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Supra eKey available on iPhone & iPod Touch

Supra eKey available on iPhone & iPod Touch

Supra has been promising a version of eKey for the Apple iPhone for several months now.  I was starting to think it was vaporware until the application finally showed up on the iTunes store recently.  I personally don’t own an iPhone and I was a…

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iPad App Review: SignMyPad

iPad App Review: SignMyPad

SignMyPad is a new iPad app that lets you sign and fill out pdfs right from your iPad. If you’re like me, you chafe every time you need to print out a form, fill it out and sign it, scan it, then discard the original…

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AT&T 3G MicroCell and iPhone: 5 Bars of Coverage All The Time in Seattle

AT&T 3G MicroCell and iPhone: 5 Bars of Coverage All The Time in Seattle

I tried out AT&T’s new 3G MicroCell this week.  It’s basically a router-sized station that plugs into your internet connection and creates a mini cellular network  in your home or office. I’ll start by saying that I’m no fan of AT&T’s coverage.  I’m a real estate broker, and I take about…

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Steve Jobs Announces New iPhone & More

Steve Jobs Announces New iPhone & More

Steve Jobs took the stage again at the annual Apple World Wide Developer’s Conference. As expected, details about the 4.0 release of the iPhone operating system were made. It’s now called iOS, a trademark they had to license from Cisco, that better represents the fact…

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How To Sync and Share Important Stuff Between Your Desktop, Your Notebook, Your iPad, Your iPhone and The Mysterious Cloud.

How To Sync and Share Important Stuff Between Your Desktop, Your Notebook, Your iPad, Your iPhone and The Mysterious Cloud.

Like you, I’m In and Out, on the Go, and in a hurry.  I need my important stuff handy wherever iGo and whenever I get there. I searched around for something REALTOR® friendly.  Something simple and affordable.  Something that works smooth-like-real-butter, on my desktop, my notebook,…

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eKey on iPhone, finally!

eKey on iPhone, finally!

Last May on my own real estate blog I made a plea to Apple and GE to team up and finally release eKey for the iPhone platform.  Finally I believe that day is getting close.  This morning I found this link in my email from…

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How Are You Using the iPad for Real Estate?

How Are You Using the iPad for Real Estate?

The iPad 3G came out last week and a few people I know were waiting to buy until the 3G version came out. I assume this was the case for many buyers. Of course the 3G model has a $14.99 per month service fee for…

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AppVee Reviews Zillow Android App

AppVee Reviews Zillow Android App

AppVee recently posted a review of Zillow’s recently released Android application. In addition to the Android app, Zillow mobile has also produced an iPhone app and an app specifically for the IPad.

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Mapquest 4 mobile brings voice guidance GPS to iPhone

Mapquest 4 mobile brings voice guidance GPS to iPhone

MapQuest recently released its own free voice navigation app for the iPhone and BlackBerry. From the website: “The MapQuest 4 Mobile downloadable application provides easy access to Directions, Maps, and Local Search. With MapQuest 4 Mobile you also have the ability to integrate your saved…

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Google's URL Shortener Now Also Generates QR Codes

Google's URL Shortener Now Also Generates QR Codes

I just heard about this and thought it might be useful for agents out there using QR codes on their sign riders/ flyers etc: Google’s URL shortener, http://goo.gl/, now automatically generates QR codes.  Matt Cutts wrote about it and provides an example here: Matt Cutts Google QR…

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