Thanks for the heads up. Just a quick status update, in that life and work have been crazy busy over the past month or so. Lots of travel and late work days, so very little time to look at Mobile Stogie code. Looks like it will be quieting down now, so I can get back to work on it.

Priorities at the moment:

• Make sure it works well with upcoming iPhoneOS 3.0 (or Apple will pull it from the app store :-)).
• Complete the "auto sync" for new cigars in the master database (grab new cigars from my website). This code is almost done.
• Smoking notes section.

Sorry for the delay in making more progress, but life has its priorities :-)
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Ken Gold 3.0 came out.

Tested again reinstalled also same results.

Question is there a way you can incorp a way to export and import the database.

I always worry about my phone crashing or dieing and having to reinput in all my cigars.
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I'm working with the 3.0GM code now, and unfortunately several of the database calls break with 3.0. Fixing them to work with 3.0 breaks them for 2.x, so I'm working the issue now ... this was definitely not expected with the 3.0 release. :-) :-)

more to come...
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Quick question. Does it have places that you can put in price paid or value?
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Yha fun stuff.
yha i wish they had a better database all togeather.

Any how if you need someone to test something i'm around.
I also have 3 phone's myself mine my wifes and a test phone.

have you put any consideration into an export/import for the DB.
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Actually, I'm pretty impressed with the embedded sqlite3 database. For lightweight stuff like this, it's pretty solid. FYI, I think I have the code fixed to work with both 2.x and 3.0 now, but I have to do pretty extensive testing now, because I have made a lot of code changes under the hood. Also, some of the new stuff I have been working on have to be backed out to get this update submitted. I can't afford to have the app crashing for people when the 3.0 update is released on the 17th.

I may take you up on that, depending on how straightforward my testing goes tonight. Thanks for the offer :-)

Yes, but it's a little more complex than you might think, due to the limitations imposed around the file system. However, the number one thing I test in all of my code changes is ensuring that no data gets overwritten. I do know that people want to be able to export for other reasons though, so I'll keep working on that.
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I really enjoy your app. It's the one I use the most on my Ipod touch. Thanks for all the work Ken.
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Quick update: since there was a crashing bug in the release code with the new iPhone OS 3 (which will be generally available in a couple of days), I had to take a pause from other coding/testing to get out a specific update for the new OS.

So, if you upgrade to iPhone OS 3, you'll need version 1.1.5 of Mobile Stogie. Hopefully Apple will approve and post it soon.

Now back to the more interesting work... :-)
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For all us "non-devs" :-) OS 3 is being released tomorrow!

Don't forget to upgrade guys, tons of new features! And the Jail-break dev guys will be releasing their jailbreak tutorial probably within a matter of hours of the OS 3 release :-)
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I'm affraid to jailbreak mine, I'm not tech savy and don't want to mess my life line up
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There's a super easy tutorial over on Ipodtouchfans.com However, wait to jail-break it until after the OS 3 release tomorrow. That way you can have the latest release complete with all the great new updates.
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Hey Ken, did this get pulled? I can't find it in the App Store!
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Will look into this thank you! Also just a heads up be careful updating tomorrow incase they didn't get everything resolved and there's a repeat of last year. Bought my 3g openning day and couldn't use it fir 3hours!

It's there, search cigar it cones up
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Hmmm.... When I search "Cigar" in the app store, this is what I come up with:

Cigarettes Lite
Cigar
Cigar handbook for cigar lovers
Cigarettetracker
My last Cigarette
Cigarettes
Ismoke Break

Am I missing something. I know your app has showed up before, I've looked at it!
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Ok I thought you were crazy, but you're not at all, it's not there...

I think Ken said he had an update coming so probaly being replaced by the updated version today. At least that's my best guess
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Well Andrew, I am crazy, but not blind!! :-):-)
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My bad, so often confuse the two :-)
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Excited to try this out. Just searched and nothing came up.
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Well, when I check my developer account, there is a section for managing applications. Version 1.1.1 shows "Ready for Sale". Version 1.1.5 shows "In Review". Absolutely nothing that indicates that they've pulled the app, yet clearly they have done so. Kinda sucks, but ultimately my own fault. I waited too long to get the update posted for the crashing bug in the new iPhone OS, trying instead to get a bunch of new features included. At the last minute, I went ahead and fixed the couple of small changes needed for compatibility with OS3.0. But I'm sure they pulled the app in the meantime, because the new OS is being released tomorrow.

Hopefully Apple will hurry up and post the new version, and all will be back to normal. In the meantime, I'm working to get the new features finished for a 2.0 release.

I could get all upset at Apple, but I simply waited too long, so lesson learned. I'll post back here when the update becomes available. Thanks for your patience guys...
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Thanks for the update Ken.
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