ISW Recorder & Editor: A Very Useful, Free iPhone App

ISW Recorder & Editor is a brilliant new, free iPhone app for recording your audio and mixing it around. I previously wrote a review of the paid version for this app on my website and thecreativeone.tv. This app is very useful for almost anyone.

Easy to Use
This audio recorder and editor is very easy to use, not to mention fun. The app has a very clean interface, which is very clearly laid out and is one of the rare apps in the App Store that is actually very well designed in both the UI and the icon. I was immediately able to use the app and navigate around with ease.

Many Uses
ISW is an incredibly versatile tool and can be used by pranksters, students, songwriters, especially with its scriptwriting feature. Another great feature is the Input Percentage Meter, which can go up to 500% and pick up even the tiniest of vibrations. This feature could be convenient for spying on people. Not that I’m endorsing this sort of behavior. Absolutely not. As I said in my review, “a student could use the arrangements feature to make one arrangement for a topic that was discussed in several lessons.”
This app really is amazingly useful, especially considering that it’s free. Of course, if you choose to go pro, then that’s cheap too, at 99 cents. Read on below to find out how to get it for free.

Promo Code
I have a promo code for the paid version of this app. If you want to have a chance of winning it, then email me at ha.alamin@gmail.com, with the subject: ISW Giveaway. Then tell me why you think this app would be useful for you. The winner will be the person with the most creative way of using it. You don’t have to write what you will actually use it for and you can make it up. I might also give it to the funniest email. You’ll just have to see.

Edit: I have two new promo codes to give away, that makes a total of three codes. 

Mashable iPhone App is WIN

It takes a lot for an iPhone app to make it to my dock on my iPhone. Hardly do I ever add a third party app down there, but Mashable hit the nail on the head. And it is the first version of their app. They know what they are doing. They know how to make an app, and make it right the first time. Other developers need to take notes.

Besides the fact that the interface of the app is gorgeous, yet simple, the functionality is what wins me over on this app. I have a small following of 700+ people on Twitter that look forward to my tech tweets. I am a middle man, a referrer, a source that points people to latest in tech. And with this Mashable iPhone app, it just made my job a lot easier, especially on-the-go.

The Twitter integration is downright easy. Mashable will ask what Twitter app on your iPhone you would like to use with their app. I am a fan of Twitterific, so I chose that.

What this does is when I want to share a story I like on the Mashable app, I hit the Twitter button within the app, and it automatically launches the Twitterific app. It automatically shortens the URL, and writes the tweet, so all I have to do is press enter. And just like that, the tweet is posted and all my followers are happy. If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch, this is a MUST app. I can not stress that enough.

How to love the iPad

Visit these link. Please read the whole articles and watch the videos all the way through. You won't regret it.

• PadNotes
• Penguin eBooks
• The Future of Computing
• Updated Features

Can you still say that the iPad is useless?

Is the iPad more like a Mac, or an iPhone?-UPDATED

I'm sure the question has already been asked. I am here to answer it. I'm correlating all the ways the iPad is like a Mac, and all the ways it is like an iPhone.

Aspects shared by the iPad and Mac:

• When purchased, you are given the option to recycle your own computer
• Runs iWork full-fledged
• Can be mailed in for repair (MacBooks are the only Macs that can be mailed in)
• LED Display
• Has file syncing/sharing/downloading capabilities
• Has 802.11n WiFi

Aspects shared by the iPad and iPhone:

• An App Store
• The UI (The iPad UI is a bit more rich, and user-friendly)
• Is synced to a computer
• No user-accessible file system
• Two-year AppleCare extended warranty (suggested by MacFusionGirl, thanks!)

I'll let you guys decide. Let me know in the comments what you think.

PogoPlank - Theme and Categorize your iPhone

PogoPlank, $1.99 from BigBoss on Cydia, is an awesome app that allows you to theme your jailbroken iPhone or iTouch down to one page. That’s right, no more swiping through pages of icons as they are all listed underneath folders on the home page. Almost all the PogoPlank themes follow the format of having the folders displayed in a wheel. See the Guinness theme on my iPhone to left. This cool theme was designed by Dogma at Sinful iPhone. The tiny glasses of Guinness are icons for the folders. Tap a glass and the apps within that folder are displayed as you can see in the screenshot below.  If you watch the step by step video you will see the folder icons are in a “wheel” formation that you scroll to display additional directories. Setting up PogoPlank couldn’t be any easier. There are two tabs on the bottom of the app. Themes is where you pick which one you want displayed. You just select any theme you’ve added from a dropdown menu. There are hundreds if not thousands of themes for PogoPlank from sports teams, movies like New Moon, TV shows like The Simpsons and many more. The Categories tab is where you name your folder icons and add whichever apps you want to each folder. That’s it, once this is done your iPhone or iTouch has just one page and acts just like your desktop. Setting up some PogoPlank themes requires you to SSH the theme folder into your iPhone. However, this is fairly simple and as I’ve stated before, if you’ve jailbroken your iPhone you can SSH. It’s much easier. To set up this Guinness theme on your iPhone just watch the video guide here. Creating your own PogoPlank theme for your jailbroken iPhone or iTouch is simple as well. Just download the folder and change the image files folder.png, list.png and wallpager.png. I recommend opening the images up in Photoshop or whatever editor you use to get the proper image size. Anyone think this will be a popular at the Irish pub on Saint Patrick’s Day?