Silly iPhone Not!

They say nothing is certain in life except death and taxes well how about iPhone’s and taxes?

Tax season is here are you ready? You are if you have an iPhone. By the end of January, you should have your W-2's in hand and be ready to visit your local tax preparers office to file your 2010 Federal and State income tax.

Oh, wait you don’t have to go to the office in fact you can file your income tax from about anywhere with SnapTax Mobile App for iPhone one of many Turbo Tax programs. While previously available only in California the SnapTax Mobile App for the iPhone is available nationwide.

The SnapTax app uses OCR (optical character recognition) to take a photo of your W-2's then transfers the data onto the tax return. It will ask you a few questions then snap your taxes are done, you confirm then electronically file.

Therefore, if you are apple oops able to file a 1040EZ form you should be good to go. While the iPhone app is free, you will have to pay TurboTax 15.00 to prepare and file the forms.

Here is a video demonstrating just how simple this process is.

Now this looks promising I can get my Amazon Kindle books on my iPhone, this is what's coming...

With the launch of the iPad and the iBookstore, and the distinct possibility the store will make the transition to the iPhone for OS 4, digital books could be seen as the next piece of the App Store puzzle – another product to revolutionize. But even without the iBookstore, eBooks are easily accessible on the iPhone using existing apps such as Amazon’s Kindle or Stanza. There is however, now another way.

You Can’t Always Get What You Want (iTunes link) is the memoir of Sam Cutler, tour manager for the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead at the end of the ’60s. Originally published in print form in 2008, it has now become a standalone iPhone application containing the entire book narrated by Cutler, plus a sprinkling of multimedia content too. This represents the first of its kind, in North America anyway, and literary content aside, could be seen as a testbed for many a writer struggling to find an outlet for their work.

The app is designed to be listened too rather than read, as Cutler’s narration starts when you open a chapter and the base of the screen has controls for forward, reverse and pause. Naturally, his voice suits his words perfectly, although its tone isn’t conducive to sleep; so those who love to listen and drift away at night may not find You Can’t Always Get What You Want the most relaxing experience!

I bet that is a great read er, hear, I imagine Sam saw some interesting things in his lifetime. If you are just one of those folks that would prefer to read the book on your own, click the link You Can't Always Get What You Want

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Tonight I'm going to mention a handy little app I use occasionally called Shazam if you haven't heard about it yet it's really quite fetching. I mean that literally...have you ever heard a song on the radio and couldn't remember the name, well that is where Shazam comes in. You hear a song, you activate the app, it listens to the song and amazingly brings you back the name and artist. It's really cool, often you have the chance to buy a ringtone or watch a youtube video.

If the song is real old and not mainstream it may not find it, but all in all it's a neato, cool app especially for us folks that don't have satellite radio.