While there is almost no way that this will happen, it should be more exciting than watching the Opera Mini countdown to approval that ended in Opera’s favor.  I wonder what the Apple approval committee thought when they saw this?

Don’t get too excited though, the apps won’t actually work, it’s just a catalog.  It seems like Palm should have been paying this guy tijo and maybe they could have staved off the HP acquisition.  Just my thoughts.  Let us know yours.

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I’m setting up a new computer, trying not to install anything this time that I don’t really use. In the process I realized there is one program I have come to take for granted. I rely on it far more than I was aware. The program is Serif’s Page Plus.

Yes, it’s a desktop publishing program, but it is so versatile, you don’t need to be publishing anything to find it useful. I use it for making and storing invoices, business cards, forms, brochures, and even promotional  campaign letters. I count it as a mobility tool because I can access saved documents for quick access and printing, saving time and money. Let’s look at it’s useful features.

The current version is called Page Plus X4. It is a powerful word processor, photo editor, a pdf editor, and is data import and mail merge capable, to name a few of it’s  powers. It comes with templates, international dictionaries, a graphics and fonts library, and drawing themes and color scheme designers.
It is for Windows only, costs $99, and you can research and download it HERE

Features:

• Design for any paper and printer
• Regular and special documents
• Easily make normal, oversize, small, repeated, folded, tiled or long documents
• Powerful word processing
• Including a built-in word processor, text frames, and fully customisable text styles
• Multi-lingual dictionaries
• Total freedom of layout
• Full PDF editing
• Impressive photo editing
• Photo frames
• Ready-to-use templates
• Designs to suit all sorts of needs, general and specialist, to get you started quickly and give you polished results
• Drawing tools and special effects
• 3D graphics

SplashData’s SplashID has found its way to pretty much every mobile platform.  They were there when the iTunes App Store opened its doors, as well as the Palm (or should I say, HP) App Catalog and Android Market opened as well.  So, it should come as no surprise to early adopters when they find SplashID available for the newly minted iPad. 

For those of you who are unfamilair with the app, it is a secure information manager, a so called “wallet” for your important private information like passwords, account numbers, credit cards, and pretty much anything else.  Keep reading for the full press release.  And stay tuned to this space where we will not be reviewing this app.  Frankly, we have reviewed SplashID pretty much to death.  Instead, we are going to take it head-to-head against one of itys primary competitors in the mobile market, Ilium’s eWallet.  Which of these giants will be the last app standing?  Stay tuned in the near future to find out.  And now, we return you to our regularly scheduled press release.

SplashData, Inc. today is pleased to announce a new version of its SplashID secure password manager for Apple’s new iPad. SplashID offers a simple-to-use interface for storing, organizing and accessing passwords, PINs, account numbers, frequent flier numbers, and any kind of information that needs to be readily available yet completely secure. It will also sync with optional desktop companion software for Windows or Mac desktops.

The portable and pricey nature of the iPad will make it a potential target for thieves and a simple way to get complete access to a victim’s life is to steal their iPad containing unsecured passwords and account numbers. SplashID provides iPad users with both AES and Blowfish encryption, a password strength meter, and a web browser plug-in with web form auto-fill.

With the introduction of the iPad version, SplashID offers a unique new feature that makes it easier than ever to launch SplashID, yet makes it even more difficult for anyone else to access the user’s most sensitive information. Using SplashID’s special pattern-based login, the user creates a distinct pattern on the screen with their finger. With millions of possible patterns available, it would be virtually impossible for anyone to replicate the pattern and obtain the codes and account numbers that would make it simple to steal the user’s identity.

The user interface of SplashID has been optimized for the larger display, taking advantage of iPad specific features like split view and pop-over menu selectors. The new version also enables users to add to the already extensive set of icons that SplashID users may select from, plus still enables them to create their own icons to represent their records.

"For nearly ten years, SplashID has continued to be developed and refined to address the latest technologies and the ever-changing threats to our customers’ sensitive information," said Morgan Slain, CEO of SplashData. "We are proud to introduce the world’s best-selling and most secure password manager to the breakthrough mobile platform the iPad offers!"

Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* Requires iPhone OS 3.2 or later
* 13.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
SplashID for iPad 5.3.1 is available in the iTunes App Store for $9.99 (USD). The desktop companion app for Windows or Mac can be purchased at SplashData’s website for $19.95.
SplashData: http://www.splashdata.com
SplashID for iPad 5.3.1: http://www.splashdata.com/ipad/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/splashid-password-manager/id362663914?mt=8
SplashID Desktop Companion – Mac and PC: http://www.splashdata.com/splashid/download/iphone.htm

Multiple sources, including Palm themselves, have confirmed that HP has acquired the company for $1.2 Billion. According to Palm:

In case you didn’t hear, we just announced a merger with a little shop down the street called HP. That little shop happens to be the world’s largest technology company, and certainly one of the most revered companies in all of tech-land. Can you say “webOS acceleration”? We’re pretty excited, and pleased we surprised the world again.

Will this help revive Palm’s skimpy 6.1% share of the market? What do you think?

delta_foxtrot2 over at XDA-Dev. explains how the ads in your Android apps are not only sometimes annoying but also intrusive.  His take on it is that it’s not okay for these “analysts” to capture personal information from his device.

Analysts capture location data and whatever else they can get their paws on “legally”, or not, who is really to say?

You of course need to have access to the root directory to make this work, but they have pretty good instructions that seem to be fairly easy to follow.  So what’s your take?  Is this legit?  Or do you cry foul (unethical)?

View the full thread here and let us know what you think.