Morcombe field guide released as an iPhone/iPod touch app

I would think the calls are a lot better if they are from Dave’s collection. I’m not knocking the BOCA series, because I rely on them a lot, but the more modern recordings, such as those by Dave Stewart, and more recently Graeme Chapman, are superior in audio quality, and the ones I’ve heard eliminate the pleasant but confusing ambient sounds of the bush – and other bird calls!

Russell Woodford

On Fri, October 22, 2010 8:15 am, Peter Shute wrote: > Will it run on an iPad? I’m not familiar with any of the three devices, > but had assumed applications would work on any. > > It is good news, and hopefully other field guides will follow suit. I > think the only existing similar application is the S&D field guide for > PCs, which pre dates it by a long time. Obviously it was an idea before > its time, and it will be interesting to see if others follow now, and for > which devices. > > Are you able to explain how the application works? E.g. What does one do > to look up a species image? Can one call up two at once to compare them, > or quickly swap between them? > > And how much overlap is there between this set of calls and the BOCA > calls? > > Peter Shute > > > ————————– > Sent using BlackBerry > > —– Original Message —– > From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au > > To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au > Sent: Fri Oct 22 07:11:26 2010 > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Morcombe field guide released as an iPhone/iPod > touch app > > This is to let everyone know that the Michael Morcombe field guide to > Australian birds was released as an iPhone / iPod touch app yesterday. It > can be found by searching for “Australian birds” in the Apple iTunes > store. > > The main advantage of this format (aside from the obvious size and weight > issue) is that it comes with the calls of all but a couple of the > regularly occurring species, provided by David Stewart. It sells for > $36.99. Beware that it’s a very large download (over 300MB). > > I provided comments on an earlier beta version of the app. Personally I > hope a lot more field guides become available in this format. While I > think I’d always choose a book if I was going somewhere where I didn’t > know most of the birds, in a place where you don’t need to be looking at a > book too often having all the information in your pocket all the time with > calls easily accessible is so convenient. I just hope the authors of the > Australian mammal, frog and reptile guides follow suit! > > For people who have not used iPods or iPhones before, this software will > only run on those devices. The cheapest iPod touch is around $280. > > Cheers, > > Murray Lord > > (and before anyone asks I have no financial interest in the product). > ========== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ========================================= > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ===============================

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