Apple just released an iPhone software update. Included are some minor bug fixes and improvements, including improved accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS and resolved issues with third-party apps not launching.
I just bought the $20 AudioTools app for my iPhone and used the Real Time Analyzer “RTA” to help “flatten” the sanctuary in our church. I have been wanting to get an RTA and other tools for some time, but my church is a small country church and available funds are better used to help others. After all we already had some pretty decent sound with minimal problems, or so I thought.
After using the RTA, I was simply amazed at how much crisper the sound was. I was even able to put the lapel mic inches away from the mains without feedback. The best I was able to do previously was about a foot. I have no serious training other then what I can glean from others and reading a lot, so this may be no surprise to professionals out there. 
Personally I am very happy that a $20 investment in an iPhone App was able to help me to do a better job without spending hundreds more for professional quality audio tools.
And the latest version of the WordPress app…
I was reading about some of the toy camera apps available for the iPhone the otherday and was inspired to check a couple of them out. The one that I really like so far is the hipstematic. It does a very good job of recreating the color and images of some of the old plastic lens camera’s, and even different films.
A friend just turned me on to reQall. It is an interesting web based reminder system, that is supposed to support location based reminders. Somewhat like an uber electronic GTD(Getting Things Done) system, it supports adding items by voice, email, IM and text messaging. ReQall will also send reminders to email, IM, and SMS.
One of the things that caught my attention is that IM reminders are interactive. ReQall will ask you if a certain task is done, and you can reply with a yes or no. A “no” will re-que for another reminder.
There is also an iPhone app that makes adding items by just speaking it very easy. ReQall has what appears to be an excellent speech recognition system that rarely misses.
The app is not without some issues though. One of the features of the Pro version is to be able to assign items to map locations, and reQall is supposed to remind you of items when you are close to the location using the GPS in the iPhone. The problem is that I can not seem to set locations to a map like they say I should be able to.
There are many other features, like integration with Evernote, Google Calendar, iCal
