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Docs is a new iPhone document viewing app released by BigBoss today.  Although there are already several document viewer apps around, Docs has a couple features that make it quite a good option in this category.

With Docs, you can view text files, Word .doc files, as well as Excel and .pdf files.  Files are viewed in Safari, with all its zooming and scrolling abilities in play.  Unlike WildEyes - one of the best existing file viewers - you do not need to have any sort of server running in order for Docs to work, although it does require that you install the 1.1.3 / 1.1.4 Safari Patch.  WildEyes needs the Lighttpd server running in order to function.

Docs also lets you set your default folder, where it will recognize docs to load.  So, for instance, you could create your own new folder for this purpose and then just point Docs at it so it always looks there for files to load in future.

Docs looks like another useful and solid app from the BigBoss source.  It’s available now on Installer - you’ll need to have added the BigBoss source (listed below) to see it, and you’ll also have to have first installed the 1.1.3/1.1.4 Safari Patch from the Tweaks (1.1.3) category:

http://sleepers.net/iphonerepo

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The blogosphere is going wild now that both the US and the UK Apple stores are showing the iPhone as "Unavailable".

Why is this significant? Because last I checked the dictionary the definition of "Unavailable" differs significantly from that of "Out Of Stock".

So what gives?? As Skooby would say-

A few interesting suggestions have been made, though…

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This is Advanced Glow FX, a new iPhone theme from MMi forum member cazurro and the miphoneworld site.

It’s a Summerboard theme, with a very striking and different look to it.  It hasn’t got that many 3rd party icons as yet (hopefully they’ll be coming) and I had to rename a few of the standards from their Spanish variants to the default names in order for them to show up properly.

I like Glow FX quite a lot - and also enjoyed quite a few themes at the miphoneworld site that offer a fresh, unique feel to them - check them out at:

http://miphoneworld.blogspot.com/

Via: MMi

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You’ve probably seen, or experienced, a bit of the on again / off again / on again / maybe not again updates over the last week or so about AT&T and free WiFi for iPhone users.  We’ve covered it quite a bit here - first when this service was turned on and usable briefly and afterwards as well.  This week the offering even showed up on AT&T’s iPhone rate plans, only to be taken down after a short time.

Well, now AT&T have broken their public silence on this subject, and spoken to The New York Times about it.  Good stuff you’d think - now we’ll get to the bottom of all of this right?  Not so much though …

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Feeds - the native iPhone app for working with your Google Reader RSS feeds - has been updated, to Version 0.3.

Apparently this one was planned as purely a bug fix release, but a few new features made their way into it in the end as well.  The three main additions are a category view option (to see just items from a set category), options to adjust the font size and padding of table cells, and a link to the original article, so you can read it in full in the built-in browser.

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Just as promised earlier this week, Moo Cow Music has released their new Band application.  It showed up on Installer late last night. 

I’m a million miles away from a musician, but Band looks like another great addition to Moo Cow’s growing range of musical applications, and maybe one that can be used instead of all three of their previous apps - Pianist, Drummer, and Guitarist.  Band lets you play, record, and combine together a good variety of instruments and sound effects - from grand piano or bass guitar to dance loops, audience sounds, and even a ‘12 Bar Blues’ instrument which seems maybe the most cool of all of them to me.

There are a lot of good-looking features in Band, most of which are way beyond my musical scope - but one of the slickest is that it allows for expansion and additional instruments via ‘instrument packs’.  There are already a number of these being developed and discussed at the Moo Cow Forums.

Band is available on Installer now, and you’ll need to also install the ‘Band Instrument Pack 1′ as well to make it work (the pack is 11mb, but downloads nice and quick if you’ve got a WiFi connection).

I’m looking forward to seeing what some of you real musical people can do with this new app …

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As Patrick noted, during this past Monday night’s JustAnotheriPhoneChat we got to talking about how adding 3G to the iPhone might impact battery life. Wayne from GearDiary observed that if Apple wants to make a serious move into the business sector  (as the upcoming addition of MS Exchange sync suggests) the new iPhone had better have awesome battery life (one can hope) or the ability to carry and swap out multiple batteries (I highly doubt).

During the chat I observed that I could not be happier with my current iPhone’s battery life. Clearly its design, and the choice to only include Edge, resulted in a device that offers among the best run-time of any on the market.

Unfortunately an experience earlier today proves, even the best design cannot begin to compensate for "user error" (read: STUPIDITY)!

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iPhone Video Recorder has had an update today - to Version 1.2.0 - and the big, big news is:

You can now upload videos direct to YouTube from the app!

I’ve just been giving this a quick test and it works as advertised.  Hurrah.  You’ll need a valid YouTube account to make use of this feature of course.

There may be a few other minor enhancements with this new version - I’m not sure, but have a feeling there are a few more options settings than there used to be, but I may have missed an interim version recently. 

There are still some issues (for me at least) in this version with the screen orientation on videos not automatically adjusting - so for example if you capture video in portrait mode, it presents it in landscape, which is odd and not desirable.

Overall though, this program is a real standout by now - offering audio, superb file compression, and now an ability to share your videos via email or straight to YouTube.  It is a limited shareware version, and once your trial period expires it costs $19.95 - but it is looking increasingly worth every penny of that, particularly if you have faith that the developer will make this work with the App Store as well.

The latest version of iPhone Video Recorder is available on Installer now.  In order to see it, you may need to add the DreamCatcher source - which is:

http://www.iphone-recorder.com/install2

Via: MMi

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Orb is a pretty neat free service for streaming your media and files to almost anywhere you can get a connection. It can hook up to a variety of devices by just running off of your PC and then streaming the content you specify. You can then log on using another PC, your WM device, or even your Xbox360 to access your media wirelessly.

To set it up just download the PC version here (you have to use the US version if you want to stream to your iPhone), install it, make an account (very quick to set up), and then specify the folders you want Orb to watch for content. Then try logging on using another supported device (now including iPhones, woot!) and say "look ma, no wires!". The access can be as public or as private as you want it to be, so you can control who gets to access your stuff.

I used Orb on my Axim x51v while I was studying in Germany last summer. I would stream episodes of Samurai Jack from my computer in Canada to my PDA in Germany via wi-fi. The episodes played through perfectly. How freaking cool is that?!

With Orb now available on the iPhone I can just imagine the possibilities. The interface is still pretty basic, but it’s showing quite a lot of promise. I’ve already tried streaming music and video to my iPhone and it’s all working out pretty well so far.

OrbLive is now available on Installer, get it now!

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Thanks a lot NBC - for providing yet another glorious way for me to fritter away masses of time entertaining myself via the iPhone, instead of doing 27 things I should be doing!

That’s right - NBC’s iPhone optimized site (not sure if it’s new or old) now offers full episodes of two excellent sitcoms, The Office and 30 Rock.  Currently there are only a couple of episodes (the two most recent) available for each of the shows, but hopefully the number of past episodes and the number of different programs covered, will be expanded in future. In addition to the two sitcoms’ full episodes, there’s also a pretty decent selection of other NBC content to distract yourself with.

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