iPhone or iPod touch apps

smg97791

So, my wife and I finally sold out and got iPhones. Well, I've spent the last 2 days or so browsing the iTunes app store and I wanted to see what apps everyone else is using and what the must have apps are. here's what I got so far:

ESPN ScoreCenter
Facebook
ESPN radio - can stream ESPN radio from affiliates all over the country, awesome!
Public Radio - can stream NPR from affiliates all over the country. Has about a 10-15 second delay.
Wikipanion
Dictionary.com
Bastion (game, download if you like Rampart)
geoDefense (game, tower defense, freaking awesome!)

Thats it so far.

37pheet

yo pm me i will hook u up!!!! no doubt!!!!

know1

I tried ESPN ScoreCenter and didn't like it nearly as much as Sportacular and SportsTap. I love the push game notifications from those apps. I believe all of these are free except GPush.

Here are a few of my other faves:
The Weather Channel - Alerts and Animated Radar
Facebook
Echofon - Twitter app
GPush - Pushes Gmail notifications
Flashlight
AroundMe - tells you about stores, gas stations, etc. that are near you
Slacker Radio
Urbanspoon
Flixter - movie listings
iheartradio - stream radio stations from all over the country
Cardstar - keeps your Kroger, Bank, Gym, Library, Blockbuster, etc. bar codes so you don't need the cards
Shazam - identifies music
JamBase - Concerts in your area
Joost - streaming TV
Free Wi-Fi finder
iWrecked - what to do if you have a car wreck
Sleepmaker - ambient noise for sleeping
iDriveLite - back up all your contacts online
Trapster - info on speed traps you might be approaching


I'm not much into games.

37pheet

jailbreak your mutha fuckin phone if u need help or have no clue pm me. i will hook up.

37pheet

i have, all FREE MIND YOU I DIDNT PAY 4 ANYTHING!!! tweetie 1 and 2, you r here, bust a move, super ko boxing, chef, all recipes, real futbol2010, detox, skeeball, i fishing fresh and saltwater, usa today. mr. aahh, camera genius, gps kit, tom tom, discovery, yowza, goodrec, poof, mover, zen bound, espn radio, last.fm, pandora, , open table, orbital, where, flight of the hamsters, peggle, flick bowling and fishing, tmz, sportacular, rolando 2, facebook, orb, mlb at bat, weatherbug elite. all free !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plus more stuff that i didnt bother to list. tom tom is a $100 app i got it for free and the gps kit is a $30 app also got it for free. let me know if u want free stuff. if not research u will find how to do it. IF THERE IS A WILLL THERE IS A WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flagg

OK, I don't have a jailbroken iPhone because I am not techy and have no idea how to do that stuff. But my fav apps are:

Maps
WeatherBug
Google Earth
Google Mobile
Traffic!
DallasNews
ScoreCenter
Sportacular
Grocery IQ
Pocket Tanks
Urban Spoon
To Do's
eBay
TWC
Shazam
Camera Genius
FStream
Discovery
MLB At Bat
Flight Control
Convertbot
PayPal
Restaurants
Chipotle
Yelp
Starbucks

DeLukin

EA Sports Tetris, FTW.

g under p

I'm on my iPhone now bought one less than a week ago cause I broke my other phone at a u2 concert. I don' t like any games and every aps has to be free.

Peace

South of Seattle

I won't repeat the apps already mentioned, just add to the list.

Dropbox
ColorSplash
Accuweather
Cocktail Compass
iLike Concerts
Fandango
Quick Tip
Google Voice
Ski Report
Bump
BeerPong
Flight Control
Zynga Poker
Yahoo Fantasy Football
Lose It
Weber On the Grill
Mixology
Snaptell
Trapster
Phone flicks
Huffington post
Lose It
Text +

_

What kind of apps are you looking for? I only have an iPod touch, so some of the good apps wouldn't work well for me, but here are some of the ones I have and like the best:

Grocery Gadget
Toodledo
AppBox Pro
Facebook
mSecure
AllRecipes
Earthbook
Google Earth
UrbanSpoon
Art
Classics
Great Books
USA Manual
PS (PhotoSafe)
Bump
Yahtzee
Life Timer
Docs to Go
Whiteboard
Travelocity
Photogene
Occassions
PubMed on Tap
Ambiance
CNN
Daily Tracker
Epocrates

Byrnzie

So what's the best I-phone model to get? I'm out of the loop on this thing. Are iphone's worth having? How much is a good one?

South of Seattle

Byrnzie wrote:

So what's the best I-phone model to get? I'm out of the loop on this thing. Are iphone's worth having? How much is a good one?

The 32g 3GS

I've played with many gadgets over my lifetime. The iphone may be the easiest most useful thing I've ever used.

Byrnzie

South of Seattle wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

So what's the best I-phone model to get? I'm out of the loop on this thing. Are iphone's worth having? How much is a good one?

The 32g 3GS

I've played with many gadgets over my lifetime. The iphone may be the easiest most useful thing I've ever used.

Cool. I may add it to my X-mas list for Santa :P

Architect and Builder

for music..

Pandora & WOXY radio apps

i think the Pixies channel on Pandora is heaven

South of Seattle

know1 wrote:

I tried ESPN ScoreCenter and didn't like it nearly as much as Sportacular and SportsTap. I love the push game notifications from those apps. I believe all of these are free except GPush.

Here are a few of my other faves:
The Weather Channel - Alerts and Animated Radar
Facebook
Echofon - Twitter app
GPush - Pushes Gmail notifications
Flashlight
AroundMe - tells you about stores, gas stations, etc. that are near you
Slacker Radio
Urbanspoon
Flixter - movie listings
iheartradio - stream radio stations from all over the country
Cardstar - keeps your Kroger, Bank, Gym, Library, Blockbuster, etc. bar codes so you don't need the cards
Shazam - identifies music
JamBase - Concerts in your area
Joost - streaming TV
Free Wi-Fi finder
iWrecked - what to do if you have a car wreck
Sleepmaker - ambient noise for sleeping
iDriveLite - back up all your contacts online
Trapster - info on speed traps you might be approaching


I'm not much into games.

Just added Cardstar, iwrecked, & Sportacular

Super Vedder

Perfect Balance Harmony - great puzzle game that makes time just dissappear (sp?)

Brain of J.Lo

smg97791 wrote:

So, my wife and I finally sold out and got iPhones. Well, I've spent the last 2 days or so browsing the iTunes app store and I wanted to see what apps everyone else is using and what the must have apps are. here's what I got so far:

ESPN ScoreCenter
Facebook
ESPN radio - can stream ESPN radio from affiliates all over the country, awesome!
Public Radio - can stream NPR from affiliates all over the country. Has about a 10-15 second delay.
Wikipanion
Dictionary.com
Bastion (game, download if you like Rampart)
geoDefense (game, tower defense, freaking awesome!)

Thats it so far.

My daughter loves the spongebob tickler, the zippo lighter and super monkey ball.

mensane

try the Where the Wild Things Are app. pretty fun.

i love my iphone.

pearljgirl2010

here's a fun article on the 10 most useless apps...

http://tech.msn.com/products/slideshow. ... &GT1=40000

Nothingman54

Just got the iPhone. Very cool and fast. I want to get the most out of this phone unlike phones in the past. I wish apple would make a iPhone printer. Just plug the iPhone into a printer. I would never buy another computer. I see some crazy apps, tracking cellphone apps. Anybody use those to track gf, bf, or son or daughter? Creepy

Starfall

I have a lot of apps, but only a handful synced to my 32GB iPhone 3GS:

Amazon.com
Backgrounds (browse pictures you can use as backgrounds)
Bump (Contact info exchange)
Constitution (very handy for those A Moving Train threads)
Cube Runner (racing game)
DISH Network (account info, control your DVR remotely)
Easy Wi-Fi (Simplifies connection to AT&T Hotspots)
Echofon (Twitter app)
Facebook
Fake Calls/FC (makes a fake call to allow you to escape a bad date lol)
Flashlight
Google Earth
Huffington Post
iBART (BART train schedules)
iHandy Level (carpenter's level)
Labyrinth LE (game)
Last.fm
Lightsaber (for the wannabe Jedi)
Local Concerts
(Rachel) Maddow
(AT&T)Marks the Spot (reports dead spots or dropped calls)
(Starbucks) Mobile Card (manages your Starbucks cards)
(AT&T) myWireless Account
SIRIUS/XM Online
Pandora Radio
Peanut Butter Jelly Time!
Pearl Jam (of course)
Remote (Controls your iTunes over Wi-Fi)
(AAA) Roadside
Shazam (ID's music by "listening" to a sample)
Skype
Solitaire Free
Translator
YouMail (voicemail replacement)

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Anyway, I've never jailbroken my iPhones, nor do I ever plan to. There's way, way, more than enough free (and cheap) apps on the iTunes App Store to keep me happy, and I prefer officially supported firmware, since you run the risk of voiding your warranty on a jailbreak if it goes bad.

Johnny Abruzzo

I'm looking forward to trying out Trapster in my new G37!

Some good apps not mentioned thus far:
Games: Skee-Ball, FSS Hockey (air hockey), Ms PacMan, Wurdle, The Price Is Right, 3 Hand 21
Others: BeerCloud, PA Traffic (cameras), Open Table, Around Me

MLB At Bat is great for baseball fans! None of the other leagues has anything like it.

mca47

Should have waited and got the iPhone on Verizon. Sounds like it's going to happen very soon.

Sorry, AT&T sucks ass.

Starfall

mca47 wrote:

Should have waited and got the iPhone on Verizon. Sounds like it's going to happen very soon.

Sorry, AT&T sucks ass.

I despise Verizon with a passion, yet I'm REALLY hoping they get the iPhone. Then when all their subscribers in NY and SF start getting dropped calls and bandwidth congestion too, we'll see how those stupid map commercials play out.

LloydXmas

I don't ever want to know life with out pocket tunes radio. Sirius all day including Howard

LloydXmas

Nothingman54 wrote:

Just got the iPhone. Very cool and fast. I want to get the most out of this phone unlike phones in the past. I wish apple would make a iPhone printer. Just plug the iPhone into a printer. I would never buy another computer. I see some crazy apps, tracking cellphone apps. Anybody use those to track gf, bf, or son or daughter? Creepy

HP Has an app for their network printer. Looks pretty cool

dustinpardue

The Onion app will be released on 4/5

Flagg

mca47 wrote:

Should have waited and got the iPhone on Verizon. Sounds like it's going to happen very soon.

Sorry, AT&T sucks ass.

I think that greatly depends on where you are. Here in Dallas AT&T is far and away the best service. I would never want my iPhone on Verizon.

But I'll be glad when that choice is available so people can bail if they aren't happy.

Flagg

Starfall mentioned the Dish app. I just got that one recently. First of all, controlling your DVR from your phone is bad ass enough, but how crazy is it that your phone can be your remote control?

So I can bring up the remote on my phone, press pause and a signal goes out from the phone to the cell tower to wherever and eventually to the satellite dish and back to my house to pause my TV. In a split second. I don't know why but that amazes me!

It is also fun to be in another room knowing your kids are watching something and then change the channel on them. Cheap laughs!

My other new favorite app is Words With Friends Free. Scrabble anyone?!

HeavyHands

Byrnzie wrote:

So what's the best I-phone model to get? I'm out of the loop on this thing. Are iphone's worth having? How much is a good one?

Be sure to look into how much the support plan will cost you each month. As far as I know, the unlimited voice/data plan is $99 per month with texting an additional $20 per month for a total of $119 monthly.

If these numbers are accurate, is this device truly worth the $1,428 per year it will cost just to use it? Can anyone help me out with understanding whether the numbers above are correct and whether you really don't mind paying that much annually?

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HeavyHands wrote:

Byrnzie wrote:

So what's the best I-phone model to get? I'm out of the loop on this thing. Are iphone's worth having? How much is a good one?

Be sure to look into how much the support plan will cost you each month. As far as I know, the unlimited voice/data plan is $99 per month with texting an additional $20 per month for a total of $119 monthly.

If these numbers are accurate, is this device truly worth the $1,428 per year it will cost just to use it? Can anyone help me out with understanding whether the numbers above are correct and whether you really don't mind paying that much annually?

Yeah, in my area it's $300 for the best phone and then monthly fees of $70 for unlimited voice, $20 for unlimited text, and $30 for data (required). So, that's the same as what you said - not including all the taxes and fees. That's a little steep for me, but I'd do it if AT&T had better service.

For one thing, I really love the iPhone. It's absolutely amazing all the things it can do! It's like living in The Jetsons. For another thing, the usage cost is offset somewhat by savings in other areas. Just having a cell phone means you no longer need a land line, so there's a savings of - what? - $40/month right there. You could get away with canceling your internet service too (though I wouldn't want to), so that's another $40/month. Plus, there are little things. I'll never again have to buy a calendar, a calculator, an address book, a walkman or iPod, an alarm clock, a cookbook, a map, or numerous books I would otherwise have purchased. (I don't have an iPhone because I hate AT&T, but I have an iPod touch with most of the same features.) Plus, one might argue that having an iPhone might help you spend less money, with all the budgeting apps available.

Ultimately, I think it would be worth it for me.