Hooray! I finally got my iPhone today! My number hasn’t been ported over from my old carrier yet, so I can’t use it to make any actual phone calls til that happens. But we’ve got it on the house wireless and we’re having a play. Snookums is sitting next to me watching “Jesus is my friend” on YouTube.
For those that have one, any good app recommendations? I’ve got Facebook, RTM, and AroundMe. What else is good? Any usage hints or tips?
Jason Young
January 11, 2009 — 12:29 am
I don’t have an iphone, but I hear about Shazam a lot on podcasts. It sounds like a bunch of fun.
WeeB
January 11, 2009 — 1:20 am
I don’t have an iphone either. Can’t justify getting one atm but i’ve been impressed by these. http://www.dial2do.com/ and http://www.reqall.com. Reqall has it’s own iphone apps, dial2do doesn’t but i still like both.
Jenny
January 11, 2009 — 1:24 am
I like Tangram. I can’t remember what we called it in elementary, but I don’t think it was that. You’ll know as soon as you see it.
Scott Forbes
January 11, 2009 — 3:28 am
Seconding Tangram. MotionX Poker (shake the phone to roll the dice) and Fieldrunners (tower defense game) are a lot of fun as well.
If you use NetNewsWire (RSS reader), the iPhone app is a must-have. I’ve got a couple of other good apps for local movie times, restaurant picks, etc., but I suspect they’re USA-centric.
patrick
January 11, 2009 — 6:31 am
Facebook, TwitterFon, and Wikipanion are indispensable. I use the Jaadu VNC client a lot; same with Amazon app and Shazam. Apple’s Remote app is good for impressing people at a party. My favorite game is a simple one– Cube Runner.
JulieB
January 11, 2009 — 8:35 am
If you’re weather-obsessed, OzWeather. It gets the feed (including radar) directly from BOM, so you know what’s really happening.
I’m also obsessive about Bejewelled2.
Donna
January 11, 2009 — 9:18 am
There’s one knitting app, StitchMinder. I’ve downloaded it, but I haven’t had too much of a play with it yet. (It’s a freebie) I have a weather one, too, but it’s a different one than Julie’s. I like Weightbot, too. You can track your weight daily, and set goals if you’re into that kind of thing.
Major
January 11, 2009 — 11:28 am
Remote =Cannot Live without. Controls iTunes over the wireless network. Both Steph and I have it on our iPhones and we use it constantly.
Check out iTrail as well. Good run/cycle/walk GPS tracker that integrates with Google maps to give you where you ran, altitude, speed graphs etc. Pretty cool.
Shane
January 11, 2009 — 7:31 pm
Google Earth is nice, also FitView Lite for keeping track of cardio and weight workouts.
M-H
January 12, 2009 — 10:53 am
Bejewelled gets my vote too.
M-H
January 12, 2009 — 10:55 am
Also Jewel Quest.
Kel
January 13, 2009 — 12:51 pm
i like midomi better than shazam, b/c it let’s you hum or sing songs to figure them out as well (which is also a fun game to play). other faves of mine are flashlight, ap mobile news, digg’s shovel, pandora, bigoven, tapdefense, ifishing (free ed.), shakespeare (free and has all of his plays, great for reading on the bus, in bed, etc.), word warp, zippo lighter (for concerts) labyrinth (free ed.), fs5 touch hockey (free air hockey game), the weather channel, and topple.
Kel
January 13, 2009 — 12:52 pm
LETS! i hate when people write that wrong!
Lara
January 14, 2009 — 7:03 pm
This proves it. EVERYONE has one except me. I’m off to pout now.
Kris
January 14, 2009 — 10:38 pm
I thought *I* was the last one! I’ve been pouting for a year and a half now.
Benjamin Ragheb
January 14, 2009 — 11:50 pm
Sorry to swoop in out of nowhere, but since you asked: FatWatch is an app I wrote which tracks your weight against a moving average, so you can see which way it is trending.
http://www.fatwatchapp.com/