If you haven’t noticed it, Fastpad (v 2.1) now has 11 T9 dictionaries.

The new update also include several other new features (post to facebook, send to multiple recipients).

You can find the new version of Fastpad on the App Store.

We are currently planning to add more dictionaries in a future update.

The dictionaries we are planning to add are:

• Danish
• Finnish
• Italian
• Norwegian
• Portuguese
• Swedish
• Spanish

The update will be released in a couple of weeks.

Fastpad Twitter : @fastpad

Here’s the changelog :

- T9 predictive texting (English only, more languages will be added in future updates)

- custom T9 dictionary- new updated UI

- added support for retina display

- all settings can be changed from within the app

- 2 new theme colors : Standard and Terminal- shrink URLs- added smart snippet %p (this will paste copied text from the clipboard)

Fixed :
- Fixed problems with the clear button

- Fastpad now uses OAuth to connect to Twitter

- Fixed some small bugs and memory leaks

Fastpad page – Fastpad on the App Store

Version 2.0 is currently in beta and we hope to release it this month.

Fastpad 2.0 will include several new features and fixes and will be a FREE upgrade for existing Fastpad users.

WheaterPin displays the current weather conditions and the forecast weather conditions based on your location.

Get it now on the App Store!

I have updated Fastpad to support iOS 4 and added some new features.

Here’s the changelog :

- Updated for iOS 4.

New features :

- Use in-App mail.

- Use in-App SMS (iOS 4 required).

You can enable these options in the general preferences.

Update : ThunderTime is now also updated for iOS 4.

It allows you to write text really fast and then export it.

For more info visit this page and watch the screencast.

My other iPhone app ThunderTime got a big update and has some nice new features.

Visit the ThunderTime page for more info.

To zoom in on an image press and hold the alt key while clicking anywhere in the image. You can now move the image around in the Quick Look window.

To zoom out, you just have to press and hold the alt an the shift key while clicking anywhere in the image you are previewing.

To zoom in on a PDF, press command, shift and “+” (plus character). To zoom back out again press command and “-” (minus character).

These zooming functions are really useful when you are viewing large images or if you have a small screen.

Presenting my first iPhone App : ThunderTime!

ThunderTime is an easy-to-use distant calculator for lightning strikes. If you want to read more about ThunderTime, visit the ThunderTime app page.

I hope it will soon be available on the the App Store (submitted on the 5th of august for review).

Edit : ThunderTime is now available on the App Store.

When the latest version of Pixelmator was released, the pixelmator team also started an online pixelmator tutorial library (called pixelmator learn).

On this pixelmator learn page you can find great tutorials. 

I recently followed the Colorful Bokeh effect tutorial.

My result :

Watch the video.

Step 1 :

Select Print in the file menu.

Step 2 :

Click the popupbutton  and select Quality and Media.

(in Mac os x tiger select Colorsync and after that select Gray Tone)

Step 3 :

Check the Grayscale Printing checkbox. 

Step 4 :

Press the Print button.