witch

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All of us switchers know the situation: rather that switching from one application to another in Microsoft Windows we can switch from every window to another using ALT-TAB. The problem is such behaviour is not known to the Mac world.

The developer Peter Maurer puts it that way:

Sure, you can use Mac OS X’s Exposé to switch windows, but doing so can be very clumsy if you’re the keyboard-only type of user. And don’t all of these windows look just the same when they are scaled down?

Witch lets you access all of your windows by pressing a shortcut and choosing from a clearly arranged list of window titles.

And the best: it’s shareware (!) Sorry for the error before…

»Download Witch here…

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[iPhone] Recommended Apps: Avatron Air Sharing

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We already reported about Avatron’s Air Sharing some weeks ago. This really is the App of the Week. Avatron Air Sharing allows copying files from and to the iPhone wireless, thus allowing to use the iPhone similar to a portable hard drive. The only condition is to use a WebDAV compatible up- and download program. Moreover it is an excellent PDF reader. It stores the pages of all the PDFs you’ve opened yet.

Find some more details and the AppStore Link here in our recent article…

[iPhone] Recommended Apps: PaklSound1

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People in the know what’s going on in the field of music innovations have already gotten to know Tenori-On by Yamaha. Tenori-On is by far the most innovative new music instruments (read article here).

Anyway a group of programmers now decided to bring at least parts of the fun that Tenori-On includes to our beloved Jesus phone. The application is called PaklSound1 and is pure fun when sitting in the train or anywhere else. Be warned it is by far not as powerful as Tenori-On and requires lots of battery power, but therefore it costs only 0.79€ (0.99US$).

» Buy and Download PaklSound1 on AppStore…
» More information on the PaklSound1 page…

On YouTube a guy has prepared this nice video, enjoy:

[Windows] Recommended Apps: Lauchy

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Abstract

Are you tired of searching thru your installed applications on your Windows machine? There is no need to search anymore. You may simply find from the first moment using a key stroke launcher – like Launchy.

How does it work

After typing the first few letters, Launchy suggests the program you might want to start. As Launchy uses quite an interesting statisticial approach here, it determines the program you want to start almost exactly. No time consuming training is required. Launchy learns by the way in your everyday use of it.

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After installation Launchy sets up a database that includes all executable and lauchable programs you previously installed on your computer. Launchy is set up as a service running in the background. At any time you may invoke it using predefined shortcuts (like CTRL + SPACE or ALT + SPACE). Configuration is fairly easy.

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Alternatives

Another program for the Windows platform is known called Executor. It basically offers the same features, sadly it does not contain a statistical heuristic for the programs you run the most, but other options like fast command line execution. Anyway Launchy is intended for the average computer and we feel it does its job very good. Moreover it is open source software.

Download

» download Launchy here…

[iPhone] Recommended Apps: Karajan Eartrainer

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Abstract

As Holger Meyer puts it: “Karajan is an easy to use music and ear training application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It provides lessons for learning to recognize intervals, chords, scales, pitch and tempo (bpm) with detailed statistics. Karajan is a great tool for music theory students, whether they are in junior high, high school, or college. It is also very useful for every hobby musician.”

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What we say

Karajan is our APP OF THE WEEK. Karajan is pure fun. Improving our music skills is fairly easy with this program. Karajan includes:

  • Intervals
  • Chords
  • Scales
  • Pitch
  • Tempo (BPM)
  • 5 built in instruments
  • Pre defined and individual levels
  • Detailed statistics function
  • Reverse play
  • 4 different play modes

Karajan is available in two versions. The beginner version does not include all functions, but is free of charge. Get it from the AppStore (links are provided below). For first testing purposes this is the app of your choice.

Karajan is really easy to handle. See this video here:

Suggestions

We wonder, why this has not been released for a Mac yet? Holger, come on…

Download

» Get “Karajan Beginner” for free here…
» Get “Karajan” (14.99US$ or 11.99€) here…