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Architizer on Architactile

Bucket List Item #27: Be mentioned on Architizer.com... CHECK Architactile was mentioned on Architizer's Wednesday's Brew today... There’s an App for that: running an office edition. Architactile is a new start-up whose goal is to make touch computing useful for architects. Their first iPad app, Inception, ...

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Inception Set to Launch Next Week!

It's been a while since my last post. We've been hard at work preparing for the release of the Architactile Inception. The final code was submitted to Apple for approval on New Year's Eve and has already received approval. This week we're getting our ducks in a row for the launch and finalizing some ...

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Inception Lite Trial Ends, December Release Planned

Two months ago we released a free preview version of Architactile Inception called Inception Lite for iPad. The idea was to get feedback from architects and AEC professionals about what we're doing and what they like to see in the final product. We're very pleased with the response and would like to share a little ...

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AECBytes on iPad’s Potential in Architecture

I'm a big fan of AECBytes.  I was glad to see in her great article about Autodesk's recent announcements that Lachmi Khemlani took the opportunity to hypothesis about the future of the iPad in the world of architecture.  Lachmi envisioned using ...

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AutoCAD Coming to an iPad Near You!

After a 15 year absence, Autodesk is finally returning to the Mac with the forthcoming AutoCAD® for Mac® software. The Architectural Services industry has been trending back towards an Apple centric world for some time now, so it's nice to see AutoCAD join the ranks of cross-platform CAD with

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Architactile Inception Lite Now Available!

Architactile is pleased to finally announce that Inception Lite for iPad is now available in the Apple App Store for download at no cost. Inception Lite is a special edition of the Inception product that is being made available for a limited time at no cost to give the architecture community an opportunity to download, evaluate ...

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Architactile Inception Screenshots

The Prerelease Preview version of Architactile Inception is awaiting Apple iTunes App Store approval. We're hoping to hear any day now. Architactile Inception for iPad will be made available at no cost for evaluation purposes and feedback for about 2 months. We're planning on a Version 1 release in September 2010. We think Architactile Inception will ...

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Ruggedize Your iPad for the Job Site

When I talk to folks about writing iPad applications for the Architecture, Engineering & Construction industry one question that frequently comes up is “Is the iPad rugged enough for the job site?”  While the iPad is a sturdy device with no moving parts it’s certainly not impervious to being accidentally dropped.  So I was pleased to discover the Defender Series iPad case from OtterBox

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iPad at Work: Architect

While we at Architactile are trying to develop super cool architecture applications for iPad, we think there’s all kinds of other useful stuff architects can use iPads for in addition to running our apps.  We’re seeing signs of this pop up all over. Today I stumbled across…

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