I have rolled out an update to the Recipes App backend that allows the recipes to be in multiple categories. This makes sense with recipes as many of them seem like they should be in more than one category. You wont be able to take advantage of this until you install the new version of Recipes App. It is in the App Store review stage now. I havent gone through and put all the recipes into multiple categories though, only a few.

I have also added support to keep track of where recipes come from. So if people have free recipes that they want to share with this app, I can keep track of which recipes came from which people/companies.

I have also knocked off the Help tab from the app as it was a bit redundant. Hopefully the new version will be available very soon. The new version makes a big difference.

Recipes App

Last night I submitted the next version of the Recipes App to the App Store.  Hopefully in a few days it will be available to download.  There are a number of improvements in this version including the ability to browse through ALL recipes (finally!), and a new option called My Recipes.  You can save any recipe and it will be available in My Recipes. In the current version of the app, some of the recipes dont display correctly and are cut off.  This has also been fixed in the new version.

You dont need to create an account or anything like that to make use of My Recipes.  It uses your iPhone’s device ID to remember which recipes you have saved, so the whole process is seamless to you.  If you have use the ‘I Like’ button in the current version of the App, then those recipes will be in your My Recipes list.

By the end of the Macworld Keynote this morning, I was a little disappointed that we didnt see a 3G version of the iPhone, and that we didnt see the iPhone being rolled out to new countries. I was waiting for One more thing… but it never came.

But just now, while browsing the Apple NZ website, I noticed a reference to the iPhone. The page where the reference is made is talking about the new Time Capsule devices features (http://www.apple.com/nz/timecapsule/wireless.html). I do wonder if Apple will remove this reference soon, but for now it makes me wonder if the iPhone will be here in New Zealand soon.

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However, I do wonder if Apple will have a special announcement at the time they make the SDK available in late February that means the iPhone can be sold in different countries like New Zealand.

Of course, it could simply be a reference to the iPhone with no connotations. Maybe they are just talking about the iPhone that we are not legally allowed to own in New Zealand. I hope not.