Brix from XBRL US Inc. - XBRL on your iPhone

XBRL US Inc is releasing their iPhone application. Congratulations to XBRL US Inc for creation of that application and the decision to release it as a free application. This is a great move to support the wider adoption of XBRL.

Congratulations XBRL US Inc.

The e-mail from David Tauriello at XBRL US Inc follows:

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Dear XBRL International Members:

Shortly we will be issuing a press release announcing the launch of an iPhone app designed to deliver data from, and about, corporate financial statements moments after they are filed to demonstrate the power and benefits of XBRL.  Brix is free and can be found at http://xbrl.us/iphoneapp or by searching for “XBRL” in the iTunes Apps Store.

XBRL US members and experts from a wide range of industries and disciplines are being invited to participate in a series of large-scale virtual events scheduled to begin in mid-September – we’ll be sending out more information on these events to all members.   Brix users can also request an invitation to participate via the app’s “Learn More” section.

Please read the release to learn more about it:  http://xbrl.us/news/pages/20100819.aspx

Sincerely,

David

David Tauriello
Vice President, Member Services

(202) 448-1985

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Suddenly I wish I'd bought an iPhone instead of an Android. 

Quoting from the press release: 

The Brix app enables iPhone viewing, searching, and sorting of XBRL reports and tags.  It also uses the Notification feature to alert a user when a specific company files an XBRL report, or when a specific tag is used, and offers a one-click email forward of XBRL documents as an Excel attachment.
“This application is designed to help the business and technology sectors ‘get’ what XBRL is”, said XBRL US communications VP Michelle Savage, “As the movement continues to go mainstream, experiments like Brix not only raise public awareness and understanding, it helps those of us in the international XBRL consortium to develop best practices and increase the usability of XBRL.”