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Here are some screenshots for what it’s worth:

If you’ve installed this app, we’d love to hear your comments.

Not to be confused with “iMissle”, the portable thermonuclear warhead launcher for the iPhone, iMissal, from Cantcha Inc. (www.cantcha.com) is the iPhone’s first digital Sunday Missal.

Cheese and crackers! What’s a Missal?!? That’s what I often heard as a youth minister working with Catholic teens. A Missal is, according to Wikipedia, a liturgical book containing all instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the year. Plain and simple, it lets you follow the Mass from beginning to end including the Mass readings and all the text of the prayers said in the Order of the Mass. It’s a tradition that goes way back to at least 1570. So how does iMissal work as a Missal in the digital age? Read on to find out.

Overall, iMissal does its job well. The calendar is very easy to read and each day in the Liturgical calendar is marked with special icons to indicate whether the day is a Holy Day of Obligation, a Solemnity, a Major Feast, or whatever. The icons are not intuitive so you have to go check the About tab at the bottom to figure out what they need. I’m not so sure about the color scheme, either. It’s legible, but not exactly eye candy. I also found the transition from month to month to be a little glitchy. Maybe it was just my iPhone.

If you want to read the day’s Mass readings, tap on the little ‘Read’ button and you get the readings. The text was easy to read, and there are buttons for increasing and decreasing the font. I kept finding myself trying to pinch the text larger, but that doesn’t work.

Following the Mass is easy enough. Just tap on ‘Mass’ at the bottom and you can follow along. I took it with me to Mass this morning and it was very accurate. Here is where the app shines. According to their website:

The liturgical texts provided in iMissal are used with the permission of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and the International Committee on English in the Liturgy. They are the official texts approved for use in the dioceses of the United States by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The Mass prayers were precise and the Readings were identical to those being read aloud. I really enjoyed following along and visually absorbing the Readings. Speaking of the Readings, one annoying interface glitch is that you are forced to go back to the Calendar and then tap ‘Read’ to get to the readings. It would have been better to have some kind of tappable link within the Order of the Mass. Another thing I didn’t like was that you can’t increase the size of the text in the Order of the Mass. Note that you do NOT need a connection to get to the Liturgical Calendar or use the Order of the Mass. Just put your phone in airplane mode like I know you’re already doing before Mass. Right?

There are two other features of iMissal: a daily scripture and a reference of common prayers. I honestly don’t know if I’ll use either. There doesn’t seem to be any coherence to the selection of the daily scripture and the listing of prayers available is much smaller than another iPhone app called ‘Let Us Pray’, which I also have installed.

So to sum it up, iMissal is a fantastic digital Missal that I hope to use more often. Because it uses the official texts, I know I can follow along at any mass in the United States. I’m not entirely enthusiastic about the color selection and the inability to get to the Readings during the Order of the Mass is a bit annoying. Beyond that, and a couple of minor UI glitches that I’m sure will be ironed out, I found iMissal to be very useful and well worth the price.

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• iConfess iPhone App – Assisting Catholics in the Sacrament of Reconciliation
• Advent App for the iPod Touch & Apple iPhone
• Scripture, Reflections & Prayer

If you are using a hardware mixer, StudioRack does everything CastBlaster does and more!

There are currently three editions:  StudioRack Trial (everything enabled but the Load Profile command), StudioRack Audio (does not include the AV Client), and StudioRack Pro (all features enabled).

Note: StudioRack is currently only compatible with Windows.

So PodCasters, give it a try and see what you think.  Post any comments here.  And since StudioRack is in the first stages of public beta, feel free to post any suggestions to the Think Tank on the StudioRack Forums.

Also, make sure you check out Mike’s podcast.

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iConfess Features Include:

• About Confession
• Examination of Conscience
• Prayers for Confession
• Click here to view more

One of the neat features, is the ability to tag specific content so that you can easily come back to it when needed.  Plus it has a search function so that you can search for key words or phrases.

You can purchase the iConfess app on iTunes.

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Amazon recently announced the availability of the new Kindle 2 App for the ubiquitous iPhone. As an iPhone owner and someone who’s been coveting the Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation) since its release, I hustled over to the iTunes app store to download the free application.

I’ve had Stanza on my iPhone for a few months and have been slowly working my way through my free download of Emma. The truth is, I don’t have a lot of time these days to cuddle up with fiction, so I’ve wondered how much I would truly use the Kindle 2. I’m attracted by the thought of discontinuing my periodical subscriptions and going paperless via the Kindle. As of now, the Kindle iPhone app will not allow access to periodicals.

Having downloaded the app, I’ve used it to get a few sample chapters of books that have caught my eye. At this point, however, I likely wouldn’t actually purchase a full Kindle book and read it on my iPhone. For the brief amount of time I spend reading on the iPhone, I will likely stick with sample chapters or free downloads of classics via Stanza.

It’s not surprising that a free app won’t replace a $359 tech toy. For a complete and extremely thorough look at this new iPhone app compliment to the Kindle 2, check out this awesome article by CNET’s Nicole Lee, who owns the real thing!

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The following five links can help those whom are interested in building a Twitter App (hopefully one that will help build up God’s kingdom).

1.  Twitter API wiki.
2.  “Twitter API: Up and Running” by Kevin Makice (Book)
3.  50 Twitter Tools and Tutorials For Designers and Developers
4.  Twitter API for Dummies
5.  Send message from a PHP page using Twitter API

You can see what others are doing with the Twitter API for some inspiration.  Perhaps you have some ideas of your own!  If you build a Christian App, let us know about it and we’ll feature it on our blog.

Have a great weekend!

Joshua

What prayers are available inside?

• The basics: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, ect.
• Devotions to Our Lady: Memorare, Angelus, Hail Holy Queen, The Rosary, The Litany
• Daily Prayers: Morning Offering, Spiritual Communion, Apostles’ Creed, Prayers before & after meal, Thanksgiving
• Special Prayers: Act of Contrition, Adoro te Devote, Prayers for the pope, Te Deum, Prayer to St Michael the Archangel

I personally would like to thank Antonia for creating such an application.  I am looking forward to using it.

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• Scripture, Reflections & Prayer

Having tried a few of the suggestions on this list, I can vouch for Jott and the Mobile News Network, but am looking forward to trying several of the other suggestions.

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