Good.iWare
has updated its GoodReader PDF and TXT file viewer. The
new version adds a reflow feature that can extract just the
text from a PDF page and display the it as a simple TXT file.
Unlike other apps with PDF Reflow, GoodReader doesn't require
pre-converting PDFs prior to syncing. The new version also adds
the ability to zip / unzip files and provides access to MobileMe
iDisk, box.net, MyDisk.se, and other file-storage servers. GoodReader
also offers word-wrapping, text formatting, text searching,
active hyperlinks, and a variable speed auto-scroll feature
for hands-off reading. GoodReader is regularly priced at $4.99
in the iTunes
App Store 
,
but is available for a limited time for 99 cents.
Pageonce
has released iPhone and iPod touch versions of TripTracker
and TripTracker Pro. It works like this: enter your account
information for airlines and hotels just once, and TripTracker
automatically imports future travel itineraries, organizes travel
information, and helps you along during your trip, such as providing
destination weather, live flights maps, or a map to a hotel.
TripTracker also notifies you when frequent travel rewards are
granted. TripTracker is free and TripTracker Pro is 99 cents,
available in the iTunes App Store
.
PhatWare
has launched an iPhone / iPod touch version of its PhatNotes
note taking and syncing app. Features include handwriting
recognition input and keyboard entry, shorthand, customizable
auto-corrector and user dictionary, spell checker, user reminders
and hyperlinks between notes, and text search and filtering.
The app can manage thousands of notes stored in multiple folders
and grouped by specified attributes, and sync notes with PhatNotes
Desktop software, sold separately. PhatNotes is $9.99 in the
iTunes App Store
.
Symbian
S60
Resco
has released Resco Photo Viewer 6 for Symbian S60 devices.
The new version adds features optimized for touch-screen devices
with new buttons for scroll, image navigation, zoom, rotate,
adjust color, crop, view slideshow, and delete. You can also
organize images for presentations. Resco Photo Viewer is available
at Handango, Nokia Ovi Store, and resco.net.
SPB
Software released a Symbian S60 version of its SPB Weather
2.0 weather forecast program, previously only for Windows
Mobile. The app offers a home screen widget, detailed daily
and five-day forecasts for more than 10,000 cities worldwide,
up-to-date satellite images on a globe, and weather animation
videos. You can "bookmark" up to 10 favorite cities.
SPB Weather 2.0 was designed with new touchscreen-enabled S60
phones in mind, it's also compatible with non-touchscreen Symbian
phones running S60 3rd edition FP1 and later, including S60
5th edition. SPB Weather 2.0 costs $14.95 at Handango and SPB.com.
Skyfire
has upgraded its web browser to version 1.5. Skyfire delivers
faster performance and device optimization by processing Web
content on its own servers before delivering it to your mobile.
The new version adds support for Flash 10, high-resolution (VGA
and WVGA) screens, crisper text, smoother finger-flick scrolling,
smoother zooming, a full-screen mode that maximizes screen real
estate, and upgraded servers. Also new is auto-move text entry,
which keeps any text entry box visible when you use the virtual
keyboard. To get Skyfire, see Skyfire.com.
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