Hey everyone! I just wanted to let everyone know that as of today, everything for eWallet 6.1.2 with complete iPhone Synchronization is on it’s way! Apple has the software, the desktop portion is locked and loaded, and all preparations are complete! We expect it to go live sometime next week!
Full details after the break, and as a warning, there are quite a few screenshots in case you’re running wireless…
First off, here are some answers to questions we’ve heard a lot:
- The iPhone store should notify you in the “Updates” section when the iPhone version goes live.
- We will email anyone who has registered their software with us when the product is officially out.
- Yes, you will need the Windows PC desktop version to synchronize.
- If you have eWallet 6.0 or 6.1, you can get the upgrade to 6.1.2 at no charge. Either download the desktop version again when we make the big announcement, or wait for the email from us which will include your download info.
- If you don’t own the desktop portion, or you aren’t eligible for a free upgrade, you will be able to purchase the desktop piece at the discounted price of $9.95. Details on how to get this price will be coming.
- Yes, we’re releasing a full help document that will cover basic iPhone functions as well as how to synchronize.
- When you upgrade, any wallets you’ve created or cards you’ve built will remain intact. The upgrade doesn’t overwrite existing data.
- If you already made a wallet on your device, you will be able to sync it up to the desktop.
- If you’re already synching with a different device, you can sync with your iPhone as well using the same desktop version.
Now for some sync details. I won’t say a lot here because once the application is released I think you’ll find that it does an excellent job of walking you through the process. In fact, that is one of the things that we are quite pleased with. We really feel that we’ve done a good job of combining security with ease of use. Oh course we’ll let you folks give us the final verdict on that!
That said, I’d just like to share a couple of screenshots. First is the revamped “Add Devices” dialog on the desktop. This is something that should benefit everyone, not just iPhone users. It makes it easier than ever to add new sync locations. (As many of you know eWallet does more than sync with your iPhone – sync with remote locations like FTP sites, USB drives, other computers on a network, and more!)
Not only does it make it easy to add new devices, but when you mouse over a button it offers a detailed description making it easy to know which device to choose.
Next up are a some sample shots from the iPhone. What we’ve tried to do is keep the process simple, but still include clear instructions that will walk you through the process. One of the things that I really like is that if you need the steps you can walk through them, but if you already know what you are doing you can skip the whole thing. Just hit sync on the device, sync on the desktop, and go.
So these are just a few examples of how we’re handling sync. Now one thing some folks might notice is that when you first start synching there are a couple of steps you have to follow. First, they’re pretty darn simple and we walk you through it. Second, doing this makes it extremely easy to sync securely going forward. Finally, we noticed that some applications weren’t working very hard to ensure that you were always communicating with the correct computer. We wanted to make sure that the devices had a way identify one another BUT we wanted to do it behind the scenes where you don’t have to mess with it every time you sync!
So there you have it! The app is on its way and hopefully by this time next week we’ll all be talking about how great it is to have your wallets on your iPhone!
So thank you all for your patience and all the fantastic feedback. We know it’s been frustrating at times. It’s been great to hear from everyone, though, and in the meantime, please don’t burn down the castle! Sync Is On Its Way!
Sincerely, Marc
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Guys, I am a long-time user of eWallet on Windows/Palm but have now switched over to Mac/iPhone. I can use ewallet on my Parallels version of Vista/ewallet desktop but want to move it all over to Mac (ewallet is about the only prog I still use in Windows). Will I be able to use my same rego for the mac desktop version or will I have to buy a whole new desktop rego?
Thanks and can’t wait!!
Why in the world would anyone switch from Vista to Mac? That’s like going from a BMW to a junkie bicycle with crud all over it. Yuck! Macs are so 1984.
“Why in the world would anyone switch from Vista to Mac? That’s like going from a BMW to a junkie bicycle with crud all over it. Yuck! Macs are so 1984.”
Oh boy. I’m working on a Vista system now, and I just love that feature of Vista where it constantly says “ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO COPY THESE FILES?”
The updated WIN desktop eWallet has been posted. Under Sync it has a choice for iPhone. Has anyone tried go this far. I get a Bonjour not installed error message. It looks like something is missing (besides the iPhone
Please, Please, Please make sure the upgrade to the iphone ewallet has been well tested!!! there are many reports of a variety of different application upgrades where users are reporting the loss of data during upgrades. even with different games and game saves. So if anything, you need to get this one right and ensure that no one loses their iphone ewallet data during the upgrade!!!
@David
I would assume Bonjour searches for, and needs to find, a connected device (in this case the iPhone) before it runs, thus the not installed error. Not much point trying it until the AppStore releases the update.
Mac OSX?
So now that the apple release is finally almost situated, can we get some kind of timeframe on the blackberry release. This is one of my most important programs, and I have made the switch from windows mobile 6 to blackberry, i need my ewallet
I dont have the updated iphone release yet, but whenever I click on the iphone button under sync setup I get a VC++ runtime error “This app asked the runtime terminate in an usual way”
Vista 64 / UAC Disabled
Sorry, nevermind. I had set my firewall to block bonjour traffic.
Is it possible for a non-bonjour version of sync where you manually give a LAN IP to sync with?
My PC is a desktop, cabled to a wireless router for its network connection (no wireless receiver in the PC). My iPhone connects to my wireless router. Will the eWallet sync work under this scenario? To restate: can I sync from iPhone to desktop PC, which share access to the same wireless router, despite the fact that my PC is connected to the router by cable and not wireless?
OK – I’ve downloaded & installed 6.1.2 and tried to sync – but the new version of eWallet is needed on the iPhone. Come on Apple – we’re all waiting! I’m sure it’ll be here soon but I have to stop going to ‘Updates’ in the app store on my iPhone every 15 minutes……..
Seriously, I’ve used eWallet for years and years on many different platforms. There is nothing like it. And the support from Iliumsoft has always been incredible.
To all at Iliumsoft – thank you.
Wot Wally says…..
“OK – I’ve downloaded & installed 6.1.2 and tried to sync – but the new version of eWallet is needed on the iPhone. Come on Apple – we’re all waiting! I’m sure it’ll be here soon but I have to stop going to ‘Updates’ in the app store on my iPhone every 15 minutes……..
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So, Can I assume from the screen shots that if my desktop is wired and iphone wireless, but are able to exchange network information, the sync will still work?
I have none of my desktop systems on wireless, whereas the iphone exists only on wireless network.
I’ve updated the desktop in anticipation of the app for my Touch. However, I can no longer sync with my Windows Mobile wallet! I re-downloaded the Pocket PC app file and still doesn’t work. Am I missing something?
Hey everyone! I’m on vacation for the labor day holiday but I thought I’d pop on and answer a few questions!
- Can my PC (connected with a cable) sync with my iPhone (connected to the same network wirelessly) sync?
YES. You can definitely do this. Although we also tested with two wireless connections (PC & iPhone) most of our testing was done in exactly this way.
- I got 6.1.2 and can’t sync!
You’re right. Until the iPhone portion goes live, you can’t sync with your iPhone.
- I got 6.1.2 and now my Pocket PC won’t sync!
I made a calculated decision about the release and I’m afraid that your problem is my fault. I was worried that Apple might surprise us with a weekend release of the iPhone version, and that no one would be able to sync their iPhone until we all got back to the office on Tuesday. To that end, I thought “Well, even if we’re not ready for a full release – we’ll release the desktop part quietly so that it will be there if Apple surprises us.” I also assumed that “The database change will make it so that someone with another platform will have trouble synching until Tuesday, but what are the odds that anyone will even find OUT that 6.1.2 is out much less download it and try to sync with a PPC.”
Yep. I was pretty much wrong on that one. COnsidering someone commented on 6.1.2 being up like an hour after we secretly posted it, you can see I seriously underestimated you guys.
Anyhow, if you’ve got this problem I’m VERY sorry and take full blame for the grief. It’ll all be better Tuesday BUT if this has put you in a really bad spot (and you can’t go back to 6.1 until Tuesday) send me an email and I’ll see if I can sneak you a PPC upgrade copy (no new features – just a matching database format.) Just email beta@iliumsoft.com .
Thanks everyone! It’s really exciting to see how many people are waiting for this. We’re pretty geeked about it over here as well! (Yeah – I pretty much check my iPhone updates every 1/2 hour too.)
Thanks Marc for keeping us regularly updated. You said that sync will work between a cabled PC and an iPhone connected wirelessly to the same network. I’m still confused though. Do I have to have a home network established through Windows for this to work? Or do you just mean that the PC is cabled to the same router used for the iPhone’s wireless access? I hope it’s the latter, because I don’t have a home network set up in Windows and would rather not have to set one up just to enable eWallet synching.
This is a complete disappointment unless I have read the posting wrong. It looks like there is no iPhone to Mac synchronization and I can’t do any data entry on a Mac. Not without a virtual PC of some hind which kind of negates the point of working on a Mac.
Good thing I haven’t wated too much time trying to enter information in EWallet but it was a waste of money.
- Vikas
Hey Scooob – I’m not sure what you mean by a “Windows network” – all machines in the same workgroup perhaps? But the eWallet sync just needs the PC and the iPhone to be on the same IP address based network. You can have all kinds of switches in between but as long as the PC can ping the iPhone, it should work fine.
I don’t work for ilium, but I am basing this on the previous descriptions they have given us and what i see in the new 6.1.2 PC application. Since the iPhone’s only LAN connectivity is wireless you must have it connected to your local network this way. The iPhone doesn’t care how the PC is connected as long as it has an IP address on the local network.
At one time ilium made reference to the Bonjour protocol… is eWallet using this or just doing FTP? If you care to share the details…..
Marc, sync will also work over a VPN connection, right?
@ Vikas………what are you disappointed about? perhaps you should learn to read the product description prior to purchasing. as stated on the app store details page for ewallet, “We plan to have eWallet for Macintosh, also with complete synchorization, available later this year”. disclosure does not get any more cleare than that. not to mention, it has been mentioned here and elsewhere on related iphone forum sites that ewallet desktop is for windows ONLY but that they are working on a mac version which won’t be for a few months yet.
Damn!!!
i got the iphone apple screen of death………..stuck on the apple icon and had to restore my iphone, but my latest backup was corrupt. CRAP, i lost all my ewallet data!!! i need to recreate it all. WTF. Please get the desktop out ASAP apple!!!
It looks like you removed 6.1.2 from the website downloads here. Is that correct, or am I looking in the wrong place?
I tried to download using my download protection access and it just brings me to 6.1. I also downloaded the trial version and it gave me the same 6.1 version.
As for the iPhone app, I’m still waiting on Apple, just like the rest of you.
I really don’t like how Apple is handling the App Store. I think I miss windows mobile a lot right now. No ridiculous wait times to get a piece of software out just release it when ready! The whole app experience as well as OS instability have soured me on the iPhone.
Can’t imagine how annoying this experience must be for Iliumsoft
@ frustrated, i agree with you totally. we the consumers are frustrated, but i can’t imagine how frustrating it might be for developers who have fixed bugs in their respective apps that customers are bitching about, only to have apple hold up the release…….
@Frustrated and co.
Ilium knew, or certainly should have known, that it would take 7-10 days for the AppStore review procedure on this type of app. The suggestion that submitting it on Aug 28th and possibly seeing it in the store over the weekend was, to be blunt, silly. It created an unrealistic expectation among users and only served to frustrate customers. Now we are getting into the same hand wringing (we submitted it four days ago how come it’s not in the store yet) that preceded the original launch.
@Don
So what should they have done differently? Not submitted eWallet before the holiday? Submit it and not tell anyone? Ilium was very clear in telling us that “it is in Apple’s hands now”. I too was hoping to see the new version by now, but my only choice is to be patient.
So they missed the release date by a couple of days – I have worked in IT for years and I never will understand the mentality of “we must launch on date X” – why? If it is not finished it is not finished. There is to much buggy software on the market. I would rather see a small delay and a solid product then see a date hit with a buggy product.
It is not like the date was missed by years or turned out to be vapor ware. If you follow other app developers, some have been approved very quickly, so I don’t think telling us that “Apple may approve it over the weekend” set any false expectations for Ilium. All of us hoped Apple would be quicker and they were not.
Hey Paul, 6.1.2 is still the download for the Windows version. I had an issue in firefox where i downloaded 6.1 and when I went to download 6.1.2 firefox saw the name was the same and just kept serving up the cached version with a new number. If you use IE or clear the cached files in firefox, you can download 6.1.2.
FYI, if you are on XP, and you hover your mouse over the file after you download it, it will give you version info in tool tip -
@ Don, as i understand it, some reputable developers (bigger shops, and i’m guessing developers for other platforms that have been around and have well respected apps over the years) have “priority” review by Apple. I don’t remember where i read it, but supposedly some sort of “premier” developer program or something that’s not subject to the same wait times as the masses. i’m hoping ilium software is one of them, and their apps/updates are prioritized and pushed along the process quicker. i’m sure when EA wants to get an app out, apple won’t be making them wait as long as john smith “i want to develop something in my free time” developer.
perhaps marc can comment on this. thanks
Apple need to do something with the app store – the serious apps are out numbered by the frankly useless apps which would not even make it to prime time in the world of PPC or Palm, making the finding of what you want impossible.
If they don’t do something it will be totally unuseable within 12 months. No doubt they will sort it out as it is a cash cow for them (not of course that they have a profit motive!)
Spuddey
Eric,
A few rules I follow to help avoid the Apple Screen of Death:
1. NEVER use the App Store applet on ther phone to upgrade apps
2. NEVER upgrade an app through iTunes – uninstall the old one, then install the new one, assuming there is no data that you want to lose. If you need to preserve data, then upgrading an app through iTunes is the only choice, but its a risk
3. ALWAYS reboot the phone before messing with installing or removing apps – that should clear any background running apps that could interfere
4. ONLY upgrade an app if you really have to – some upgrades are more important than others
5. ALWAYS turn off the phone, WiFi and bluetooth – an incoming call during an installation could be deadly
6. Keep the app number reasonable. I only install one page worth – 16 apps – until Apple fixes the issue
There’s no guarantee that you can avoid the Apple Screen of Death, but these things should help reduce it.
Eric, another thing:
After an Apple Screen of Death, backups, even good ones, are useless. Apple’s support themselves said this. An iPhone will not restore from backup if you get the Apple Screen of Death. The ONLY option is to restore the phone as brand new.
Hi Everyone! I’m back from my vacation although I’ll admit I kept watching for eWallet! Here are the answers to the questions folks had.
@Scoob: Yep. The scenario you described (a cabled PC and a wireless iPhone) will work fine.
@Vikas: Sorry. We’ve tried to let everyone know that the Mac version isn’t out yet, but we are working on it. I’m still hoping we’ll see it later this year.
@Ali: Yep. It should work fine with VPN.
@Eric: Did you try a restore after your device crashed? In theory, iTunes SHOULD have backed up your data (unless, as Dale mentioned, that damages the files – not sure – don’t have a sure wya to crash my device so I haven’t tested that specifically.)
@Paul: Nope, we didn’t remove 6.1.2. It should still be up there.
@Frustrated: Yeah, the whole wait time thing (even if it is a few days) really is unfortunate. Now I have talked to developers that have had their apps rejected, so they honestly ARE doing some manner of approval on these. I imagine they will continue to streamline this process and in the end it will serve as a benefit.
@Don: I never suggested it would be out over the weekend Don. The trouble is that we just don’t know. We’ve talked to folks who have seen their app go up in 3-4 days. IF that happened we just wanted to make sure that 6.1.2 was ready for folks – and no, we didn’t want to get people’s hopes up – that’s why we did the desktop release quietly hoping no one would notice – of course someone did and they posted it here so the cat was out of the bag.
@Eric: If we’re in a special program Apple hasn’t told us. Still, I am of the belief that the process will run much more quickly now. They seem to be hitting their stride on the various processes.
===@Eric: Did you try a restore after your device crashed? In theory, iTunes SHOULD have backed up your data (unless, as Dale mentioned, that damages the files – not sure – don’t have a sure wya to crash my device so I haven’t tested that specifically.)===
According to tech responses to messages in the Apple forum, if the device goes Apple Screen of Death (ASD), even a normal, good backup won’t restore propoerly. I know because I’ve tested it myself on several occasions. It will either continue to ASD after the restore, or it will only partially restore the device, making it even more unstable than before. Apple recommends doing a fresh rebuild of the iPhine.
Just an FYI.
@Dale: Wow. That’s nasty. And not just from an eWallet POV.
Yeah, it’s beyond me what Apple is doing internally with its OS that you can crash so hard and so bad that the phone is useless, even when you restore the OS. I mean, PocketPC isn’t always the picture of stableness. But at least I could do a hard reset on the fly and get the phone working. Can you imagine an iPhone going down when you are in the middle of nowhere and only access to a PC could fix it? And Apple doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to fix the issue, even though hundreds of people have reported the problem. The thread over on Apple foums had 200+ posts before Apple shut it down.
Hi Marc,
My eWallet for iPhone doesn’t display the sync icon, nor do I see any of the black background displays you showed in the beginning of this Blog. Yet the iPhone claims my app is up to date… Am I missing something? Does anybody else out there have the same problem?
Thanks,
Uriel
Uriel: The update is still being vetted by Apple. Hopefully they’ll make it available sometime this week.
Thanks, Gary. So the snapshots Marc showed are for the (hopefully) near future – not the present.
Actually my assumption is that they are from their development machines. So actual copies of the app, just the app isn’t available from Apple for normal distribution yet.
@ Dale, i wasn’t able to restore from my latest most current backup (the one from this past Friday) but interesting enough i was able to restore from a backup dated july 11, the day i took a backup from the first gen iphone and transferred that backup to my 3g iphone. apparently the latest backup was “corrupted” but the one from my old iphone worked. of course, i had a heck of a lot more data since july 11 that i lost, but at least i recovered a lot of my notes. still what a pain. also, as for the cause of my ASOD in my case could be one of two scenarios:
1) i had crossed somekind of “threshold” of allowable apps on my iphone due to whatever bug is currently in the firmware. i remember i had jut installed like 3-4 new apps and basically added a seventh page of apps to my iphone. from reading through the apple forums, there might be an issue with number of apps and sizes of apps that cause reboots to get stuck in some kind of endless loop due to a design flaw/bug.
2) the other reason could be that i uninstalled an app and had unknowingly rebooted the iphone before the uninstall completed. i remember uninstalling an app, the icon disappeared, and i remember clicking Settings but the settings screen was not coming up. i tried a few times, then thought something got “stuck” so i rebooted. someone in another forum suggested that the settings screen doesn’t come up while an uninstall is still in progress. meaning the app that you are uninstalling could disappear from the screen but the uninstall could still be in progress behind the scenes, and if you reboot while that process is running, you risk the ASOD.
I have read everywhere about these ASODs but to have finally experienced one, it really sucked. I wasted a whole half day restoring then getting my iphone back to where it was, as far as i can remember it. To err on the side of caution now, i am limiting the number of my apps and the sizes of my apps, keeping the insanely large apps off my iphone for now, and i will certainly wait much much longer after an install or uninstall before i even attempt a reboot. i will also be a lot more selective in what apps i allow onto my iphone and your suggestion about rebooting prior to an install/uninstall to clear up any background memory usage/leaks is a great idea.
the worst part of the ASOD and that took the most amount of time was getting my ewallet data back in……by hand, and mostly from memory. that really sucked. given apple’s buggy iphone firmware and useless backup process, its almost as if desktop sync really should have been a day 1 implementation for any program of this sort, including ewallet
I am a loyal user of e-wallet since October 2001 (I have archived the receipt!) I read this blog daily wanting to be updated on the progress of the much anticipated sync-package. I find the discussions about ASOD slightly off topic, it’s not about Ilium’s products after all, but (A) being nice and (B) respecting other people’s frustrations I really don’t mind that much. However, I am annoyed by all the talks about the “allowable number of apps on the iPhone.” Truly, such “facts,” widely repeated on various iPhone sites, remind me of chain letters and virus hoaxes.
Here’s what I found-out via my (admittedly weak) research after I encountered similar problems with apps on the iPhone (NOTE: I am a Computer Scientist but I have no knowledge of the Apple OS specifics including their nomenclature, so the explanation might sound to some more UNIX- than Apple-oriented):
Point 1: The iPhone OS (firmware) is probably not well designed and apparently there are page-violation bugs in it. I.e. Unauthorized processes can overwrite areas of the memory that should have been protected. It is in that restricted memory where the OS is doing all the process management functions and other stuff that distinguish an iPhone from an iToaster (soon to be announced by S. Jobs).
Point 2: When Apple opened up their environment to 3rd-party vendors/programmers a lot of bad programmers started writing apps along with the good (I.e. not everybody works at Ilium!)
Thus, Point 3… well, you figure out this one!
So, here’s what I found out: In spite the rumors, the iPhone does run some things (some processes) in the background (in parallel) just any other modern OS. This is why we get reminders, SMS, mail, and phone calls while playing iTunes for example. However, when you terminate a game by pushing the one and only hardware button (bottom, middle), you do NOT terminate necessarily the process associate with that app and you may not force the OS to clean-up the process space. Therefore, residual (and thus bad) remnants of a badly written app may still be running! Multiple instances of these partially terminated processes might start brewing up a problem. This problem may manifest itself at any point and give you the impression that it is associated with the latest app you installed, updated, or simply ran.
Therefore what can we do? It turns out that you CAN terminate a foreground-running process in the iPhone. What you have to do is hold the (the one and only) hardware button down for 5-6 seconds. This is the way to have the process terminated. The iPhone will flash a blank/black screen and then transfer you to the home screen as usual.
Of course the above is no consolation to people that are already experiencing problems with ASOD, synching, upgrading etc. but at least it holds, with a high degree of confidence, the promise of not letting you have this problem appearing again in the future (after you restore from factory settings!)
Personally, after reading, comparing, asking (iPhone support people are absolutely of no help) and restoring my iPhone from scratch, I now have 65+ apps on it and as long as I terminate the processes with the lengthy (and irritating) 5-6 seconds push, I am errors free.
Of course, I may have just created yet another internet rumor/hoax just by typing this….
Good info Demetrios. I guess you reaffirm my point that if you don’t shut down apps like you suggest, then at the very least, rebooting before making any phone changes is recommended.
Thanks Demetrios. And Thanks to ilium for keeping us posted. One personal problem now…..instead of checking this blog every 10 min for news, I’ve been opening iTunes every 10 mins checking for app updates.
I am a loser. But here’s to getting iPhone eWallet Sync really really soon. YEAH.
“I really don’t like how Apple is handling the App Store. I think I miss windows mobile a lot right now. No ridiculous wait times to get a piece of software out just release it when ready!”
Are you kidding me? Have you actually used ActiveSync? More like ActiveStink. I know that iTunes has it’s faults, but ActiveSync and PocketPC/WindowsMobile had constant freezing, lockups. etc.
I’ve used ActiveSync for years, and have never experienced the behavior Jeremy mentions. OTOH, I love my new Touch…
@Jeremy I used Windows Mobile for years and honestly didn’t have a ton of problems with syncing. But I will admit that I mostly did direct phone installs thru CAB files and also used exchange activesync OTA for all the rest of my data.
iTunes is terrible! Much worse than Activesync, my iTunes crashes all the time, even installed iTunes on a new laptop with nothing else and it still crashes. Not to mention the UI is terrible, it’s bloatware with too many functions put into one shell. Why couldn’t apple release a separate sync software from the media management app, they could be integrated when users want both, but not everyone wants that experience. Of course I know that’s contrary to Apple’s development mantra of a tightly controlled end to end experience.
And before you call me out on Apple, I was an Apple II and Mac guy for a decade before getting tired (at the wrong time!
) and switched off in the late 90s before OS X came out.
My last winmo phone was tremendous, the HTC Touch Dual, had the right balance of what I needed. I got suckered in my the iPhone hype
I like the iPhone’s browser (amazing), but so many other problems right now. The potential is there and I’m sure I’ll sing its praises soon enough, but right now, not impressed.
For instance, when I load contacts, it takes 10-15 seconds before the app is responsive! Never had such an issue on WinMo, that was one thing they got right (making phone calls). Talked to someone at the genius bar and after a very valiant attempt to diagnose they can’t figure it out.
As I feared you used Bonjour for the sync capabilities. There are a number of problems with Bonjour that I wont go into but the big one is that it is a non-routable protocol.
If your wireless network is on a different subnet than your desktop (quite common in larger networks) then you are SOL…unless you can get your network admin to add the special DNS configurations to support it (good luck…Bonjour uses a broadcast method of discovery..something network admins try to avoid/minimize).
Is there a way to manually copy the wallet file to the iPhone? Is there any other method to get them on the iPhone instead of using Bonjour?
Don’t care so much about sync as just being able to get my wallet files on the iPhone somehow…without having to use Bonjour.
P.S. Bonjour is one of “extras” iTunes installs without your permission on Windows PC’s…it is quite a headache on larger networks since it has a tendency to issues excessive or malfunctioning broadcasts. If you cant tell I have had my share of fun dealing with it working at a company that has about 45% Macs
…did i mention it conflicts with active directory domains that end with .local? (Bonjour uses .local internally)…i can go on but i’ll stop now..just repeat after me, Bonhour is EVIL
Ed, the only way to get the file on your phone is to jailbreak it… Apple has locked things down so applications can only access files in their own directories… So even if you use FileMagnet or some other tool to move the file over, eWallet would never see it.
I have jailbroken my phone and then SSHd the file over…. but I am not a big fan of this route as I wonder if the patched kernel may cause some problems.
I can tell you though, that you can jailbreak, move the file over, backup, then restore to a non-jailbreak firmware and then do an iPhone restore and the file you moved over will be there. The iPhone backup has no idea that your wallet was not created on the phone.
“HOWEVER if you buy eWallet for iPhone and send us an email with your iTunes receipt (subject FREE DESKTOP EWALLET) BEFORE we release the sync update you can get the desktop portion free.”
I’m confused… this opportunity has not been well publicized… where exactly are we supposed to email a copy of our itunes receipt to qualify for the free desktop ewallet?