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TapIt4Me brings snippet expansion to the iPhone
One of the first things I install on a new Mac is a snippet expander, one of those extremely handy utilities that automatically expands typed abbreviations to longer text strings (TextExpander, in my case). So, for instance, you can have a standard email sign off triggered with just a couple of letters. Given the extra challenge of typing on the iPhone keyboard, a snippet expander seems like a perfect addition to the App Store, and sure enough one has now appeared from the developer of the long-time Mac snippet expander TypeIt4Me (whose earliest versions even pre-date OS X).TapIt4Me (iTunes link) brings snippet expansion to mail and notes on the iPhone. You can even import your pre-existing snippets files from both TypeIt4Me and TextExpander. Unfortunately, it will not work in other applications like Safari, SMS, etc. You actually compose your emails in the TapIt4Me application and then it sends them to the iPhone's email app. Admittedly it's a little clunky, but getting snippets on the iPhone may just be worth the extra hassle.
TapIt4Me (iTunes link) is available from the iTunes store for $4.99.
[via Macworld]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RohanMowsTheLawn said 9:09PM on 1-31-2009
or, you could use clippy[free] if you jailbreak and its integrated with ALL apps
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Cowfodder said 10:28AM on 2-01-2009
Epic Fail! This article has nothing to do with cut and paste. Did you even read it?
Sharif said 12:33PM on 2-01-2009
Dude he was talking about using Clippy in conjunction with TapIt4Me. You can type your messages out within the program then highlight, copy, and paste elsewhere (i.e. SMS, Safari, Notes)
George said 9:28PM on 1-31-2009
Wide Email for the iPhone has text snippet expansion, as well as wide email, and it's $1. Same app limitations, but wide email and less $.
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Dyranios said 10:47PM on 1-31-2009
lol this is so lame, it only works with one app and doesn't even work with it, it has to transfer the load over to it. It's stuff like this which is why alot of people dont see the iPhone as a true smart phone, it doesn't behave like it has an OS
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Clay Garland said 3:25PM on 2-01-2009
Well, in fairness, it's kind of Apple's app restrictions that are limiting the usefulness of this app. Still, 5$ is a bit steep to be lazy, and I can still type crazy fast on my iPhone.