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This is a great iPhone application that allows you to view your google docs on your phone.

You may say but I can already view my google docs on my phone. Well I say this is better. Below you see an example of viewing a document through the google iphone option

Now here is the same document with Mighty Docs.

This is a free application but the most important feature of the program is once you open the document it is cached. You can view it anywhere even if you do not have an internet or wifi connection. If you live in an area with dead spots (like my apartment) this can be very helpful.

For a lot of people it was a sad day when they learned that Google was dropping their notebook application.

I say this may be a blessing in disguise because now former notebook users can become evernote users.

Evernote is one of my favorite applications. You can access your information from the web, the application, or from your mobile device. I use it with my iPhone.

Here are some instructions on how to import your data into evernote.

Here is a link with an explanation of how they work. If you don’t care how they work you’re just glad they do I have some free ones for you.

From there it can be downloaded and installed on your system. (I would uncheck the “include the hotspot shield community toolbar” in general extra toolbars are a bad idea)  and when you want to run it you can see it like a web page but it soon turns into an RSS feed type page. You will also see an icon in the taskbar.

I like it but the only problem is that it is advertising driven. This means when I searched google for more VPN information I got an add for cricket above the search results.

I didn’t like that so I ditched hotspot shield and tried hamachi.

Hamachi has both a paid and free version. It also works for windows, linux, and mac. If you are using it for non-commercial purposes then download the free version and make sure you choose non-commercial during the installation.

After installation follow this link for how to set it up.

During setup it will ask you to join the test group. You may get an error that it is full. Click cancel and close the guide window. Then create a new network by clicking the network button.

(it is the middle one at the bottom with the three dots that make a triangle) Choose create a new network then name it and give it a password.

Once it is setup there will be a client that you can close by clicking the upper left button and just let it run in your taskbar.

I noticed no problems when using hamachi and will be using it on my laptop from now on.

I do want to add that Hotspot shield has a VPN for your iPhone.

My cousin asked me a while back if I was worried about the data on my iPhone and I told her no. I rarely use it off of an encrypted network and when I do I am careful about what information is transferred. That got me thinking I had never considered the phone connection. Was it secure?

I checked my iPhone and found an option for a VPN and while researching this article I added it. You can also do this by following the instructions at http://hotspotshield.com/clientless/iphone/get_started.php

One feature that is obviously lacking on the iPhone is that of a voice recorder. Now there is an online service called BrainCast. With BrainCast you can call a phone number and leave a recording and BrainCast is free. The message you record can be up to three minutes.

http://www.youmail.com

Have you ever wanted to have specific voice mail messages for different people?
With You mail you can. YouMail is a free, ad supported voice mail replacement service available in the U.S.

Just add the phone number that will be calling and choose one of their existing messages or record your own.

You can record it on the web or over the phone if you do not have a microphone for your computer.

They also have an extensive collection of existing messages including everything from sports related messages to comedy and music.

This video is from their website and is a good comparison of YouMail and regular voice mail.

YouMail greetings

On the other extreme have, you ever received harassing phone calls. YouMail has an option to set certain numbers to get a “ditch” message that says your number has been disconnected.

This is even better than blocking their number.

When you receive a voice mail You mail notifies you. I have mine set so that when I receive a message it sends a text message and an email to my iPhone. The email contains the text from the message and a button to click and play the message.

I don’t know why you would need it but they also have a feature where you can share your voicemail messages via email or by copying code into your blog or website.

Welcome to AOL TV listings is what greets you when you surf to AOL’s TV listings site for the iPhone.

You can find it at http://iphone.television.aol.com. Just type in your zip code and click go.

You then get a detailed list of television services in your area.

After clicking save you get the following menu.

Choosing channel guide will give you the total list of channels available. You then have the oportunity to uncheck the ones you do not want to see listed.

Now go back and click what’s on now you will see a list of channels, the shows that are on, and the time.

If you click the magnifying glass or choose complete listings you get the ability to sort by date and category.

When you click one of the shows you get a short synopsis and a list of whenever it runs again.

I hear my friends talking about searching twitter to find people with similar interests. They are usually using a twitter client called twhirl.

I however don’t use that application because I use twitter almost exclusively on my iPhone instead of my PC.

Now I can also search because I found a site called summize. http://twitter.summize.com

Now I see why searching twitter is so fun. Here I searched for WKU and found multiple tweets about my old college.

I would recommend summize to all iPhone users. The twitter version also works from a regular browser on a computer.

They also have regular and iPhone versions of another flavor of summize. They search opinions from multiple sources where as the one listed above is only for twitter. See the quote below describing their site.

http://www.summize.com/iphone

“We scour the web for the latest user reviews and blogger discussions, surmise their sentiments, and summarize them here.”

Jott.com is primarily a free voice to text service currently. You can call a number and then it will end an email and txt message to any contact you have verbally chosen.

You can also use Jott to make lists. Send a message to yourself so you can see it in your inbox. Then move your cursor over it and an orange tab will appear.

I talked about television search sites in my previous post. Now I’m going to talk about what is currently my favorite movie search site for the iphone.

It then shows a list of the movies playing there.