Being able to have a field guide with me at all times is one of the things I like best about my smart phone. Bird field guide apps provide all the material normally found in print guides, plus things like sounds, checklists, and extra information, with more features constantly being added. I love it! These […]
David Sibley reported on his blog some news regarding his Sibley eGuide app, including a price drop and free “lite” version. Check it out!
The Sibley iPhone app has just been updated to reflect the latest AOU taxonomy, including the splits of Winter Wren and Whip-poor-will. Birdcountr has been updated twice since my review. The latest version, 1.6, adds some bug fixes and also splits the wrens and whip-poor-will. But the major change is in the export options. You […]
Back in June, the Sibley eGuide app was given a major update. According to the release notes, the new version (1.5.1) includes the following: Larger images Replaced Next/Previous buttons with a swipe gesture Added one-tap enlargement of images and text Added the ability to rotate the device to landscape mode for larger images, bigger text […]
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North America’s best field guide comes to the iPhone.
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North America’s most popular field guide is now available as an app on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Here is an initial review, focusing on the meat of the app – the species accounts. A full review will follow. The app is a fairly straightforward and faithful port of the Sibley print guides, both the […]
You knew it was bound to happen. Earlier this month, The Sibley eGuide to the Birds of North America iPhone app was released. I think the Sibley guide (the printed one) is the best North American field guide, and I am pleased to see that it is now available in a digital format. I will […]
Digital cameras, digital photo frames, eBook readers, it seems like the whole world is going digital these days. And now digital field guides are here. You can think of these as traditional field guides on steroids, yet even smaller. You still get the regular stuff found in field guides: illustrations, range maps, basic identification and […]
