Mail Designer 1.2.2: Improvements and fixes
Just a quick note to let you know that we’ve just released Mail Designer 1.2.2. Those of you running the App Store version should see the update within a few days once it has been approved by Apple.
This update fixes a crash that could occur when sending your design to MailChimp, solves one or two formatting problems and has a few other improvements.
Open Mail Designer to get your free update, or head over to our website to download a free trial today.
TV on iPad with tizi: New remote control without voice control
As of today, an update for tizi Remote is available on the App Store. In a nutshell: you can no longer change channels using voice control on the iPhone 4S. We greatly appreciate all of the compliments and positive feedback we’ve received from you for the tizi Remote – thank you very much! Unfortunately, we have no alternative but to remove the voice control feature.
What happened?
tizi Remote used the voice dictation feature that can be found in many other apps on the iPhone 4S: notes, writing apps and other third party apps. The integration of state-of-the-art technology into tizi and tizi go, is exactly what we always offer with tizi: mobile TV with well-thought-out features for both iPad and iPhone. But the way we used integrated the voice dictation building block was so creative, that Apple feels their intellectual property is being taken advantage of.
The good news is that tizi Remote is still a great remote control for tizi and tizi go: flip through channels, pause live TV and start recordings, right from your iPhone.
Other changes in tizi Remote 1.0.1:
- The volume slider now works on all iOS devices
- You can choose whether tizi Remote will go to sleep or not
- Other minor fixes
Introducing the equinux Protection Plan for VPN Tracker
When planning which software and hardware technologies to use, you want to know that you’re getting a solution that’s going to last. The equinux Protection Plan is an add-on for VPN Tracker, that gives you access to all major upgrades and updates for the duration of your plan.
We offer plans for all VPN Tracker 6 editions with 1, 2 or 3 year durations, allowing you to lower your total cost of ownership by up to two thirds.
Not sure which edition or pack is right for you? Head on over to our brand new calculator to get your quote.
equinux Protection Plan for VPN Tracker
iTunes Match: Details, Facts and FAQs
Since SongGenie and CoverScout work so closely with iTunes, we’ve been closely investigating iTunes Match and how it works and have found some interesting details that we wanted to share. At lot of us here at equinux enjoy using iTunes Match, here’s what we’ve found out:
What is iTunes Match?
iTunes Match is a service from Apple, that simply allows you to download any song you have on your computer onto your iPhone, iPad or another Mac. Your songs are “matched” to songs sold through the iTunes Store and Apple allows you to download those directly from the cloud.
How iTunes matches your songs
Matching is done with some form of acoustic fingerprinting – just like SongGenie uses. And like SongGenie’s acoustic matching, iTunes Match doesn’t always get it 100% right – every now and then you’ll see that it uploads a song available on the iTunes store instead of “matching” it.
Does iTunes replace SongGenie?
No. Even though iTunes can recognize and match songs, even if they have missing or incorrect song information, iTunes will never “fix” that information for you. Even if you delete and re-download a song via iTunes Match, your songs will still be missing information or have incorrect metadata.
Fix song information everywhere.
If you use SongGenie to update and fix your song information, that information will automatically show up on your iPhone or iPad running iTunes Match. So if you change “Track 1” to “Help!” with SongGenie, it will update that song on your iPhone and iPad automatically, thanks to iTunes Match.
iTunes Match and lyrics
In our tests, all song information was sent to your iTunes Match library in the cloud just fine, however lyrics occasionally seemed to get lost on the way. This seems to be a bug and we expect Apple will fix it in the future. So if you notice that some of your lyrics aren’t immediately available on all of your devices, it’s probably this glitch.
Does iTunes Match replace CoverScout?
No. If a song is available on the iTunes store, it will get a cover via iTunes, just like you have been able to get covers in the past. But all those albums and songs for which iTunes doesn’t have covers will still need artwork from CoverScout.
Covers everywhere – thanks iTunes Match!
In fact, thanks to iTunes Match, covers that you add with CoverScout are then automatically added to your iPhone or iPad with iTunes Match. So add a cover on your Mac and boom – it shows up on your iPhone.
Hopefully that explains how SongGenie & CoverScout can both be used to get your collection looking spectacular on all your devices – with iTunes Match. If you have any questions, be sure to let us know!
Free Christmas surprise: tizi Remote
We’ve had a lot of fun with tizi this year and while we were getting ready to release tizi go, we decided to do something special for all our new tizi fans this Christmas and came up with a little surprise for all tizi and tizi go owners…
Introducing tizi Remote!
tizi Remote allows you to take full control of your tizi using your iPhone as a remote control for your iPad.
With tizi Remote you can:
- Flip through channels
- Pause live TV (Timeshift)
- Record your favorite shows
- Zoom the picture to fill your iPad’s screen
- Adjust the volume or instantly mute tizi
- Display current and upcoming show information
- Automatically pause TV when you receive a phone call
- Turn tizi on or off
App design
When designing the app, we made sure that you can use tizi Remote with one hand, just like you would a real remote control. tizi Remote works with tizi go and with tizi from equinux or Belkin.
In order to use tizi Remote, you’ll need the latest free update for tizi.tv from the App Store and your iPhone, iPad and tizi all need to be on the same Wi-Fi network.
We’ve put together a little video to give you an idea of all the things you can do with tizi Remote (it’s in German, but we think you’ll get the gist).
Get tizi Remote – free on the App Store
We hope you like our Christmas surprise! If you’re enjoying tizi and our latest updates, be sure to spread the word.
Have a great holiday season and have fun with tizi Remote!
tizi go is here. Mobile TV for iPad 2
We’ve just released our brand new digital TV receiver for the iPad 2, tizi go. It’s really easy to use – you just plug tizi go into the dock connector on your iPad 2 and the tizi.tv app even opens automatically!
It picks up digital TV (DVB-T / DTT), so you can watch live TV directly on your iPad 2. You don’t need an internet connection and there are no additional fees.
Stunning Design
tizi go is small enough to take everywhere, so we made sure it’s not just small, but suitable for everyday use: the flexible loop antenna offers great reception, and it’s flexible (like a headphone cable), so won’t accidentally snap off or get lost.
Powered by tizi.tv 2
tizi go works with our brand new app, tizi.tv 2 (free on the App Store), which offers incredible new features like visual timeshift, déjà vu recording, split-view with TV and EPG at a glance, full landscape and portrait controls – all with a best-in-class UI design and attention to detail.
tizi go: available in Germany this Christmas
We’re launching tizi go today in Germany for just €99,99, we’ll be announcing additional availability early 2012.
Go and find out more about tizi go, or if you’re in Germany – go and buy yourself one for your iPad 2 this Christmas…
Get Magic Mails for free this Christmas…
The holidays are fast approaching and we’ve just released an update to Magic Mails, our app that lets you send email greeting cards from your iPad.
Did somebody say “free”?
That’s right, we’ve got a little early Christmas present for you all. Magic Mails is free – but only for a limited time. You can choose your first three greeting cards free of charge as well and additional cards can be purchased in the app.
Now with extra Christmas
Magic Mails now also includes Season’s Greetings 4 – our latest collection of holiday greeting cards. If you already own any of our Stationery Packs for your Mac (excluding Business Pack), you can sign in to unlock those templates in Magic Mails.
‘tis the season to be jolly…
…so head over to the App Store, download Magic Mails for free and send some Christmas cards to your family and friends!
