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Questions about Infusion for iPad

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 23:11:47 -0500

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 Out

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:49:00 -0400

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

Major Infusion 3.0 Bug

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:50:00 -0400

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!

Infusion 3 Released!

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:48:00 -0400

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

Infusion Lite Released!

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:00:00 -0400

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

Infusion 2.1.1 with iPhone 4 Artwork

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:32:27 -0400

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.

Infusion 2.1 with Multitasking Support

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:47:13 -0400

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 20% Off

Thu, 06 May 2010 16:33:00 -0400

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 & Future

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:23:07 -0400

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.

About Observation…

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:56:00 -0400

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!

Introducing Infusion 2

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:33:00 -0400

We’re pleased to announce the release of Infusion 2 for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Infusion is an elegant tea timer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It was specifically designed so that tea lovers can begin brewing their favorite tea with two touches: one to launch Infusion, and the other to select a favorite tea.

Version 2 introduces a unique new user interface for teas, timers, and editing tea information.

Features

Beautiful New UI: Infusion 2 features beautiful new tea information, tea timers, and animations to make timing a tea as enjoyable as drinking it.
Single-Touch Timer: Forget to start Infusion before you put the hot water in the tea pot? No problem! You can start one of your favorite tea timers with a single touch after launching Infusion, two touches total from the Home screen!
Swipeable Timer: Swipe down on a tea’s screen to show and start the timer and turn the tea info into handy instructions.
Customizable Behavior: Want your favorite teas to open on launch? Want to search teas on launch? Want your favorite teas to immediately start a timer? Want them to go to tea info? You can change all of this behavior with Infusion.
Over 100 Teas! Infusion ships with over 100 teas already in its database, including origin, type of tea, and brewing quantity, time, and temperature recommendations.
Add New Teas: Does you local tea shop have an in-house blend you particularly love? Add it to Infusion! You could even add other types of timed beverages.
Generic Timer: Since we built a timer for tea, Infusion comes with a generic timer as well, for times in seconds and minutes up to 60 minutes.

Device Requirements

iPhone or iPod Touch OS 3.1.3 or later.

Pricing and Availability

Infusion is available for 1.99 USD world-wide exclusively on the App Store in the Utilities category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers.

Spring Sale!

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:00:00 -0400

Water-Powered Ideas is pleased to announce our Spring Sale from Sunday, March 21 to Sunday April 4. All of our iPhone apps will be on sale:

Observation, regularly $4.99, sale price $2.99
Infusion, regularly $1.99, sale price $0.99
Observation Lite, regularly $1.99, sale price $0.99

That’s 40% off, 50% off, and 50% off respectively! There’s no catch, all future upgrades will be free. It’s a great opportunity to pick up our software, especially since we’ve got some great things coming for each of these apps!

Observation & Observation Lite 1.7 Released

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:30:34 -0400

Observation and Observation Lite 1.7 are out. This version includes some minor bug fixes as well as a big new feature that should improve the usability of the Conditions tab.

Conditions Location Selection: Select the location to view conditions from a list of nearby locations or browse a full list of all available Clear Sky Chart locations.

This version should also reduce the overall network usage of Observation in fetching Conditions information as well as improve performance slightly.

As always, Observation is available exclusively on the App Store in the US, Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas for $4.99 USD. Observation Lite is available worldwide exclusively on the App Store for $1.99 USD.

We’re also hard at work on some really cool new features for 2.0.

Observation & Observation Lite 1.6 Released

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Observation and Observation Lite 1.6 are out. This release fixes is a text encoding bug that could cause a crash resulting from parsing Conditions data. There are some other minor bug fixes as well.

As always, Observation is available exclusively on the App Store in the US and Canada for $4.99 USD. Observation Lite is available worldwide exclusively on the App Store for $1.99 USD.

Observation & Observation Lite 1.5 Released

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:14:36 -0500

Observation and Observation Lite are out. The big thing this fixes is a nasty bug in CSV export formatting that didn’t properly escape fields with commas that I believe was introduced a couple versions ago. There are some minor bug fixes to Conditions as well.

As always, Observation is available exclusively on the App Store in the US and Canada for $4.99 USD. Observation Lite is available exclusively on the App Store worldwide for $1.99 USD.

Infusion 1.1

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:00:00 -0500

Infusion 1.1 is out! If your device has a sleep timer set to more than one minute and thirty seconds more than the amount of time a running timer has remaining, that timer will be unreliable. This update fixes the problem by adding the option of preventing device sleep while a timer is running.

As always, you can find it on the App Store.

Introducing Infusion

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:49:00 -0500

Water-Powered Ideas is pleased to announce the release of Infusion for iPhone and iPod Touch. Infusion is a tea timer for the iPhone and iPod touch. Infusion was specifically designed so that tea lovers can begin brewing their favorite tea with two touches: one to launch Infusion, and the other to select a favorite tea.

Features

Single-touch to start a favorite tea timer after launch.
Customize favorites: when selected, a favorite can start a timer, show a timer, or show the tea’s information.
Large catalog of over 100 teas from around the world.
Add your own teas, blends, or any other timed beverage.
Specify tea type and location of origin, as well as brewing temperature and leaf quantity in addition to time.
Works as a generic timer, just set a time and start it.
Customizable launch behavior: change the tab opened when Infusion launches.
Temperatures can be converted between Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Device Requirements

iPhone or iPod Touch OS 3.0 or later

Pricing and Availability

Infusion is available for 1.99 USD world-wide exclusively on the App Store in the Utilities category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers.

Observation & Observation Lite 1.4 Released

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:16:23 -0500

Water-Powered Ideas is pleased to announce the 1.3 release of Observation and Observation Lite for iPhone and iPod Touch. This is a performance and stability release that fixes some known bugs.

Changes in 1.4

Fixed bugs related location services that could cause crashes.
Specifically fixed a crash when location services are disabled on iPod Touch.

Observation is available in the United States and Canada for $4.99 USD/CAD exclusively on the App Store. in the Utilities category. Observation Lite is available worldwide for $1.99 USD exclusively on the App Store. in the Utilities category. Promo codes are available for qualified reviewers.

Visit Observation on Facebook

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:34:59 -0500

You can now find Observation on Facebook: Observation on Facebook

And don’t forget, you can always follow Water-Powered Ideas on Twitter!

Observation Lite for Users Outside North America

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:04:00 -0500

Now that Observation Lite is out, the core functionality of Observation is available for international users. Because the data source for Conditions in the full version is only for North America I was unable to sell it anywhere else.

Observation Lite might be missing the Conditions information, a large chunk of the full version’s functionality, but it’s by no means a “limited” edition of Observation. It is otherwise fully-functional. Log entries won’t have seeing and transparency automatically filled in, but in feedback I have received since Observation was released, this seems to be a fair trade-off. Observation is the only app on the iPhone/iPod Touch dedicated to recording astronomy log entries, and this lets international users in on the party.

The only down-side is that the only localization available is english. I will be working the bring more translations in the future.

I’m still looking for alternative data sources to bring the full version to users outside of North America, but I do hope this proves useful in the meantime.