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iPhone Printing UI Designs (Wireframes)
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on March 1, 2009
Below is a video containing the final drafts of what are called “wireframes” for the user interface of our upcoming ActivePrint Traveler client for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. As you can see we’re going to be using as much of the great user interface system that already comes with the iPhone so that it will be a familiar and easy to use app.
New Server Up And Online!
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on February 24, 2009
A few days ago I posted about plans to upgrade to a new more powerful server that can support more printing from more users. Well, I’m happy to announce that this process is complete. For current users you will need to transfer your account by visiting our account transfer page. Account transfer is relatively quick (it only took me 15 seconds to transfer my account) and completely automated.
This is going to be particularly beneficial for when ActivePrint Traveler launches on the Apple iTunes AppStore since that will likely bring a huge wave of new users. With this new server our current users won’t experience any downtime due to the increased server load.
If you haven’t already, go get a copy of ActivePrint Traveler for your Windows Mobile Phone.
Or if you have a phone that runs an OS other than Windows Mobile, such as Apple iPhone or RIM Blackberry, we’re in the process of developing versions of ActivePrint Traveler for those platforms as well. Go sign up for our announcement list and you’ll receive the latest news on our development of ActivePrint Traveler for your phone.
iPhone Printing Option Development Begins
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on February 23, 2009
I am happy to announce that the early stages of developing ActivePrint Traveler for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch has now begun! According to the development team the iPhone version of ActivePrint Traveler will be completed in approximately one month putting us well ahead of the initial estimate of a two month development period.
With ActivePrint Traveler on your iPhone you will have by far the easiet means of printing from your iPhone. Here is some of what you will be able to print from your iPhone once we’re done:
- Photos from your photo album and built in camera
- Web pages from the internet
- Contacts from your Address Book
- Plain text from the built in notepad app
All of these features will be available soon in the App Store on Apple iTunes both on your desktop and your iPhone!
Keep watching this site over the next few weeks for updates. We will be posting information on a regular basis so you will be able to watch the development process as we build the iPhone version of ActivePrint Traveler.
Or you can subscribe to our announcement list by going here.
Service Upgrades Coming Soon
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on February 19, 2009
I’ve got some more good news today! With the upcoming development project of an iPhone version of ActivePrint Traveler, we’re going to be doing some major upgrades to our service. Presently the ActivePrint Traveler service is an ASP .Net 3.5 Web Application using Microsoft SQL Server.
For the past several days I have been working on a port of the ASP .Net version to a PHP version which will use MySQL. Now, after all that technical junk, what does that mean for you? It means a much faster means of printing from your phone! I’m also working on adding the ability to send print jobs of greater than our current limit of 10 megabytes. My goal is to double it to 20 megabytes.
So, keep an eye out in the next week or so for an upgrade to your current Windows Mobile ActivePrint Traveler clients.
Apple iPhone Version of ActivePrint Traveler News
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on February 18, 2009
I have some good news everyone. Things are finally in line to jump full force into development of ActivePrint Traveler for the Apple iPhone! Some of our customers who have been with Pocket Watch Software for a long time will know that this is a huge step for us since we have been exclusively with the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform ever since it was still called Pocket PC and Windows CE.
So after alot of research and scratching our heads on how best to bring printing to the iPhone, we’re moving in that direction. Here’s what you can expect when we do finally release ActivePrint Traveler for the iPhone:
- Print photos, web pages, address book contacts, and plain text!
- Utilization of the unique Apple iPhone interface
- For developers, a means of adding printing functionality to your iPhone apps through ActivePrint Traveler
These are just some of the features we plan to include in ActivePrint Traveler for the iPhone. Watch this blog for news about development as it becomes available. Or have these announcements sent to you weekly via email here.
What Others are Saying About ActivePrint Traveler
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on February 12, 2009
Aside from our own ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway, Pocket PC Thoughts is also doing a giveaway to 25 of their readers. Here’s what some of them have been saying in their forums:
“This would be very helpful as I travel around my not-for-profit facilities helping our team to serve the public on a National Recreation Area where we serve.
The publishers do a great job with other software so this title should be good too.”
- bystander
“That would save me the step of moving stuff to the home pc.”
- twcook
“Thanks for the opportunity to win some cool software.”
- psyjohn
“Yeah, this would be some nice swag.”
- kerrins
“Very handy!”
- lsbeller
“What a time-saver this could be!
Thanks guys!”
- MaxDude
“Definitely useful.”
- Catman51
“Thanks for the oppurtunity to win some great software!”
- Vapor03
“It would be nice to print from my phone without copying to the PC first….”
- hogger_jeff
So if you haven’t already, go download and try ActivePrint Traveler on your Windows Mobile Phone for free for 14 days here.
New Server, New Services For You
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on February 10, 2009
Some of you may have noticed a few hiccups in this blog over the weekend. Well that was us hitting our thumbs with hammers as we did some construction work while moving the blog over to a new hosting service with DreamHost! This means a lot of great things for our ActivePrint Traveler customers:
- Increased capacity for the site. This new service is providing us with an unlimited amount of support for new services in the ActivePrint Traveler Community.
- New Announcements Email List. You can sign up to receive our periodic news letter about new developments in ActivePrint Traveler. You can sign up now here.
- Streaming Video! Currently we’re working on a few videos that will demonstrate the usage of ActivePrint Traveler in day to day life to supplement our web series “Printing On The Go“. Keep an eye out for these videos.
We’re growing quickly here, and I’ll have more news in the days to come about ActivePrint Traveler and our development projects!
As always, you can download free Windows Mobile Trial Versions here and our How-To article here.
Print From Windows Mobile For Free!
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on January 24, 2009
As a part of the launch of our new ActivePrint Traveler software we’re giving away 25 free licenses for free (worth $3.99 each)! With ActivePrint Traveler you can print photos and documents from your Windows Mobile phone wherever you go. Here’s what you have to do to get one of these 25 free licenses:
- Visit the Contact Us page here
- Tell us how you would benifit from being able to print from your Windows Mobile Device
- Watch your email inbox for your free ActivePrint Traveler license (it should arrive within 1 business day)
The first 25 people to send a submission in will receive a free ActivePrint Traveler license. After all the submissions are in, we’ll post the best ones here.
How does ActivePrint Traveler work? It is probably the simplest mobile printing solution for your phone. So the short answer to this question is very easily.
Let’s say you’re like most of us who use mobile phones and you take photos everywhere you go using your phone’s built in camera. Wouldn’t it be great if you could easily have that photo printed while away from your home or office? With the ActivePrint Traveler installed on your phone you can. After you’ve taken the photo simply run the ActivePrint Traveler app and choose the “Photo from Album” option. Depending on the phone you’re using you will see a list of the photos currently stored on your phone, including the one you just took.
Just select that photo and then tell ActivePrint Traveler if you want multiple copies, or if you want it to print in portrait or landscape mode, and then send it. Your photo will then be safely and securely sent to our server where it will wait in your free account.
Later that day you return to your home, your office, or the hotel you’re staying at and run the ActivePrint Traveler Helper Application (available for free here) on a desktop or laptop with a printer. This program will then automatically download and print your photo from your account.
So it’s as simple as this:
- Take a photo
- Send it to our server to be printed
- Run the ActivePrint Traveler Helper Application on a PC to have your photo printed
And you’re not limited to just photos. You can print contacts from your address book, office documents (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Adobe Acrobat PDF files, appointments from you calendar, web pages, and more!
There are no IP addresses or port numbers to juggle. Just your email address and a password that you choose.
New ActivePrint Traveler Clients Released for Windows Mobile
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on January 19, 2009
We have now released the first version of the ActivePrint Traveler Client app! The first two versions are for Windows Mobile Smartphones and Windows Mobile Professional Devices. Anyone running Windows Mobile 5 or 6 can now easily print with ActivePrint Traveler. And the best part is this is the most economical version of ActivePrint at only $3.99! This also makes it one of the least expensive mobile printing solutions for the Windows Mobile platform.
With ActivePrint Traveler on your Windows Mobile phone you can print Photos, Contacts in your Address Book, Web Pages, Plain Text, Contents from the Clipboard, and Office documents including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Windows Mobile Classic or Professional Required). Print no matter where you go with ActivePrint Traveler!
Try it free for 14 days at http://www.activeprinttraveler.com.
How does ActivePrint Traveler work? It is probably the simplest mobile printing solution for your phone. So the short answer to this question is very easily.
Let’s say you’re like most of us who use mobile phones and you take photos everywhere you go using your phone’s built in camera. Wouldn’t it be great if you could easily have that photo printed while away from your home or office? With the ActivePrint Traveler installed on your phone you can. After you’ve taken the photo simply run the ActivePrint Traveler app and choose the “Photo from Album” option. Depending on the phone you’re using you will see a list of the photos currently stored on your phone, including the one you just took.
Just select that photo and then tell ActivePrint Traveler if you want multiple copies, or if you want it to print in portrait or landscape mode, and then send it. Your photo will then be safely and securely sent to our server where it will wait in your free account.
Later that day you return to your home, your office, or the hotel you’re staying at and run the ActivePrint Traveler Helper Application (available for free here) on a desktop or laptop with a printer. This program will then automatically download and print your photo from your account.
So it’s as simple as this:
- Take a photo
- Send it to our server to be printed
- Run the ActivePrint Traveler Helper Application on a PC to have your photo printed
And you’re not limited to just photos. You can print contacts from your address book, office documents (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Adobe Acrobat PDF files, appointments from you calendar, web pages, and more!
There are no IP addresses or port numbers to juggle. Just your email address and a password that you choose.
ActivePrint Traveler Site Launched
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on January 18, 2009
Welcome to the new ActivePrint Traveler site! Pocket Watch Software is happy to announce the launch of our newest project, ActivePrint Traveler!
Many of you will recognize us from our award winning ActivePrint system which brought printing technology to the Windows Mobile platform. With ActivePrint Traveler we’re taking our unique mobile printing technology to more than just Windows Mobile. Soon we will be adding mobile printing support to Apple iPhone/iPod Touch, RIM Blackberry, and the new Google Android.
Keep an eye on this site in the coming days for our release of a special version of ActivePrint Traveler for the Windows Mobile platform.
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