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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.
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.
ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway – Feb. 7th, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Giveaways on February 7, 2009
Here’s another user who says they could save time being able to print from their phone with ActivePrint Traveler:
“I frequently travel and carry my PPC , this [ActivePrint Traveler] will be good tool for me to print on the move…”
Download a free 14 day trial version for your Windows Mobile phone here.
Read how ActivePrint Traveler works in our How To Article available here.
How-To: Print from Your Mobile Phone
Posted by Charles W. Teel in How To on February 3, 2009
You have a huge collection of documents, photos, and emails on your mobile phone. But there is no easy way built into your phone to print any of it. ActivePrint Traveler gives you the ability to print from your phone no matter where you are.
What Can I Print?
Depending on what kind of phone you have, ActivePrint Traveler gives you the ability to print the following documents and information:
- Photos and images (including integration with the camera built into your phone)
- Office Documents (including Microsoft Office 2000 and 2007 compatible, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Plain Text
- Web Pages
- Contacts from your phone’s address book
What Do I Need?
ActivePrint Traveler requires very little to print.
- A mobile phone with the appropriate version of ActivePrint Traveler installed (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com)
- A data connection for your phone either through your cellular carrier or through a WiFi connection
- A USB Flash Drive with the ActivePrint Traveler Helper App installed (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com)
- An ActivePrint Traveler account which you can register for free for at http://register.ActivePrintTraveler.net
How Do I Print?
Printing with ActivePrint Traveler is very simple. Simply follow the steps below.
- Launch the ActivePrint Traveler app on your phone
- Choose what you want to print (“Photo from Album” for example) – screenshot
- Set the options for how you want your document to be printed which including number of copies and portrait/landscape paper orientation – screenshot
- Choose “Send” – screenshot
- If it is your first time to ActivePrint Traveler on your phone you will be asked for your login information (screenshot) which you entered at the ActivePrint Traveler Account registration page at http://register.ActivePrintTraveler.net.
- Then go to your nearest Windows XP/Vista PC and run the ActivePrint Helper App from your USB Flash Drive (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com) – screenshot
- This PC can be your office computer, a computer at the hotel you’re staying at, or a computer in an open access lab at your school.
- Click the button labeled “Print…”
All your documents will then be automatically downloaded and printed to the PC’s printer.
Is It Secure?
Yes. ActivePrint Traveler uses 128 bit data encryption to make sure that your documents are safe when traveling between your phone, your account, and the ActivePrint Traveler Helper app.
What Phones Are Supported?
Currently we support Windows Mobile phones. Support will be added for Apple iPhone next, with RIM Blackberry and Google Android soon to follow. We plan to finish production on the iPhone version within a couple of months (March 2009).
How Much Does ActivePrint Traveler Cost?
ActivePrint Traveler only costs $3.99 per phone. This price is the same on all types of phones that ActivePrint Traveler supports.
Introducing Printing On The Go – A New Web Series
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Printing On The Go on January 31, 2009
I’m introducing a new series of posts to the ActivePrint Traveler called “Printing On The Go”. The best part of ActivePrint Traveler is the ability to print from your phone no matter where you are whether you’re at your office, at school, or away.
To demonstrate this I am going to start blogging about my use of ActivePrint Traveler in my own day to day life as I go through work here at Pocket Watch Software and at school as I work on my second degree in the College of Business at Lamar University. As I go through this series you’ll get to see some examples of how ActivePrint Traveler could be used in your day to day life whether you’re in business, a student, or just an average user of your phone.
I’ll be doing a mix of regular text blogging as well a few YouTube videos of my use of ActivePrint Traveler. Currently I’m using a Samsung Blackjack running Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 for Smartphones. So I’ll be using ActivePrint Traveler for Windows Mobile Standard.
ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway – Jan. 30th, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Giveaways on January 30, 2009
Here’s another user that is benifiting from being able to print while on the go with ActivePrint Traveler:
“…I could use this program to print documents in court.”
Find out how you can benifit from being able to print from your phone by checking out our free 14 day trial versions for Windows Mobile here.
ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway – Jan. 29th, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Giveaways on January 29, 2009
Here’s another ActivePrint Traveler user and what they could do with the ability to print from their phone:
“I would benefit from this by taking pictures of facility issues in our building and being able to print them from your web based services. Also I could save and print my Time Sheets and Travel Logs this way also. I work for a non-profit organization and this would benefit both our organization and myself.”
Download a free 14 day trial version of ActivePrint Traveler for your Windows Mobile phone here.
ActivePrint Traveler Giveaway – Jan. 27th, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Giveaways on January 27, 2009
See what this user said about how they could use ActivePrint Traveler while on the go:
“I am on the go with my HTC Tilt and having the ability to print between home, office and as I visit the 87 churches in our Association would be of great benefit. I would be able to share ‘How to’ documents and training material straight from my phone. Thanks for the opportunity to use ActivePrint.”
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.
