Waiting for the Windows version (I'm not allowed any other phone as my son
manages the product!)
On 25 August 2011 11:46, Chris <> wrote:
> Couldn't agree more Dave, I rarely use anything else in the field these
> days. Very convenient!
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 25/08/2011, at 11:40, Dave Torr <> wrote:
>
> > How do you figure that - similar price (looking at Android) to USA and
> Sth
> > Africa apps, a lot cheaper than the book and some CDs
> >
> > On 25 August 2011 11:15, John Leonard <> wrote:
> >
> >> It's seriously overpriced.
> >>
> >> John Leonard
> >>
> >> On 25 August 2011 10:37, Chris Charles <> wrote:
> >>> Works a treat Tony.
> >>> Thankyou
> >>>
> >>> Chris Charles
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 24/08/2011, at 10:04 PM, Tone wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Andrew
> >>>> I've been using the Morcombe eGuide on my iPod Touch since it became
> >>>> available and can't praise it highly enough.
> >>>>
> >>>> When searching I always use the Quick Search option at the top of the
> >>>> Index screen (Tax. or Alph.) It's an excellent search engine and
> >> responds
> >>>> in real time to letters entered. With practice you can quickly guess
> a
> >>>> letter combination within the target bird's name that would not occur
> in
> >>>> many other birds' names and enter that into the search window. I've
> >> found
> >>>> that incorporating the space (#) between two of the words of a bird's
> >> name
> >>>> will get a quick result. For example typing in a#p brings up Wonga
> >> Pigeon
> >>>> and one other , d#o will get you the oystercatchers and a couple of
> >> others.
> >>>> For the Fantails you mention, y#fan gets just those two.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tony Gibson
> >>>>
> >>>> On 13/08/2011, at 14:56 , Andrew Bell wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I recently purchased it for iphone and I love it. As someone who has
> >> not
> >>>>> been good at picking calls it is great, although the search function
> >>>>> needs
> >>>>> improving, it can be surprisingly difficult at times to get to the
> bird
> >>>>> you
> >>>>> want through the alphabetic search. The listing part is also very
> >>>>> basic,
> >>>>> it can't email a day list, the clunkiness of the search makes it a
> bit
> >>>>> impractical (although the tick list is quite good) and it doesn't use
> >> the
> >>>>> phones GPS at all for location which is a bit of an obvious flaw - so
> >> for
> >>>>> the moment I still need a separate app to do this. Still, money well
> >>>>> spent,
> >>>>> the illustrations are good and I don't feel the need to lug a field
> >>>>> guide
> >>>>> around as often. I do like the compare function - being able to see
> a
> >>>>> Grey
> >>>>> Fantail and Mangrove Grey Fantail side by side is great
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best though -having the calls of 650 Australian birds always in your
> >>>>> pocket is pretty cool (and can break the boredom of tedious meetings
> >>>>> occasionally)!.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Andrew bell
> >>>>> Katherine NT
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From:
> >>>>> On Behalf Of Murray
> >> Lord
> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, 13 August 2011 11:54 AM
> >>>>> To:
> >>>>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Morecombe field guide app for android phones
> >>>>>
> >>>>> For anyone who is interested, the Michael Morecombe field guide app
> is
> >>>>> now
> >>>>> available for Android phones at
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
> https://market.android.com/details?id=com.coolideas.eproducts.ausbirds&featu
> >>>>> re=search_result
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I understand versions for Blackberry and Windows phones will be
> coming
> >> at
> >>>>> some point.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Murray
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