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I’ve gotten some questions about Infusion for iPad. It will happen, I just don’t have a definitive time frame at the moment.

And unrelated to Infusion, wheels are made for re-inventing. Stay tuned.

Infusion 3.0.1 has been approved by Apple and is available on the App Store. This version fixes the bug described here.

No release is perfect. But most don’t have major bugs.

Infusion 3.0 has a bug that will causer timers not to sound or notify if the app is in the background or if the device is locked. Version 3.0.1 has been submitted to Apple and will fix this problem. Unfortunately our experience lately has been it has taken 10 days or more for approvals from Apple. We will request expedited review if possible.

If you need a fix right away, please email support@water-powered.com and we will work something out via ad-hoc distribution.

Thank you for your patience, and thank you for using Infusion!

I’m pleased to announce the release of Infusion 3 for iPhone and iPod Touch! This is an important personal milestone in that it’s the first version that truly reflects my original goals for Infusion. Version 3 adds a number of new and often requested features.

This is a major update. Please make sure to back up your device in iTunes before installing.

Tea Information & History

A wealth of information about the teas and types of teas built-in. Read about your tea before you enjoy it!

Ratings & Tasting Notes

Rate teas as you try them–give between 1 and 5 stars, and add your own tasting notes!

New Timer Sounds

New sounds for when a timer completes including the classic egg timer!

Favorite & Recent Teas

Save your favorite teas for single-touch timing, and keep track of your brews with a list of recent or currently infusion teas.

Changes/Fixes

• Option to enter quantities in grams
• Disable sleep option has been removed for devices that support multitasking.
• Fixed Tea title disappearance bug
• Data input fields now have cancel/save buttons
• Can delete favorite teas to remove them from Favorites

Please enjoy, and keep sending feedback! Infusion Lite will be updated in the near future as well.

Buy Infusion – $1.99

We’re pleased to announce the release of Infusion Lite for iPhone and iPod Touch. Infusion Lite is available free on the App Store and includes many features from the full version of Infusion:

• Multitasking Support
• Beautiful UI
• Single-Touch Timer
• Swipeable Timer
• Customizable Behavior
• 25 Teas Built-In

Infusion Lite is ad-supported, meaning discreet advertisements will display at the top of the app. This allows us to provide a quality tea timer for iPhone and iPod Touch for free while supporting development of the next version of Infusion.

Infusion (Full Version) Adds:

• Over 100 Built-In Teas!
• Edit Built-In Teas
• Add New Teas
• No Advertisements!
• Generic Timer

Please enjoy!

Download Infusion Lite. Buy Infusion – $1.99

Water-Powered Ideas is pleased to bring high-resolution artwork for iPhone 4 and a new timer look to Infusion with the release of version 2.1.1.

Changes Include

• iPhone 4 improvements including high-resolution artwork.
• New digital timer look.
• Fixed tea name positioning bug.
• Fixed saving of 0 value timer.

Infusion is available in the United States and Canada for $1.99 USD/CAD exclusively on the App Store in the Lifestyle category.

Water-Powered Ideas is pleased to bring enhancements for iOS4 and the iPhone 4 to Infusion with the release of version 2.1 while still supporting every iPhone OS 3 device including the original iPhone.

Multitasking support: Infusion now supports iOS 4’s multitasking on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and 3rd generation iPod Touch. Timers will continue to run in the background and you will be notified when they finish. Infusion’s icon will also reflect the number of timers currently running.

• Fixed bug that would cause the wrong tea to be selected when searching.
• Changed tea scrolling behavior; while a timer is running scrolling will no longer automatically pop it out of view.

Infusion is available in the United States and Canada for $1.99 USD/CAD exclusively on the App Store in the Lifestyle category.

Observation 2.0 is well on its way with a bunch of new features and full iPad support. In the meantime I’ve decided to drop the price of Observation 1.7 to $3.99.  That’s 20% off. The price will return to $4.99 when Observation 2.0 is released.

Observation 2.0 will be a free upgrade for all Observation 1.x users.

Infusion 2.0.1 has been submitted to Apple for approval. This version fixes a number of small issues that have cropped up with Infusion 2.0. The user-facing issues fixed include:

• Dropping of initial character in text inputs.
• Tea title width after editing the title.

There are also a few other behind-the-scenes fixes. 

Going forward one of the major features I’d like to add is support for multiple infusions. Green teas and some Oolongs can be infused multiple times, but some want different times for each infusion.

Additionally I would like to include more information about each individual tea. The app has a large collection of teas but no tasting notes or general information on what the tea is like, where it comes from, and/or its history. I want to make Infusion about exploring tea as much as drinking it. That’s coming too at some point. This might work better on the iPad support, where you have the screen real estate to read about a tea while waiting on the timer.

After a quick pause to get Infusion 2 completed, I’m back to work on Observation 2.0. The new version will include a complete overhaul of the app along with a lot of new features. Some of these will include:

• Pre-defined Equipment & other Star Party features
• Moon phases in Conditions
• iPad support
• Mac syncing support
• Favorite locations, favorite equipment, and even more favorites!
• More…

Along with an overhaul of the UI. Should be exciting!

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