Tech Tuesday: Book Collector for iPod Touch and iPhone

Good news for collectors who have asked for mobile access to their collection database — users of the Collectorz suite will soon be able to view their books, movies, games, music, and/or comic collections on their iPod touch and iPhone. I wrote about the Book Collector application a few weeks ago, Organizing a Book Collection with Book Collector, and have been following company press releases as they prepared and submitted the apps for approval with the Apple iPhone App Store.

At present, the Movie and Book applications are available at the App Store; Games and Music are currently awaiting approval. Programs will work on both iPhone and iPod Touch and are available for $9.99 each. Users also need the latest Pro version of the Movie Collector or Book Collector. Currently the Windows version is available; the Mac edition is expected by August 2009.

For Book Collector, while the app is “viewer only,” users will be able to search for books already in their collection avoiding duplicate book purchases, manage a book Wish List, and view facts about the book.

If you purchase a lot of books and can’t always remember what is on your shelf, Book Collector and the mobile version could be a very useful tool for genealogy conferences and exhibit halls. Right now, I don’t know of other apps that offer both a Windows and Mac database and an iPod Touch/iPhone application. If you know of a similar software situation, please leave a comment; I’d like to hear about it.