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I have been away from the site a bit due to some other work obligations outside of e4c.  But I’d like to take the opportunity to write and say “Thanks!” to the many folks who have supported our products.  We wouldn’t be here without you!!!

Here’s an updated roadmap of what’s gonna happen in the near future:

1. There is a new app called “Filipino Phrase of the Day” which will be a nice pseudo-entry app for folks curious about Tagalog/Filipino.  It should be available on iTunes by Wednesday 2/25/09. Each day, there will be a new educational phrase that will be shown on the screen.  The user will be able to hear the native speaker speak each phrase.  Each phrase contains a language lesson about that phrase in the comments section.  Each phrase will be saved to the “History” page as the next day arrives.  As the days go by, the user will realize that they are growing a mini phrase book.  Eventually, they’ll max out at 100 phrases which were carefully chosen for both educational purposes and phrase book utility. 
2. Conversational Tagalog 1.3 will be sent for review hopefully by the end of the week.  We’re almost through with the changes and it will soon be in the test phrase.
3. In March, Tagalog Word of the Day will be getting a small face lift to match the rest of the products in the product line.
4. There will be a fun OpenGL app coming in May.  Details will be in the blog in the coming months.

That’s all there is to report for now.  Thanks again for your support!

We’ve just released our newest title “Filipino Phrases:  How to Argue, Use Slang, and More!”.

There were a lot of requests from folks who wanted to know some of the popular phrases, slang, and Tagalish (Tagalog/English) that they’ve heard but couldn’t understand.  While I’d say our Conversational Tagalog app teaches you the more “right” way to say and put together words, this app teaches you all those popular phrases that are NOT quite “the right way”.  A good portion of the phrase book concentrates on this.  If you’ve spent any amount of time at all absorbing the Filipino culture, you’ll realize that a lot of these popular phrases are said during arguments/complaints (hence, the origination of the app’s title).  

This was meant to be a fun app.  Don’t be surprised if you’ve heard a lot of these phrases before.  I’m sure in a short time, you’ll be a pro at a lot of these.

What’s a phrase book without the “standard” situational phrases like greetings, shopping, health and emergencies?  Well, they’re included too for “completeness”.  

Don’t expect any “R” rated phrases!  Apple doesn’t tolerate that and since they have to approve every app….  The phrases in this app are PG rated.  I think you’ll find that you’ll be able to hold your own in a lot of situations with these phrases.

I hope you all have fun with the app as we had building it.  If you have any suggestions or feedback, please email at support@e4csolutions.com.  Thanks for your support!