Thread: iphone apps

I dont know what the pricing difference there is but I suspect that buying a 3G now and then hoping to get the 3GS in September will mean you will have to fork out a bundle. My mate did that though when the 3GS came out here though. He made the difference by selling his 3G on fleaBay.

There are some good and easy to read ebooks using iFlow. I'm currently reading Benjamin Button.

Also, assuming you use them- facebook, twitterfon, skype and IM+ lite (for msn chat, aol chat etc)

Papertoss, Paypal and Shazam is fun too. Shazam will identify songs you are hearing if you dont know what they are. But hey, thats just for fun.

If anyone knows of any travel apps for the UK i'd LOVE to hear about them. National Rail Enquiries seem to have the monopoly on rail at the moment. There are no apps for UK bs timetables.

EDIT: Oh and PS I love Google Earth.

anyone here tried mobile stogie?

Originally Posted by Bill S

Doc, there are lots of really useful apps that I like. For example, Sicboater set me up at the NC get together with an app that lets me get into the SRP chat from my phone. Very elementary for some of our propeller heads but good for me. There are something like 65K apps available and that's just from the "legal" source, iTunes. If you get the phone shoot me a pm and we can talk apps based on what you are interested in.

I've had all three generations of iPhones and the newest one is really great. My only caveat has to do with your service in the Asheville area. As I recall, I wasn't always getting the best 3G coverage, but I could be wrong.

+1, the app is called "rooms" and it was developed by the guys who developed IRC. There are many good apps out there Doc and odds are that you will find some that suit your needs.

-Rob

Originally Posted by Doc

I am thinking about getting an iphone. Are there any free apps that you guys find really helpful that I should consider getting?

Bump is the best app ever, i use it daily. also, the built in weather program sucks, get the weather channel one (free). most of the good games cost a few dollars.

there is also a bubble level program for iphone that is suprisingly handy

Originally Posted by jockeys

Bump is the best app ever, i use it daily. also, the built in weather program sucks, get the weather channel one (free). most of the good games cost a few dollars.

there is also a bubble level program for iphone that is suprisingly handy

+1. The weather channel app is exponentially better. I use it daily to check the weather on my ipod. I use a level program, and it's really great. When we moved into our new place and went to hang paintings, it got all of them level.

My favorite free apps are:

Dictionary!- a free dictionary

Pandora- the free internet radio website

Epocrates- a medical app with drug information that includes identification, interactions, and side effects.

Units- a unit converter for almost everything, from energy, temperature, speed, and volumetric flow.

Stanza- a free ebook program that lets you connect to pay and free book sources. I only use the free book sources and have found them to be very good. I just finished Ben Franklin's autobiography.


I've only ever bought 1 app from the app store, and it was Fantastic Contraption. It's an engineering and physics puzzle game that was worth the $4 or $5 I spent on it.