Have you even wanted to capture a screen image of a website your were browsing, or a book or magazine you were reading, or even a screen shot of a movie or video you were watching. Well you can by simultaneously pressing the home button and the power bottom and voilà you have your screen image saved to your photo gallery.
Let me know of any tips or trick you would like to share.
-Mark
When using an iPhone or iPad camera remember that the photo button does not take the photo when pressed but rather when you release it. So for a steady or less blured photo hold the photo button until you’re ready to take the photo, then gently release the button and it will take a crisper photo. Let me know if this helps you take better photos.
-Mark
We do not have OnLive desktop available in the app store in Canada but we do have other options. OnCloud is a free app like OnLive which brings MS office to your iPad and uses your Dropbox account for your document storage, or you could try Windows live through Safari as seen in action on the iPad above.
Find my blog easily at
www.iosinbusiness.com
iOS devices and their many apps, services, and tech tools have helped me become so much more productive in managing accounts and activities. Gone are the days of searching through the pages of my Day-timer, note pads, and rolodex looking for lost notes. I sure can’t imagine my life without my iPad now. Everything I do with my iOS devices is organized. I can easily search files for past notes, track by setting reminders and follow up tasks, and easily duplicate, which helps me repeat successes. I have used iPhones and iPads since their initial release dates. Having these devices at the birth of the app store, I was able to track and test apps as they were slowly release over the years. I have spent well over $1000 and tested over 1000 apps to date. I can’t imagine entering into the iOS ecosystem now with thousands of apps trying to sift through them and find the best app for the task. When looking for just the right app for your needs the options can be over whelming. Unfortunately without free trials or demo apps in the app store, it’s not easy to discover which app is best for you. With more and more people migrating to iOS devises, I constantly have people asking me for advise and tutorials. That is why I have decided to create this blog. With the benefit of testing so many apps, I hope the reviews in this blog will helps answer questions and guide you to make informed choices.
Please feel free to ask questions. I will answer as best I can.
Mark
For three weeks I have been testing the OneNote Microsoft app for the iPad and iPhone. One of the main reasons I’ve decided to test a Microsoft product on my iOS devices is that I’m looking for a cloud-based solution to keep my work in sync. OneNote does this via MS Skydrive (review later on Skydrive). For me, I find that most note taker apps lack a good sync feature, a good desktop app, and a cross iOS app, or have far too many features which make them much more complicated than this needs to be. OneNote does an exceptional job keeping my files in sync with all my devices iOS, Windows, OS X, and Skydrive cloud versions. Being an account manager it works well collecting all my files, notes, pictures, web clipping, tasks, and more in a single location. This helps me stay on top of all my many projects. Another Helpful feature is the share feature. By emailing a link of a folder thought the app you can have people review, edit, or collaborate on file with you or for you. When you have a support team back at head office this is an extremely helpful and beneficial feature.
If you only use mac products you probably know that MS Office for the mac does not come with OneNote, but you can still create and edit OneNote files via a Windows Live account through Skydrive. Editing OneNote files online is full featured and free with 25GB of storage. OneNote on the iOS does lack some basic editing feature, as you would expect due to scaling such a large program to iOS. The issues I have are not being able to add tabs, sorting your notes, or edit documents, for this you will need to be online or in OneNote on you PC but this is the first release so I hope to see these features in an update. There are rumours that we will see MS Office on the iOS. For me this makes OneNote that much more attractive. I hope this will allow us to add, edit, and attach office files to OneNote in iOS. I find myself using the cloud more and more thanks to Microsoft. I do like that I can access my files via Skydrive from any PC or Mac. Until now I have resisted using the cloud, but Microsoft has made it easier for me to embrace, and it does help free up much needed space on my devices. OneNote is a free app up to 500 notes after which you will only be able to read and edit current notes. To continue to create note you will need to unlock or buy the app through an in app purchase. Unfortunately each version is sold separately, the iPhone for $4.99, and iPad for $14.99. Not cheap by iOS standards but if you’re still using the app after your free 500-note trial, than I’m sure you’ll agree it’s an app that has made a difference in the way you work.
In 3 weeks and less than 20 note I have decide to use it on the job so I rate it 8.5 out of 10.
Mark
iOS Apps, services, and tech tools to help you manage your business.
