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iPhone app deals: compare the total offer, not the discount badge
Evaluate sale pricing against the edition, included features, renewal terms, and the task you need to complete.
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How to read iPhone app reviews and find evidence that matters
Look past the average score to the task, version and conditions behind a review before deciding whether an app fits your needs.
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Searchme: the early iPhone experiment with visual search results
What made Searchme’s page-preview approach distinctive and how to assess a search interface beyond its presentation.
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iNap: the location alarm that asked where, not when
The early arrival-alert app illustrates both the appeal and the limitations of using a phone to remember a transit stop.
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Chat apps on iPhone: make a conversation easy to join
Choose a chat service around the people involved, clear identity, and sensible expectations for replies.
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Free iPad app offers: check the edition and project access
Evaluate a temporary tablet promotion without confusing a free trial, a separate edition, and a usable creative tool.
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SmackTalk!: the small pleasure of a voice that talks back
The early animated-animal app illustrates a simple creative loop: speak, hear the transformed result and try something different.
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iPlay’n Learn: turn a small-screen activity into a shared conversation
The Parents-branded early learning app offers a starting point for choosing one simple activity and connecting it to the world around a…
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Billings Touch: tracking client work and invoices on the early iPhone
How Marketcircle’s original Billings Touch brought client work, time records and invoicing to the iPhone, and how it differs from later Billings…
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Invoice2go Lite: what the original iPhone trial edition was for
Identify the old Invoice2go Lite app and use its trial-first idea to evaluate an invoicing workflow without confusing historical terms with today’s…
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Instant Heart Rate: the Azumio app behind this historical iPhone link
How Azumio connected a camera-based pulse app with Sleep Time and Argus, and what to check before revisiting an old purchase.
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QuadCamera: telling a small story in a sequence of iPhone photos
A look back at Art & Mobile’s multi-shot camera, with practical ideas for building a readable photo sequence from movement.