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SplashID for iPhone / iPod touch
Another venerable title from the world of Palm OS and Windows Mobile has made it to the iPhone and iPod touch.SplashID for iPhone / iPod touch is now shipping. With over 500,000 copies of SplashID sold, it's by far the most popular secure personal information manager for handheld devices. Developer SplashData has provided features that make this application very attractive. For example, there are Mac and Windows desktop apps that sync wirelessly with the iPhone version, so you can do a lot of your editing and data entry from the desktop instead of using the iPhone's keyboard. Data is protected by 256-bit Blowfish encryption, and there's a built-in generator for creating unguessable passwords.
SplashID is available now from the App Store (click opens iTunes) for $9.95 and the desktop version is available at the SplashData website for $19.99. There's also a 30-day free trial available.
Two of SplashData's other mobile titles, SplashMoney and SplashShopper, are also now available for iPhone and iPod touch.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chris said 1:18PM on 8-21-2008
I used to use SplashID years ago on a Palm, but really don't see much use for it with 1Password around. Do we really want to sync our "Wallet" information on a work Windows machine (the only real reason to pick it over 1Password - cross platform syncing).
We all use Mac's here, right? Use 1Password and save yourselves the price of admission for this old tired application.
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onlydarksets said 1:43PM on 8-21-2008
Not all of us - I use Windows. I visit TUAW for the iPhone coverage (after all, it's not TUM(ac)W, right?). 1Password doesn't have a Windows client, so I can't use it.
Back to topic, I thought SplashID was released a while ago, though, and that they were having lots of sync bugs?
Tony said 7:05PM on 8-21-2008
Does 1Password allow you to enter free-form info, or just grab things off the web (login info, etc.)? With SplashID, I can enter ANY info and have it secured...All my servers info (IP addresses, admin passwords, DNS settings, etc.), all my credit card info, my Kaiser info, etc. Not just web stuff.
Chris Lee said 1:36PM on 8-21-2008
Um, I was under the impression the RSS feed was supposed to be iPhone news free....?
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Steph said 1:37PM on 8-21-2008
How is this news? It's been available nearly as long as the app store's been in existence.
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mentalsticks said 1:45PM on 8-21-2008
How about a comparison of SplashID, 1Password, eWallet and the others instead of just mentioning that they're for sale? that'd be journalism; this is advertising.
Same goes for OmniFocus vs. Things and other to-do apps.
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mentalsticks said 1:46PM on 8-21-2008
... or, for that matter, FileMagnet vs. OliveToast's Files or MobileFinder and the others. There's enough to write about!
mentalsticks said 9:21PM on 8-21-2008
And while we're on the subject: how about Teleport (now known as Jaadu VNC) vs. Mocha VNC...
Joe Buttafuoco said 4:54PM on 8-21-2008
1Password is not free, btw. It is $35 for the desktop, and I don't see how the handheld application is useful without the desktop. I think it is a matter of personal taste, but I like the simple ways SplashID presents my data to me better.
There was a comparison of SplashID, eWallet and Lockbox for iPhone the other day on Macworld:
http://www.macworld.com/article/134942/2008/08/iphonesecretkeepers.html
But they didn't mention 1Password for some reason.
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markmat said 3:49AM on 8-24-2008
the desktop app is free if you buy the iPhone app
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Yves said 12:24PM on 8-22-2008
I've used SplashID on all of my Treos and Blackberrys and now on the iPhone. Since there is no copy and paste on the iPhone a stored password in SplashID is very useless unless you write it down on paper, switch to Safari enter it (lots of fun with a *strong* password) and eat the paper afterwards.
It's not SplashData to blame for, it's Apple. Everything else, including sync works like a charm.
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nbidgood said 1:31PM on 8-22-2008
1Password only stores passwords and notes. SplashID and eWallet can store lots of other types of private info. I understand lots of people love 1Password, but it doesn't offer the same services as these other PIMs.
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Carlton Bale said 11:11AM on 8-23-2008
I purchased this app as soon as it was released. It's great having all of my passwords on my iPhone the way I did on my Treo, but I've found the wireless syncing to be unreliable and complicated. You have to open a special version of Splash Desktop on your computer, then open Splash ID on the iPhone, then to to the menu on Splash ID and have it scan the local WiFi network for the computer running Splash Desktop, hope it finds it, and then hope it syncs. For me, it doesn't work more often than it does. But I will say that their customer support has been very responsive at least.
It's not an ideal solution, but it's better than nothing.
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