Released back in November 2008 but only recently approved, the ChinesePod iPhone application has to be a contender for the App Store award for the longest review period. It has been such a long time coming that many in the ChinesePod community had given up any hope of seeing it’s arrival. The ChinesePod Application is really two applications in one. I like the dictionary and positively love the sample sentences and can see this being a really useful addition to my Chinese Learning arsenal. The flashcard utility however still needs a little work before I adopt it as my vocabulary review tool of choice. What is most encouraging though, is that after many of us had given up hope of ever seeing it the ChinesePod Quick Review application is here and shows signs of great promise.
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Nothing highlights the opportunities for improvement more than watching a first time reader navigate your blog. Peer reviews are simply a way of capturing the feedback from a second pair of eyes. They don’t have to be structured and could even take the form of a simple verbal comment. All feedback is equally valuable. The aim is not to be critical, but to be constructive.
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The ever popular blogging engine Wordpress has an accompanying iPhone application. Now at version 1.1 the application remains free and open source. It is well written, runs smoothly and has some nice touches that inspire confidence during use. It is a shame then that the focus of this application is on a task not suited to the mobile environment.
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Things Touch is a task manager for the iPhone and iPod touch from the team over at Culture Code. It is the mobile sibling of Things, the desktop task manager for OS X. I’ve been using Things Touch for a couple of weeks now and on the whole the application is well thought out and [...]
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