ZappTek releases iPDA 4.2
Posted by Dave Merten 
Oct 5, 2008 at 6:01pm
ZappTek has announced its version 4.2 release of iPDA. iPDA is the perfect companion to the iPod by serving as a replacement PDA. Your documents may be easily transferred to iPod. Download RSS feeds, weather forecasts and driving directions directly to the iPod. iPDA supports transferring information from Entourage, Gmail, Mail, Address Book and iCal, making it simple to put the information users need on their iPods. Version 4.2 adds compatibility with the new 4G nano.
Version 4.2 adds full support for the new 4G nano, including Contact groups.
• Sync Mail Messages, Notes and To Do’s directly to iPod
• Download RSS feeds and keep track of local weather with up-to-date forecasts
• Subscribe to your Google calendars and download them directly
• Download driving directions directly to iPod
• Download Gmail messages directly to iPod
• Perform a backup to iPod
iPDA 4.2 sports a number of important additions:
• Supports the 4G nano’s contact grouping functionality
• Improves Entourage contact processing
• Improves RSS feed processing to better extract text from web pages
Minimum Requirements:
• Mac OS X version 10.4 or higher
• An iPod. Note that iPDA does not support the iPhone nor iPod touch
• Microsoft Entourage for Entourage data synchronization
• Web Services require an Internet connection
Getting Started:
To install iPDA 4.2, drag it to your Applications folder or wherever you’d like to keep it. Clicking on a button will bring up a window to select the specific subset of information to export to your iPod; each window contains basic guides on its use. Determine the settings needed for syncing and click OK.
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