My Vacation v2.0 now available
Yes that's right folks! A new version has just been approved by Apple with enough additional goodness to make it Version 2! Here's a run-down.
Highlights:
- Send virtual postcards.
- Send a journal straight from one My Vacation to another My Vacation via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
- Improved links related to your travel destination.
- Slicker interface graphics (courtesy of Steve The Designer).
- Videos can be uploaded to Facebook.
- IOS 4.0 integration (and a fix to the camera issue to those who have encountered this since upgrading their iPhone 3GS).
Some screenshots:
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The Vacation Summary page with new look graphics. |
New Postcard feature |
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New-look Playback screen |
New Links page |
Send virtual postcards.
For any photo you can bring up a postcard view where you can enter in a message and even record some audio. This can be sent as an email, and is attached as an 800x600 picture. Further customisation is planned for future updates.
Send a journal straight from one My Vacation to another My Vacation via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
So, you're on your trip using My Vacation to craft your travel journal and a travelling companion asks "What's that?". Well they can download My Vacation Lite for free and be sent your journal via local Wi-Fi or Bluetooth! Then they can view your journal, or even collaborate in creating it. This feature is also useful when you upgrade your iPhone, or buy an iPad and you want to transfer over your vacation journals.
Improved links related to your travel destination.
Some of you may not have stumbled across this feature, but when you click on 'where' from the main screen and click on a Location you can see various useful links. You can see how this has been extended when you see the screenshot above. The weather is improved by using an API by World Weather Online (http://www.worldweatheronline.com/). There's also a tools page where you can see the local time supplied , currency rate supplied by Exchange Rate API (http://www.exchangerate-api.com), and a display of Google Translate's website. There are also links to external websites that work well on an iPhone display.
