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1Password for iPad - Highly recommended

I've written earlier about how useful 1Password is - now it's available for iPad. I continue to highly recommend it to friends and colleagues. 1Password helps you quickly manage many web site accounts without re-using passwords. It also memorizes and fills in credit card numbers and software license codes.

If you're a Mac OS X user, 1Password is very easy to use. It integrates with Safari and Firefox to make saving and automating logins and generating new strong passwords super easy.

The iPad version makes it easy to manage many account passwords securely without having to repeatedly type in your password.

You can also synchronize 1Password across multiple Macs, iPhones and iPad with the help of DropBox. Here's the readme for integrating DropBox with 1Password.

The iPhone application sync via WiFi and is helpful for storing secure notes, credit card info and Web application logins - though I find I use it less than on my desktop Mac.

Give it a try. There is a 100% money back guarantee if you're not satisfied.

They also have great technical support. There have been a couple of minor glitches with their iPad release, but the company support folks responded very quickly with steps to work around the problem until the next application update (which came the next day).

Disclaimer: I do receive a share of 1Password sales through referrals on this site.

iPad Byline for Google Reader Not in the Near Pipeline

Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like ByLine will have an iPad application up very soon. Their support contact answered very quickly but the news isn't encouraging:

"We will be working on a version of the app for iPad, however we are currently working on the final touches of Byline 3.0 and will commence work after it's release.

Absolutely understandable. Unfortunately I have no ETA. Sorry I dislike giving such vague responses, however we have not looked at the iPad specifically re: software development as yet, given our focus is on the release of Byline 3.0. It is therefore difficult to give an ETA as we are not certain at this stage just how much work (and time) will be involved in developing an adapted version of Byline for iPad."

Based on this, I'm considering NetNewswire although early reports say that application is quite buggy as well. 

You can use Byline in iPhone mode.

See my earlier roundup: iPad News Reader Applications with Google Reader Support