New iPod nano – 1GB

By now, you may have heard about the new iPod nano that came out to day – it has a capacity of 1GB and retails for $149. Yes, it holds 240 songs, but that’s not the selling point for a genealogist – the selling point is that this one holds up to 15,000 photos (and it can display them on the built-in color display – not a big deal, or on a TV screen, which is a big deal). It pulls the photos through iTunes/iPhoto (and it can provide a musical soundtrack to any photo slideshows you may put on).

At the Apple Store, the 1GB iPod nano is $149. As of this afternoon, all were showing as shipping within 24 hours. They are offering free engraving and free shipping. The optional connector – is called the Apple iPod AV Cable (M9765G) and is available at the Apple Store as well.

This beats using a slide projector.

GedWise 6.3.3 (Mac OS X Installation)

GedWise, a Palm OS-based genealogy application from Battery Park Software has been updated for Mac OS X to version 6.3.3 (beta).

GedWise is one of only a few PDA-based genealogy applications with Mac OS X installation support.

The update can be downloaded here – batteryparksoftware.com.

Changes:
* Improved: user now allowed to select destination of GedWise database if Hotsync manager not present.
* Improved: better error handling.
* Fixed: 5-way navigation buttons now work properly in the Detail View windows.

GedWise 6.3.2 (for Mac OS X)

From MobileGenealogy.com: Battery Park Software has updated their Mac OS X installer for GedWise, their PalmOS-based genealogy application. This brings GedWise for Mac OS X up to version 6.3.2. This update “added compatibility for GEDCOM’s created on different computer system that use various end-of-line terminators.”

The update can be downloaded here – batteryparksoftware.com.

GedWise is one of only a few PDA-based genealogy applications with Mac OS X support.

GedWise 6.3 for Mac OS X – Beta

As mentioned back in August, Battery Park Software was working on a Mac OS X version of GedWise (MobileGenealogy.com). GedWise is a Palm OS based genealogy database/application, for carrying your genealogy information in an easy-to-browse format.

You can download it and try it from Battery Park Software’s Download page.

Required: Palm OS 3.3 or higher with at least 512 KB of available RAM.

If you have a Palm, even if you don’t plan on using GedWise, it would be great if you could download it, and at least try out the installer and give them any feedback you have, as they, along with My Roots, are the only PalmOS genealogy applications with Mac OS X support.

Mac OS X version of GedWise (Palm)

I spoke with Battery Park Software, makers of GedWise (MobileGenealogy.com’s GedWise page), and later this year, or early next year, they will be releasing a Mac OS X version of their GedWise Palm OS genealogy software.

What this means is that you will be able to install and update GedWise on your Palm OS-based PDA through Mac OS X. Currently they have a beta version of GedWise for Linux, and then they are moving to Mac OS X. This is being built as a cross-platform application which is good news for Mac OS X Palm users.

When this is released, it will join My Roots as the only other active PDA-based genealogy application with Mac OS X support.

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