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everythingiCafe Review

A very positive review of My Vacation from one of the best known iPhone review sites everythingiCafe:

Our grade: A

While testing out this app, I couldn’t help but think of Apple’s remarks on their intent to weed out the “cookie cutter” apps in search of more usable ones, and also how Steve Jobs himself described the iPhone as “your life in your pocket.” I wouldn’t go so far as to say this My Vacation app fully embodies the ideal of your life in your pocket, but it does a darn good job of documenting your life over the span of a week or so…all in your pocket. The media capibilites here with photos, video, and audio; the preparation features; the interface and presentation of your vacation; and the thoughtfulness behind connecting it all together definitely makes this app a winner and a “must-download” for the travel-hungry.

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 21:00

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New update 1.2 released

A new version of My Vacation has just been released with the following main features:

New Flickr upload feature - just like you can do for emails and Facebook you can now do for Flickr. This is now the best way to output a greater number of larger photos while on your trip.
View on Desktop feature - My Vacation now has an iphone http server inside it which lets you connect your home computer (on same wifi network) to My Vacation on your iPhone and peek at the current trip. You will be presented with an html page containing all the journals and photos. This is a good way to see the photos in full resolution and to archive off data to your computer as you choose.

Further details on these features to follow...

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 10:49

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Growing numbers of followers!

The following of My Vacation is growing well! On Facebook there are 112 fans on the My Vacation iPhone App page, and 270 followers of Jasper_Apps on Twitter.

Some folks have also kindly left reviews for the app which are so far very positive, which is a real boost to me. I'll post some of these later.

Tony

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 09:51

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Putting "My Vacation" to the test in Barcelona!

My Vacation was released on Friday, and I hope you have watched the promo video? Well, I thought I would add another, this time to show the app in use on vacation. That was all the excuse I needed to visit Barcelona!

Whilst I had used the app on other trips during testing, I had never used it so extensively and all my photos and movie clips were taken using the app. I found it quite cohesive to be able to write captions and see the photo location when taking each photo. I also found it only took a few minutes at the end of the day to update the journal. I've included a few of the photos here.

In terms of making the movie I actually found it quite hard! I certainly have more respect for presenters and film makers now. I almost went with an intro which sounded dreadfully like 'Hi, I'm Troy McClure' from the Simpsons :) Making the movie would have been a lot harder if it wasn't for iMovie which I've found to be great for a novice film maker like myself.

Watch My Vacation in Barcelona on Youtube here.