Filed under: Software, iPhone, iPod touch
Pocketpedia takes your media collections onto your iPhone
While there are plenty of media collection/organizer applications for the Mac -- some well-known and glamorous, others quietly utilitarian and functional -- fans frequently swear by the merits of Bruji's 'Pedia suite for books, DVDs, music and games. Armed with a barcode scanner or your iSight, you can quickly and easily catalog all your media, manage your lending habits and wishlists, collect tips and walkthrough links for your games, export to a website, pull data from Amazon or other sources -- even browse your catalogs in the Finder via QuickLook. The individual organizer apps (Bookpedia, DVDpedia, etc.) are only $18US, and you can get the bundle of all four for $49 if you want.Now Bruji has taken the obvious and exciting next step with Pocketpedia for the iPhone and iPod touch [App Store link], allowing you to create collections on your device or sync up from your Mac and take your catalogs with you. Having your DVD rental wishlist with you at the store sounds like a great idea; plus, you can quickly access reviews online if you're having trouble deciding what to rent or buy. Pocketpedia is a free download from the App Store, and will work just fine in standalone mode if you don't have the Mac apps to sync with. If only it could do barcode scanning from the iPhone's camera... *sigh.*
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
wallen21 said 3:52PM on 9-28-2008
This linking-text-instead-of-typing-what-you're-talking-about is getting *ridiculous*.
Just to be able to read the article, you have to click each link to know the context of the surrounding text.
Please stop doing this, and just write what you're trying to say, and link the associated website in parenthesis like every other publication.
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Isaiah said 5:06PM on 9-28-2008
I have one thing to say to that comment, and it is this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext
Tom W Browning said 5:20PM on 9-28-2008
It's not a matter of the usefulness of Hypertext, it's the individual application. The text of the link should be a descriptor for the content. It is increasingly the case that it is not, and that the only way to guage the meaning of the reference is to follow the link itself. Hypertext is to link to ADDITIONAL information, not to make writing easier for the blogger by eliminating the need to elaborate.
For instance, typing "Writers can use _Hypertext_, a means of direct users to additional information." is good, typing "Writers can _direct users to additional information_." is not. Dig?
john said 5:26PM on 9-28-2008
seriously, whoa on the links. my iphone is going crazy with accidental clicks.
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Don Thomas said 8:54PM on 9-28-2008
A very interesting article, but I wonder if you can help me find a suitable application which will catalogue MP3 music files & MP4, AVI video files.
I have a large collection of mp3 Music files of which a third are currently in iTunes, the rest I still need to organize and catalogue, it is the same situation with Movie files in a variety of formats from MP4, to AVI. I am looking for a program which would help me do this and works on the MAC. On the PC site there is a great program called Media Monkey which does all of this including getting the album art. I tried DVDpedia and left messages on their forum to ask if there program does this or if it is something they would incorporate in the near future, but I got a very firm no on both accounts.
If anyone knows of a program similar to Mediamonkey which works on the MAC please let me know.
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Jonathan said 11:24PM on 9-28-2008
I know that Delicious Library does catalog music (including getting the album art from Amazon) but I'm not sure about the video files...It may just assume they are DVDs and catalog them as normal movies (In which case it would get the covers for them as well).
Jash Sayani said 2:47AM on 9-29-2008
Nice. But I'd prefer to keep the collections on my Mac.
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Ryan Trevisol said 8:00AM on 9-29-2008
Pocketpedia is the worst name for a product ever. It evokes nothing to do with multimedia, and instead makes me think it's a reference application. Pocketmedia sounds better but I bet it was taken. And I see that the dev has other things ending in 'pedia' . . . maybe he's inventing a word for mobility, ped meaning foot.
His other apps are called things like Bookpedia, Gamepedia, etc. So why is this one pocketpedia? Why not mediapedia?
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Conor said 8:30AM on 9-29-2008
Thank you for mentioning Pocketpedia and its big brothers the Pedias. Barcode recognition would be a great addition. *wink*
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Brooklynguy said 9:04AM on 9-29-2008
Have to chime in here and say Pocketpedia + Bookpedia is GREAT for book lovers: $18 gets your Mac and iPhone the ability to catalog your entire book collection in a few hours. All you have to do is hold up the book's barcode to your iSight camera and Bookpedia does all the rest (gets cover art, price, reviews, author, title, page count, etc. from Amazon in about 1-2 seconds). Then you sync it all up to your iPhone (which app is FREE). And you can create categories, too, and add the book to multiple categories. I love having my entire library stats on my iPhone wherever I am. If I want to check to see if I own a book, or show someone else a book I want to recommend from my collection, it's ALWAYS there (without the need for any Internet connection). Brilliant. If you're a librarian type, it's the best $18 you'll ever spend. And there's also a widget available (FREE) that helps you create wish list items on-the-fly. This company should get a medal.
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Jay Kerr said 11:20PM on 10-01-2008
I happen to think that this is a great app. I have been using DVDpedia for a few years and the addition of Pocketpedia is excellent. It's also free!
Synching was painless and now I can check to see if I already own a DVD title the next time I'm in Best Buy.
Jash Sayani, you can keep your DVD collection on your Mac using DVDpedia and synch it to your iPhone with Pocketpedia. In my opinion, its brilliant.
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