First Look: Postman 2.0
Filed under: iPhone , First Look , App Review I hadn’t really noticed, but it turns out there are lots and lots of postcard apps in the App Store . It makes sense, the iPhone (and to an extent, the iPod touch ) is a great virtual postcard device. Snap a photo while on vacation, add a quick message and send it off via e-mail, all from within the iPhone itself. It’s actually a neat example of old and new communication methods fusing together. Yesterday, Steve looked at Postcard Express and today I’m looking at Freeverse’s Postman 2.0 (iTunes link).
First Look: Postman adds social networking to the iPhone ecards mix
Filed under: iPhone , App Store , iPod touch In the ecosystem of the App Store, the postcard-sending app occupies a healthy niche; about two pagefuls — 60 apps — show up in the store, for a category weighting of 0.125 flatulans. The flatulan, of course, is the unit of measurement of App Store penetration, equaling the 480 individual apps that include the word ‘fart’ somewhere in their description. Among those postcard apps, there are several standouts for virtual cards ( ADA winner Postage , for example) and even a few that let you send physical postcards for a small fee ( TapTapCards , goPostal and Postino ). With Postman ( iTunes link / website ), released today by Freeverse and Taptivate for $0.99 for iPhone OS 3.0 devices, the postcard-sending app category gets a social media boost. Postman lets you deliver your two-sided ecards (yes, the app gives you the option of simulating the back of a traditional postcard, complete with stamp graphic) via Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, email, or simple upload to the postmanapp.com website for public review.
Emoji for iChat adds… emoji to iChat
Filed under: Freeware , Internet Tools With the release of iPhone OS 3.0, I was wondering if emoji icons still worked ( they do ), and then it finally dawned on me: why not iChat ? A quick search turned up exactly what I was looking for: Emoji for iChat . This free downloadable icon pack basically adds the iPhone Emoji icons to iChat, accessible from the standard smiley-face dropdown menu. For it to work, however, both sides have to have it installed; if your recipient does not use the tool, all they’ll see is gibberish. Emoji for iChat is a free download from Einar Andersson & Tor Rauden Källstigen. The download includes an installer which will require you to restart iChat.
