Just updated my laptop from Vista to Windows 7. I have had to reinstall all of my music into itunes . . . which has me fearing for my inventory in Mobile Stogie. I was able to load my apps from my ipod into itunes because they were purchases. Same with my music, but all of my play history was gone.

What do you think, Ken? Am I looking at reinstalling my stash? (which I recently exported to Excel and have conveniently saved on my external hard drive?)
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I looked at the new "other" app. It blows compared to your Ken.
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I agree.
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Hard for me to say exactly. When you sync your device to iTunes, it backs up your data and you should be able at any time to restore your device from that backup. However, it sounds like your iTunes library is now rebuilt, so likely that means your app backups are gone too. In that case, I assume you'll be glad you emailed your inventory to yourself :-)

I wish I had a better answer, but I'm guessing you'll know soon enough.
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Ken,
Won't it automatically back up his App from his device once he connects to iTunes again?
It should.
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I appreciate the ongoing support from you guys, but the reality is that competition is good. If I want to stay ahead of the pack, I need to get the review/smoking notes section done and shipped. If, as I said before, I want to go back to having a life, I can hope that somebody will build an app that blows Mobile Stogie away (hell, I'm a cigar smoker first; an app developer about 6th :-))

In the meantime, I'm working to make this new version as good as possible :-)
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True. True.

I have been waiting to sync just because I'm scared of the result. Oh, well.
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Email yourself the inventory out of the app. At least you can load them back in without opening the humi. Hopefully you won't need to, but at least you have a copy.
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I say take some time off and relax if you need too. As long as you make sure Mobile Stogie works when the phone OS updates you have a lot of built in business, not a lot of us are going to inventory a second time.
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I actually did this last week, just on a lark. So, it's up to date (minus 2 sticks . . . and maybe a box of VSG's -- can't remember if they were loaded yet).


Actually, I found out that I installed 7 incorrectly, and I found my entire old itunes database. I'm not sure if there is anything there I can use, but it's there just in case.
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Some additions to the database, all Cuban:

Rafael Gonzalez

Vitola B
Vitola C
Vitola E
Vitola G
Vitola H

Partagas

Sobresalientes
160th Anniversario Humidor Gran Pyramid
160th Anniversario Humidor Robusto Extra
150th Anniversario Humidor 109
150th Anniversario Humidor Corona Grandes
150th Anniversario Humidor Robusto
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How Do I Add Cigars To My Wish List? Can't Seem To Open This Part Of The App. Thanks!:-)
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I just looked up the cigar, then in the bottom left corner there is a filecabinet or something like that Icon. I then hit it and it says add to humidor or add to wishlist.
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Got It! Thanks! I Thought You Could Type In A Particular Cigar & Add To The Wish List, But I Guess You Have To Go To "Reference" First.:-)
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The Partagas cigars have been added :-) ... but I can't find any info on the RG cigars that you've listed :-). Got any pointers?
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AF Hemingway Classic Maduro (same as Classic but Maduro...lol)

BTW, is there a way to include a picture option from the phone in camera?
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or better yet, if you want to send me one of each, I'll measure them myself :-)
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Done (along with the signature maduro :-))

Working on it (as part of the review section) ... more to come later tonight :-)
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I have one more suggestion:

There is a program called redlaser that scans bar codes with in phone camera. I works great.

Could the same premises be used for label recognition?
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Finally getting some real traction on the Review section of the app. Here are a couple of teaser screenshots:

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First, the individual record for a review. Note the middle icon on the bottom of the screen; there will be a whole section where you can view, sort, and search for your reviews. There is more text, and other fields further down on the screen when scrolling...

Next, the screen for setting the ratings for Appearance, Construction, Burn, Flavor and Overall. Just a quick tap or slide on each row will set the ratings and fill in the stars...

Last, the familiar text box for notes will now link back to the detailed reviews instead of being hidden in the My Cigars section. This will make it much easier to find all of your reviews, and read through the details...

Lots more to come, but thought I'd get some early feedback ... for example, are those the right categories to set the rating values?

My plan is to initially release an update that allows you to save your own reviews, and email them. A followon release will link to mobilestogie.com to share reviews from the app, and download others' reviews as well. Hopefully, it will grow into a good reference source for choosing your cigars while shopping at the brick and morter or online stores :-).

Feedback appreciated....
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