May Templates

I can breath again! Shipping powerOne version 3 took some weight off my shoulders and finally gave me a chance to review some submitted templates. We have a lot this time, to go along with all the templates updated to include graphing. (Check out the special Graphing section in the Library.) Here’s what is new:

• Air Changes
• Area of Polygon
• Bicycling Power Zones
• CAPM
• Cubic Yards to Tons Conversion
• Depth of Field
• Elapsed Time
• EOQ
• General Conversions
• Hn Trapecial
• IC 7555 Frequency & Duty Cycle
• Injection Moulding Quote
• Men Target WW
• Numero de Venteos
• Oil Field Pressure Gradient
• Present Value of a Perpetuity
• Project Tracking
• PUCAI – Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index *
• Race Time in Minutes
• Sandwich Lease Option
• Tip Speed Metric
• Transportation/Freight/Supply Chain/SCM/Chargeable Weight Calc Tool
• True Airspeed, OAT & Mach #
• Tube Squeezing
• Weight of Glass
• Weight Per Unit Length
• Weight Watchers calculators

These template are available for our Pro customers, including Finance, Scientific, Construction and Medical (* items are only available in powerOne Medical). Select “Library” at the bottom of the Template List.

I hope you will submit a template, too! To submit, create your template, add a description so others can find it and know how to use it, select the email icon, and choose the “Submit to Library” option. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

powerOne Version 3 Released

As you likely know by now, a couple of weeks ago we released version 3 of our powerOne Pro and Lite apps. We are quite excited about this release. It adds lots of requested features: graphing and plotting, favorites, custom categories, advanced math functions and much more! In addition, powerOne Construction is now a Pro product, which gives those customers the ability to download templates from the Library and create their own templates. To get the latest release, go to the App Store and choose the Updates tab at the bottom.

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Announcing powerOne version 3

I’m proud to announce that in the next two weeks we will release powerOne version 3. While the look and feel will remain the same we have added some key features for our iPhone, iPod touch and iPad customers. This is a free update and hope you find these improvements as exciting as I do!

A quick list with details below:

• Function graphing, scatter plots and bar graphs
• Filter by category plus a special Favorites category
• Advanced math functions including over 160 functions for programmer math, complex numbers, matrices, probability and more
• New template creation functions + custom categories
• VoiceOver support for the sight impaired
• Lite customers can now purchase add-ons via In App Purchase

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Graphing

The biggest new feature is the introduction of graphing. We offer function graphs, scatter plots and bar graphs. Graphing will be added to a number of existing templates plus our Scientific Pro customers will get a Function Graphing template added to their product automatically. (Finance Pro customers will be able to download it from the Library and see In App Purchase below if you are a Lite customer.)

I played with some 15 or so graphing packages for the iPhone and iPad over the past few months and found most of them confusing and unintuitive. I believe we have done one better here. To zoom, pinch. To pan, drag a finger across the screen. Tracing is where we really shine. Hold down on the screen for a second and a function trace line appears and/or a scatter plot closest to your finger highlights with the appropriate information. Drag around the screen to see the data change or enter a specific ‘x’ point to evaluate a ‘y’.

I couldn’t be happier about the implementation and believe it was done in a way that will make Apple proud!

Filtering and Favorites

We added two new capabilities that should make it easier to find the template you are looking for. The first is that you can filter your template list by category. This makes it easy to see all your Finance templates or Engineering templates, for instance. The second is that you can now designate your often used templates as Favorites and filter just on this list.

Advanced Math

Not only did we add graphing but we also made advanced math functions available for our Pro customers (see In App Purchases for our Lite customers). The trig tab now is the advanced math tab. Choose from 7 keypads or select “More” for access to over 160 functions covering everything from programmer’s math, complex numbers, trig and hyperbolic, matrices, statistics, probability, calculus and more.

Template Creation

I already mentioned graphing. We added two new row types: an equation row for entering function graphs and a graph row for plotting the required data. Up to three data sets can be plotted at a time using the new graph() function call. We also added a new constants section, which is similar to macros but creates a constant result (rather than just substituting). This is particularly good for look-up tables where you don’t want to replicate the entire table over-and-over, or when you need results in more than one row.

In addition to new template creation features we also added the ability to create up to 10 custom categories and name them as desired.

VoiceOver

For our sight impaired customers we have added comprehensive VoiceOver support. Now buttons say their names and calculations are read out-loud upon touching equals. Templates are also supported. For instance, tap a row to have its contents read to you!

In App Purchase

For our powerOne Lite customers we have added the ability to purchase some add-on template bundles and features right within the app. Options include our advanced math package, graphing, finance, business, conversions and more.

March Templates

Good things are happening here, folks, and one is we are deep in the middle of powerOne version 3. Everyone gets a little something extra at no additional charge, but our Pro customers (particularly you Scientific Pro customers) are getting a special treat. But alas, today is just a tease for all I have to share is 22 newly minted templates. Get ‘em while they’re hot!

New Templates

• Alternative Date Conversion
• Bonds (Simple)
• Cálculos Eléctricos
• CoGS for Manufacturing
• Cost Indifference Point
• Deferred Payments
• E-Liquid Calculator
• Gas flow conversion (m3_h to Nm3_h)
• I-beam
• Kinematik#1 {G-V-W}
• Mileage Meter
• MPH From Lap Time
• Parts per Hour
• Percent with Intermediate Results
• Points Plus Weight Watchers
• SRA
• Steel Beam Deflection-2
• Steel Beam Deflection
• Tip Speed Us Customary
• TPS TVQ – Taxes Québec
• Transmitter Percent Calc

Updated Templates

• Triangle Solver

These template are available for our Pro customers. Select “Library” at the bottom of the Template List.

I hope you will submit a template, too! To submit, create your template, add a description so others can find it and know how to use it, select the email icon, and choose the “Submit to Library” option. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

February Templates

Another month, another great batch of templates. Thanks again to all who contributed!

New Templates

• Band calculator
• Circumference
• Cisco Sales Calculator
• Effective Diameter
• Gas Pipe
• Interest/Discount Conversions
• Nernst Equation
• Partial Payroll

For our powerOne Medical customers:

• SI: Conc After First Dose [EID]
• SI: Conc. Steady-State
• SI: Half-Life, Ke & Vd
• SI: New Dosage
• SI: Single Level Pkinetics

Updated Templates

• Baluster Layout
• 3 Phase Electrical Current
• Auto Lease
• FHA Mortgage
• VA Mortgage
• Mortgage
• Triangle Solver

I hope you will submit a template, too! To submit, create your template, add a description so others can find it and know how to use it, select the email icon, and choose the “Submit to Library” option. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

January Templates

Another great set of contributed and updated templates! Thanks so much for all who contributed.

Updated Templates:

• Currency Conversion (2 new currencies)
• Added Decimal Settings to many of the Conversion templates
• New units in the Pressure Conversion template
• Improved Baluster Layout to include table of on centers

New customers will automatically get the latest versions and existing customers will automatically be updated in the next week or two. To manually update your templates, just click the sync button in the lower, left corner of the template list.

New Templates:

• 3 Phase Motor
• Area Density Conversion
• Binomial Probabilities
• Bond Break-even Analysis
• Calculo de Secado
• Cash Flow from Operations
• Coffee Calculator
• Flow Conversion
• Flow Rate Conversions
• Fréquence Cardiaque
• Latent Heat Conversion
• Linear Equations
• Ohms Law
• Paycheck Gross Up
• Specific Heat Conversion
• Stock Valuation
• Taxes Québec
• Temperature Interval Conversion
• Thermal Conductivity
• Tiempo de Enfriamiento
• Triangle Solver

To submit, create your template, add a description so others can find it and know how to use it, select the email icon, and choose the “Submit to Library” option. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Year-End Announcements: Thanks, Features, Reviews Needed!

A couple of things as the year comes to an end!

Thank You

First, and most importantly, a huge thank you to all of you for using powerOne and loving powerOne. The unsolicited thank you emails, the amazing reviews, the awesome templates, even the bug reports. They all tell me how much you care and that makes all the tough choices and long weeks worth while. You all mean a lot to me, too.

New Features

I am also proud to announce we finally rolled out a couple of things customers have requested for a long time. Besides the latest round of bug fixes and app improvements, we also added a tutorial on creating templates and the ability to search the template creation section of the web site. The tutorial is an excellent backgrounder and starter that can be downloaded into any app that will read pdf documents, including on your desktop and iBooks.

Reviews, Please!

As with each product release, I will again request you write or update your review. With each release our review count goes back to 0 and greatly impacts our sales. With an update your review will show for the latest release. The reviews are right below the screen shots and links are here or search for powerOne in the App Store:

powerOne FE (Finance Pro, Orange icon)

powerOne SE (Scientific Pro, Green icon)

powerOne ME (Medical Pro, Red icon)

powerOne SL (Scientific Lite, Yellowish icon)

powerOne FL (Finance Lite, Blue icon)

From Rick, Jonathan, me and all the advisors who have helped make powerOne what it is today, happy holidays and new year!

Elia Freedman