Posts Tagged ‘utility’

Cycorder v0.9-4 | Published by Jay Freeman (saurik) | Via Cydia | Free | Released: 9-05-08

What’s New In This Version

Jay Freeman unleashed the latest version of Cycorder on Friday, September 5, and it now includes audio! You may remember our previous review of Cycorder and how we heaped praise on the free app available from Cydia’s creator.

There’s no need to stop lavishing praise now. It’s simply the best video recorder available for the iPhone to date. With the latest release of 0.9-4, Freeman has added the following features:

• Audio 
• Colorized Navigation Buttons
• TV-Out Supported Playback
• No Autolock when recording

One nifty feature of Cycorder now is that if you exit the app while recording (pressing the home button), it will continue recording! This allows you to check on email or whatever while it’s recording in the background! 

Once upon a time, there was an app called iPhone Video Recorder that was the only app around for video on the iPhone. It’s still around, but Cycorder is the only app you’ll need. IVR is overpriced, buggy and produces poor-quality video in comparison to Cycorder which does its encoding on the fly. 

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DataCase v1.0 | Published by Veiosoft, LLC | Via App Store | $6.99 | Released: 8-11-08

Overview

DataCase helps you make USB drives things of the past by flexing the power of your iPhone or iPod Touch, using it as a wireless portable storage device. It’s simple, quick and convenient, although slightly overpriced.

Functionality

With DataCase, the next time you need to quickly move a large file between computers you can whip out your iPhone from your utility belt, in superhero fashion, launch the app and simply drop files into the drive, which will appear in your computer’s finder or desktop browser. No cables, no keychain drives, no nonsense.

To work, your phone or iPod needs to be connected to the same wireless network as your computer, but once connected can easily be accessed by Mac OS or Windows users (check out DataCase’s simplicity in these quick video walkthroughs). Continue Reading

Simplify Media v1.1 | Published by Simplify Media, Inc. | Via App Store | Free | Released: 8-5-08

Overview

Simplify Media streams your music library directly to your mobile device, conserving precious storage space and giving you on-demand access to your tunes. That is, unless the music is purchased from the iTunes store.

Functionality

This app is easy and straightforward: create an account, then use it to access your library wirelessly from your mobile device.

If you’re a closet Alanis Morissette fan and can’t jeopardize your reputation by storing her songs on your iPhone, Simplify Media is here for you. Just keep her stuff in your computer’s music library and stream it to your phone whenever you feel like belting out “Hands Clean” in the car. Now you can be a closet fan and covert listener!

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