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Comment by John Livingston on June 24, 2009 at 10:59am

HeyWay is a new push notification application that allows you to track the location of another iPhone running HeyWay. You have to allow people to track you. You can either send them an email inviting them to track you or you can authorize other HeyWay users in your vicinity to track you. The app is free for now so you might want to get it while you can. I'll let you know how well it works once my wife loads it.

Comment by Lori Lowe on June 23, 2009 at 9:04pm

Our new phones weren't in on Monday as promised but we are to get them later this week. The upgrades sound great. My hubby was wondering if anyone has seen an app that allows you to search airline flights without going online (i.e. if you are in flight and need to reroute because you'll miss your connection). I've stopped tracking spending bc of the hassle but you guys make it sound easy!

Comment by Tim Piazza on June 23, 2009 at 4:44pm

I tracked finances in my Palm PDA for years, and a MessagePad before that. When I jumped to the iPhone 2 years ago, there was a period when I tried to track on the laptop but it just didn't work. I need to have it with me, I need to enter it as I spend it or get it, I need to reconcile every 1-2 weeks.

I remember when I was about 25, I kept a small shirt pocket notebook and wrote every penny down. It amazed me to see what I spent money on, especially how much went to food at cafés and bistros. When I toured the middle east, I wrote down my expenses in the currency of the country.

I no longer track cash, but I keep very little cash on hand. But I just cashed in more than $1,500 in pocket change that I tossed into a bowl then rolled into tubes for the past 7 years. I bought a very nice toy with the proceeds. :)

Comment by Tim Piazza on June 23, 2009 at 4:33pm

RE Stereo Bluetooth, I'll have to let you know in a couple of days. I ordered a Motorola MotoROKR S9 after 2 years of patiently waiting for an AD2P driver for my iPhone. No more will wires get tangled while doing yardwork or working out at the gym! Now I am waiting for a bluetooth keyboard driver and I'll have a perfect note-taking machine for meetings and seminars.

Comment by John Livingston on June 23, 2009 at 3:57pm

I love the new features in the 3.0 operating system. Cut and Paste and the ability to look at most applications in landscape mode is great. I did notice, however, that that my phone seems to be a little more sluggish at times.

Has anyone seen any applications that use the new capability to push information to the phone? Has anyone tried stereo buluetooth yet?

Comment by Tim Coulon on June 23, 2009 at 12:06pm

OK, to help answer any general questions about the new 3.0 update, which is absolutely wonderful, here is a link to an article that explains all of the stuff included in the new update. It really is a great update. http://www.macworld.com/article/141240/2009/06/iphone_features.html

Comment by Lori Lowe on June 23, 2009 at 11:28am

Yes Dave, at least using your iphone people will think you had an important text to send ;-) But good for you for following the financial peace program!

Comment by Dave Youhas on June 23, 2009 at 11:21am

Adam I think you would be looking pretty cool entering your finances into your phone. I have been in a Dave Ramsey financial peace class and tracking my purchases. I have to look pretty pathetic at the pop machine getting my notepad out and writing down $1.25.

Comment by Dave Youhas on June 23, 2009 at 11:10am

Thank you Dan, Adam and Tim for your recommendations. I will check them out. I use both platforms on separate notebooks. Windows and a Macbook pro.

Comment by Tim Piazza on June 23, 2009 at 10:31am

I realize that you are probably looking for Windows synchronization so this may not be useful to you, but... I've been using Cha-Ching on the iPhone and on the Mac. I enter data in either place and then synchronize them when I balance my accounts. Transaction entry on the iPhone is very fast, which is important to me.

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