Genealogy Gems Podcast App 1.6.1

The folks at the Genealogy Gems Podcast have updated their iPhone/iPod touch/iPad app to version 1.6.1.

They created the app to make it easier to access all of the content that goes along with the Genealogy Gems Podcast (aka Your Family History Show) – they are just limited to being a podcast. They also provide background information for the shows (PDFs, etc.), along with audio and video content that didn’t make it into the podcasts but that may still be of interest to followers. The app also allows you to call in and make comments to the show (if you’re an iPhone owner).

The 1.6.1 update (there probably wasn’t a 1.6.0 released externally) includes an in-app audio player.

Version 1.6.1 Changes:
* New feature – an in-app audio player to listen to and use other features through the app.
* Minor bug fixes

Genealogy Gems Podcast App at iTunes Store ($2.99)

If you want to skip the app and access the podcast for free, you can do it directly through the iTunes Store or visit the Genealogy Gems Podcast website.

Reunion for iPhone and iPod Available

Reunion has finally made it’s way to the iPhone. Reunion for the Macintosh is one of the most popular and long-lived Mac genealogy programs. The iPhone/iPod Touch version (version 1.0) has all of the bells and whistles you expect out of an iPhone application – gesture features, navigating through photos with swiping motions, etc. It features a 6-generation overview – you pick a source family and it shows three generations up and two generations down.

You can search on last name, first name, married name, soundex, and person id

Like MobileFamilyTree, it is tied to Mac OS X software (Reunion 9) and does require it.

Both portrait and landscape orientation is supported.

It uses a wireless connection between your Mac and your iPhone or iPod touch. Once you’ve launched Reunion 9 on a Mac, you open up the family file you are interested in and then click on a menu option to “Put Family File on iPhone”. During this process, you can select the people you want to transfer, as well as including sources and logs.

It has a Syncing capability to sync back and forth between your iPhone/iPod touch and your Mac’s Reunion data. You can edit the data on your iPhone/iPod and then transfer/sync the edits back.

Features:
* Can transfer multiple family data files over
* Transfers pictures linked to people, as well as information (addresses, etc.)
* Multiple pictures of a person can be viewed (using swiping features)
* Bookmark feature
* Source and Log information
* Interface is similar to the desktop version of Reunion
* Gesture shortcuts including pinching for zooming in and out, dragging to scroll, tapping, as well as buttons for nvagiation.

Requirements:
* Reunion for Macintosh 9.08
* Mac OS X
* iPhone 2.2 software

* Screenshot Gallery

It’s $14.99 – Direct app link to iTunes Store:

Griffin Clarifi for iPhone Review – Photos, OCR

Anybody who owns an iPhone knows the built-in 2MP camera is not that good, especially for anything close-up or text-related.

Griffin Technology has figured out a way around that – they have produced a case for the iPhone 3G, the Griffin Clarifi, that is both a protective polycarbonate case as well as a macro lens for the iPhone. They (and Evernote) use the example of a business card, but I’m thinking more in line with references or little text snippets you come across in libraries, etc., that you want to save during your genealogy research, but don’t want to spend the time copying down. Without the Clarifi, they claim you need to have the iPhone about 18 inches away in order to focus, and I agree with this, because you start losing focus any closer. At that distance however, even with good lighting, you start to lose a lot of detail. With the Clarifi, you can get down to 4 inches and still have sharp detail.

I’ve broken up the review into four parts, but be warned, Parts 1, 2, and 3 are image heavy.

* Griffin Clarifi for iPhone Review – Part 1 – A look at the case and lens itself

* Griffin Clarifi for iPhone Review – Part 2 – A look at capturing text & photos from a book

* Griffin Clarifi for iPhone Review – Part 3 – Text recognition with Evernote

* Griffin Clarifi for iPhone Review – Part 4 – Summary

* Update – I forgot to mention that the Clarifi comes with a screen protector specifically designed for it, along with a cleaning cloth.

Family Tree Legends, GedStar, Pocket Genealogist

Just a quick note about Family Tree Legends 5.0 (Windows genealogy software). Mike sent me a note pointing out that on the new features section of the Family Tree Legends 5.0 website, there is this little blurb:

Take your family tree with you in your pocket! – Going to the library? On a research trip? Headed to a family reunion? Sync a GEDCOM file that you create with Family Tree Legends to your handheld device, and your family tree is now just a few taps away. The all new Family Tree Legends now includes free, fully-working versions of both GedStar for Palm handheld devices, and Pocket Genealogist for the Pocket PC devices. Both GedStar and Pocket Genealogist allow you to view your family history directly from your handheld device.

These custom built versions with no “nag” screens are available with new Upgrade orders, and new Deluxe & Premium edition orders of Family Tree Legends.

Both GedStar and Pocket Genealogist. Pretty cool.

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Pocket Genealogist & Aug 10 Legacy Update

Legacy users, from the Pocket Genealogist Yahoo Group/Northern Hills Software, comes the following information regarding the August 10th update of Legacy v5:

The latest Legacy v5 update converts the database to v6 format and (pocket genealogist) 2.96Bwill properly handle that.

http://www.pocketgenealogist.com/PublicBeta

You may find that you’ll need to re-import your database.

If you don’t upgrade to the latest PG beta, you’ll get an error messsage when trying to sync.

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