Lisa, thanks for the compliment. We worked hard to try and keep the feel of the Peterson book, while adding the bells and whistles that users of mobile devices have come to appreciate. We still have a lot of great plans for the app. The iPhone interface could do with improvement, we want to make it easier for users to own the data they add to the app (syncing and exporting lists and sightings) and we have a few interesting new features we'd like to add, all while keeping things simple and intuitive.
Twenywell, Appweavers only has a license to the Peterson name and content for North America (US and Canada), so we can't sell the app in the UK, unfortunately. I'm hoping this will change in the future.
Marys1000, and other Android fans, we do intend to develop a version of the Peterson app for Android, but things are moving slowly. We're a very small company and supporting multiple operating environments is expensive, especially Android where there are so many different devices and form factors. Our intention is to get all the functionality we have planned onto the Apple iOS platform, make sure it's stable and then port to Android. In the meantime, there's always the iPod touch
KC, there have been lots of discussions online about playback. David Sibley wrote a great blog post last year summarizing the various arguments. I think the prevailing sentiment right now is judicious use is OK, with extra care during breading season. If you look in the Extras folder in the Peterson app, we included the ABA code of birding ethics, which does mention playback of bird songs. Jeff Gordon mentioned in a recent article that the code of ethics probably needs updating, but that he's not necessarily against playback.
Nigel
Twenywell, Appweavers only has a license to the Peterson name and content for North America (US and Canada), so we can't sell the app in the UK, unfortunately. I'm hoping this will change in the future.
Marys1000, and other Android fans, we do intend to develop a version of the Peterson app for Android, but things are moving slowly. We're a very small company and supporting multiple operating environments is expensive, especially Android where there are so many different devices and form factors. Our intention is to get all the functionality we have planned onto the Apple iOS platform, make sure it's stable and then port to Android. In the meantime, there's always the iPod touch
KC, there have been lots of discussions online about playback. David Sibley wrote a great blog post last year summarizing the various arguments. I think the prevailing sentiment right now is judicious use is OK, with extra care during breading season. If you look in the Extras folder in the Peterson app, we included the ABA code of birding ethics, which does mention playback of bird songs. Jeff Gordon mentioned in a recent article that the code of ethics probably needs updating, but that he's not necessarily against playback.
Nigel