Synium Software has dropped the price on MobileFamilyTree, an iPhone/iPod touch companion to MacFamilyTree, down to $2.99 for the holidays, December 24th and December 25th.
MacFamilyTree is also on sale, for $34.30 (US) during Dec 24 - 25th. For details, visit Synium.de. Use coupon code MFTXMAS08
MobileFamilyTree allows you to keep your genealogy information on your iPhone or iPod touch, where you can edit, view, or add new information, and then sync it back up with your MacFamilyTree data on your Mac.
Direct app link to iTunes Store: 
Requires: Licensed version of MacFamilyTree 5.2.3 or newer.
December 24th, 2008 in
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FamViewer version 1.0.4 was recently released to the Apple iTunes App Store.
FamViewer is a genealogy application for the iPhone and iPod touch.
This has to major updates.
First, the compatibility with importing GEDCOM files generated by Ancestry.com has been improved. The other is for users of Reunion genealogy software for Mac OS X - compatability with some custom tags has been improved.
Changes:
* Improved parsing and display of Sources and Addresses.
* Can now easily delete the Kennedy sample file.
* Improved compatibility with GEDCOM files generated by Ancestry.com.
* Improved compatibility with some custom tags used by Reunion (HEAL, HIST).
Direct link to FamViewer at iTunes:
December 18th, 2008 in
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Shrubs 1.4 is now available through the Apple iTunes AppStore (Direct link: ) for iPhone and iPod touch users.
This is a major update, including the importing of much larger GEDCOM files, as well as overall performance increases.
Shrubs has also been translated into French as of this release.
Changes:
* Significant performance improvements
* Import file size limit increased to 4 Mb
* Number of smaller improvements (parsing and UI tweaks)
December 4th, 2008 in
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In my review of the Griffin Clarifi, I mentioned that the screen protector I currently use made the Clarifi a tight fight. I neglected to mention that Griffin includes a screen protector that works with the Clarifi, and a couple of people emailed me to ask if my Clarifi came with a screen protector. Mine did come with one and I apologize for leaving that out of my review. I have not installed it yet, but will do so, and post an update. It should be thinner and better form fitting than the current protector I use, and shouldn’t bubble up. Griffin not only included a new screen protector, but they included a cleaning cloth as well.
I would prefer to keep my old one, but the one that’s included should work just fine.
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.