We recently published Obscura, a new picture safe for Android. Obscura uses OI Safe to encrypt images, similar to how you encrypt your private notes in OI Notepad through OI Safe. Obscura uses the same master key and password as OI Safe. Therefore it is important that you back up the master key of OI Safe by entering OI Safe and pressing menu > more > backup. Otherwise you will not be able to recover your photos after a phone reset.

The free trial version is limited to 10 encrypted images. You can upgrade to the full version by buying a license from Android Market or from OpenIntents.biz.

TimeXChange is a new plugin for the Timesheet application. It lets you connect and synchronize to your TimeXchange.net account. Use it to download your tasks and upload times.

We welcome a new application in the OpenIntents series: OI Safe is the successor of Android Password Safe. It protects your passwords and other private data with AES encryption. All encrypted information is stored in a database on the phone. No information is kept online.

OI Safe works together with the latest version of OI Notepad: If you have both applications installed on your phone, you can encrypt your notes with the same password that you use in OI Safe. The password actually never leaves the safe, so this is a very secure way to protect your private notes. For details, see CryptoIntents.

Recently, we have released the first version of OI About and updated the following applications:

OI About 1.0.0: Display version information, links, credits, and license.
OI Newsreader 1.0.8: Critical update: Time restriction removed. Additional Features (Mark all as read, Purge old Data).
OI Updater 1.0.2: Performance; download from default shop.
OI Convert CSV 1.0.1: Support for Outlook Notes Format.
Timesheet 1.0.2: Scheduled jobs, reminder, expenses.
Splashplay 1.0.4: Time restriction removed.

We present two new applications: Timesheet lets you track the times you spend on your various jobs. You can specify customer, hourly rate, and task description. You can track your working hours "live" (start, stop, have a break), or adjust manually later. A special feature is that you can see live updates of total duration and costs per customer or for all customers. You can export the timesheet in CSV format that you can import in Excel or OpenOffice Calc.

PocketPlay is an audio player for your pocket. It is designed to be as easy to use as possible, even without looking at the phone (e.g. while in your pocket ). It comes with only three big, friendly buttons while playing so that you can not press a wrong button accidentally. A Playlist Editor and Trackbrowser are included.

These applications are from the same team of developers who created all the great OI applications, but we we wanted to charge for these applications. So they are not open source, and we dropped "OI" from the name to make that clear. We still hope that you like them and we are convinced that they are worth their salt. :-)

Currently only the trial versions are available from the Market. You can buy full version licenses at our new business web site OpenIntents.biz.

We are happy to announce the OI File Manager. It supports easy navigation through your folders on your SD card, and basic functions like rename, move, delete. A nice feature is the "Send" command that allows you to send files as attachements. The great news for developers is that it contains pick intents for files and folders: third party applications can use the OI File Manager to display an "Open file", "Save file", or "Select directory" activity.

The following extensions are now on the Market: OI Voice Notes is an extension for OI Notepad and OI Shopping List and allows to record and play a voice memo attached to a note or shopping list. The second extension is OI Convert CSV that lets you import and export notes or shopping lists to CSV files. Shopping list CSV files can be imported in Excel or Outlook. Notes are compatible to the Palm CSV format. Furthermore, Convert CSV lets you use the OI File Manager to select import or export files.

PS: Since we have seen many confused posts on the Market, let us point out the following: THE EXTENSIONS WILL NOT LAUNCH BY THEMSELVES. The extensions will show up as additional menu entries in OI Notepad and OI Shopping list (either directly, or through the menu / More command). Please help to spread this information in the Market comment section :-)

Our latest application, OI Update, is now in the Market. It keeps version information of all your installed applications in a central place and notifies you of available updates. The main advantage for developers and end users is that not every application has to include their own update routine. This saves a lot of duplicated code, and many applications can drop the INTERNET permission if they only used it for automatic updates.

One of the first applications to make use of OI Update is OI Countdown. The application does what it says. Features include notification with sound and vibration, and you can define an unlimited number of named countdowns that you can launch concurrently. Make perfectly boiled eggs while you take out the pizza of the stove when it just starts to get crispy.

Our latest application, the OpenIntents Notepad has been downloaded from the Android Market over 10,000 times in less than 24 hours. It has already surpassed our other applications, the OI News Reader, the OI Shopping list, and the OI Flashlight. We have seen over 200 comments in the Market, ranging from "I love you" to "where can I donate". Well - we love you, too, and you can donate here (since you asked... :-) ).

But more important is that you like our applications. We constantly try to improve them, so if you have found bugs, have feedback, comments, or suggestions for new features, we'd love to hear about that in our forum.

Have fun with the apps, and remember to check back frequently, as we still have some goodies in our pipeline.

Since Oct 27, 2008, we have the first three OpenIntents application in the Android Market.

The OI News Reader helps you get the latest news to your phone. The OI Shopping list allows you to keep track of your shopping items or create a ToDo list. And the OI Flashlight is a small application that allows you to find your way in the dark by keeping the devices backlight turned on.

Of course, there is also the ADC top 50 winner SplashPlay in the Android Market.

We will upload more applications over time and improve the existing ones thanks to your feedback, so be sure to check back this site frequently!