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Just got an iphone so am now trying to find out what the best apps are that are out there.
Any recommendations?
Woud like a sat nav type thingy but not sure if any are available for free that sepak to you?
Anythgin about that allows me to use music that i have on the phone as a ringtone?
And anythign else you can reccomend.
Cheers
Dan
Any recommendations?
Woud like a sat nav type thingy but not sure if any are available for free that sepak to you?
Anythgin about that allows me to use music that i have on the phone as a ringtone?
And anythign else you can reccomend.
Cheers
Dan
Beejive is a good instant messenger app, also if you subscribe to any feeds Pro RSS is good. Flashlight is useful, and get DecibelMeter for pre-track noise tests at home. MotionX GPS is a pretty good app too. iShoot is a cool tank battle game, and the X-plane games are pretty good too. Also the Bloomberg app is much better than the standard stocks one as it has news feeds and currency rates. That's about all I can remember.
andy_s said:
Turn by turn satnav should be supported by the next software update (2.3?).
V3.0 actually.. But yes, no sat nav type apps currently available. But the included map app is still very useful.Theres been a few iphone/ipod touch app threads, but I never have any luck with the bloody search function on this site!
Dynolicious.. A few pistonheaders have this. Its a car performance measuring tool, giving bhp and quarter mile times etc Quite accurate but is highly dependant on an accurate weight input first. Still, well worth checking out.
X-plane. Theres several different versions of these. Its a great flight sim.
Trism. A very addictive puzzle game.
ColorSplash. Nifty photo effects app.
Units. Very useful units converter. Currency, temperature, speed, time and pressure etc etc.
SpeedTest. This comes from the bandwidth testing site speedtest.net Test your connection speed either via 3G or Wifi etc.
Shazam. Damn clever app! Not sure what a tune is? It listens, and tells you what it is. And if you want, takes you to the iTunes store so you can buy it.
iPint. Very silly app! But no matter what nifty apps I show people, they only seem to be impressed by iPint. You have to see that for yourself
Theres tons more.. But thats a few to check out to begin with
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Another vote for Bloomberg, if you're remotely interested in finance (or it's your job...) then it's a superb implementation. I probably spend as much time in the Bloomberg app as I do with email.
LD1racing - you mention a decibel meter app - is this anywhere near accurate, i.e. usable? Have you compared it to a normal noise meter?
X-Plane runs right at the ragged edge of RAM on the iPhone - it's bloody impressive but crashes more often than not. If you're going to show off how cool the iPhone is by running X-Plane, reboot it first to clear out the RAM... nothing less cool than it crashing repeatedly when a sceptical Windows Mobile user looks on laughing
As to other apps, functional stuff like Converter (comprehensive units converter), MyRail (hooks into national rail timetables), London City (tube map), Flashlight (already mentioned, but mine is the Cydia version with no limit on brightness), Terminal (only for hackers really), a load of CLI stuff and Bejeweled (still a fun game even now) is really all I tend to use. Cydia is a Debian-repository-based installer that gets installed when you jailbreak the phone. Only necessary if you want full control over the phone, or want to hack things.
For 'expensive' paid apps, I've got the Ultralingua french and spanish translation dictionaries, same app but different dictionaries, and it's a good app at that. Used to use Ultralingua on the Palm and the iPhone version is similarly good
LD1racing - you mention a decibel meter app - is this anywhere near accurate, i.e. usable? Have you compared it to a normal noise meter?
X-Plane runs right at the ragged edge of RAM on the iPhone - it's bloody impressive but crashes more often than not. If you're going to show off how cool the iPhone is by running X-Plane, reboot it first to clear out the RAM... nothing less cool than it crashing repeatedly when a sceptical Windows Mobile user looks on laughing
As to other apps, functional stuff like Converter (comprehensive units converter), MyRail (hooks into national rail timetables), London City (tube map), Flashlight (already mentioned, but mine is the Cydia version with no limit on brightness), Terminal (only for hackers really), a load of CLI stuff and Bejeweled (still a fun game even now) is really all I tend to use. Cydia is a Debian-repository-based installer that gets installed when you jailbreak the phone. Only necessary if you want full control over the phone, or want to hack things.
For 'expensive' paid apps, I've got the Ultralingua french and spanish translation dictionaries, same app but different dictionaries, and it's a good app at that. Used to use Ultralingua on the Palm and the iPhone version is similarly good
I have 7 pages odd, but the ones that stand out as being really good or really useful:
Movies (or flixster?) A really useful and very polished app - cinema times, movie ratings, shows local cinemas and shows you trailers
AroundMe - Local services based on your current gps position, nearest pubs, banks and such like, very simple
Remote - Super cool app that allows you full control of your itunes library on the pc, from your phone, like a full on remote control, Great if you use your computer as a sound system like myself!
Take me to my car - Stick a peg in where you have parked, and navigate back to it, ideal for not having to remember where you parked at the NEC!
iTalk - Voice recording simple but useful
as for games, I LOVE iShoot, its so simple yet fantastically addictive!
Movies (or flixster?) A really useful and very polished app - cinema times, movie ratings, shows local cinemas and shows you trailers
AroundMe - Local services based on your current gps position, nearest pubs, banks and such like, very simple
Remote - Super cool app that allows you full control of your itunes library on the pc, from your phone, like a full on remote control, Great if you use your computer as a sound system like myself!
Take me to my car - Stick a peg in where you have parked, and navigate back to it, ideal for not having to remember where you parked at the NEC!
iTalk - Voice recording simple but useful
as for games, I LOVE iShoot, its so simple yet fantastically addictive!
snotsnfarts said:
Tioti TV 59p but saves you phoning up from the pub to ask to record the top gear or any tv, away on hols on christmas and want to record her maj's speech no problem...anything on you sky or virgin box.
Its now £1.79, but still worth it.iNap is good for commuting
Shazam is great
Urban spoon is good too.
snotsnfarts said:
Tioti TV 59p but saves you phoning up from the pub to ask to record the top gear or any tv, away on hols on christmas and want to record her maj's speech no problem...anything on you sky or virgin box.
Not virgin I'm afraid. listings yes, recording setup no.Measures is the best converter I've found.
Weather Pro is worth a couple of quid too.
WIKIPANION - knowledge is power
GASBAG - working out how much per mile my guzzler is costing me
TWITTERFON - reading sniff petrol updates during the GP
FIELDRUNNERS - very addictive game I play on the toilet
TRAILS - for when I want to know where I've been running/cycling/driving
DICTIONARY - ?
EBAY
TRACE - cool little game to while away the minutes
GOOGLE EARTH - needs a wifi connection to work
ARCHERS - not the drink, but shooting arrows at foes
POCKETPEDIA - all your collections in one place - dvd's/cd's/games whatever
GASBAG - working out how much per mile my guzzler is costing me
TWITTERFON - reading sniff petrol updates during the GP
FIELDRUNNERS - very addictive game I play on the toilet
TRAILS - for when I want to know where I've been running/cycling/driving
DICTIONARY - ?
EBAY
TRACE - cool little game to while away the minutes
GOOGLE EARTH - needs a wifi connection to work
ARCHERS - not the drink, but shooting arrows at foes
POCKETPEDIA - all your collections in one place - dvd's/cd's/games whatever
If you're a watch fan here's one from Glycine I've yet to try;
http://www.glycine-watch.ch/e/news/news.e.jsp?ID_D...
http://www.glycine-watch.ch/e/news/news.e.jsp?ID_D...
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