JMS
July-16th-2009, 09:20 AM
In no particular order...
(*) ones I use the most..
(**) iFlippr - it's a flash card application which allows you to author decks, or use shared decks. Learn the state capitals or all the birds by name and their sound in your area. Endless applications. It's one of my favorite apps. Makes memorization fun.
(*) AP News - keep up with what's going on locally, nationally and in the world with this excellent news browser.
(*)Air Sharing - which turns your iphone into a wireless usb hardrive allowing you to share files across boxes without hooking anything up.
(*)Howcast - learn how to pick a lock, change your oil, check weather on the iphone, haggle, or escape a bad party conversation. library of short 3-5 minute tutorials on hundreds of subjects.
(*)Shazam - Ever heard a song on the radio but couldn't remember the name? Let shazam listen to the song and it will tell you the name, year it was released, album, artist and even give you the option of purchasing it online.
(*)Now Playing - check movie showtime listings for all theaters in your area, and even buy tickets through your iphone.
(*)Roambi - Graphics package which allows you to look at large spread sheets and data sets with an interface tailored for the iphone. Load up the data and reveiw it on the metro to or from work.
JotNot - turns the iphone into a fax machine / scanner. take a picture of an image and fax it to whomever. pretty cool. works for text documents pretty well.
Cardstar - collects and organizes all you discount / membership cards. bring up a scannable number or barcode and scan the iphone in the check out line to get your discounts.
Public Radio - listen to you favorite npr station / program on your iphone.
Speller - practice your spelling with your iphone. Useful for elementary school kids or older folks who can't spell.
Emergency Radio - Monitor police and firemen at work in your area or around the country.. Turns the iphone into a police scanner.
iFitness - Learn how to work any particular musle group with targeted exersizes. Track your progress, graph your progress. Gives you new and helpful ideas on all things fitness.
ChemCalculator - Ever need to balance a stoichemoic equation? Ever need to see the chemical formula for some reaction. Review the periodic table? It's geekie, but it's cool.
Repair Pal - ever thought the car machanic was cheating you. this application lists common auto repairs and their associated costs along with shops in your area where you can go to get the repair at that price.
PerDium Caluclator - Travel a lot and need to know how much you have to spend on meals and hotel. Every cities rates in the country are at your fingertips with the Perdium Calculator.
NY Times - Read today's NY Times online.
Units - calculates the differences between different units of measurements. including metric to US systems.
Urban spoon - find restaurants and read reviews in your area. Order carry out.
Loan shark - financial calulator for credit cards, home loans, car loans. Lease or buy a car.
Where - Find nearest fast food, bank, gas station, starbucks anywhere in the country.
Birthday - record all your relatives birth days so you don't forget them. Good for large catholic families with lots of nieces and nephews.
Favorite Game - Field Runner it's a tower game. mindless but I never win so it's got me hooked.
Wow that's a lot of apps... Think they've got over 1000 to choose from on the App store.. that's just my list of favorites.
(*) ones I use the most..
(**) iFlippr - it's a flash card application which allows you to author decks, or use shared decks. Learn the state capitals or all the birds by name and their sound in your area. Endless applications. It's one of my favorite apps. Makes memorization fun.
(*) AP News - keep up with what's going on locally, nationally and in the world with this excellent news browser.
(*)Air Sharing - which turns your iphone into a wireless usb hardrive allowing you to share files across boxes without hooking anything up.
(*)Howcast - learn how to pick a lock, change your oil, check weather on the iphone, haggle, or escape a bad party conversation. library of short 3-5 minute tutorials on hundreds of subjects.
(*)Shazam - Ever heard a song on the radio but couldn't remember the name? Let shazam listen to the song and it will tell you the name, year it was released, album, artist and even give you the option of purchasing it online.
(*)Now Playing - check movie showtime listings for all theaters in your area, and even buy tickets through your iphone.
(*)Roambi - Graphics package which allows you to look at large spread sheets and data sets with an interface tailored for the iphone. Load up the data and reveiw it on the metro to or from work.
JotNot - turns the iphone into a fax machine / scanner. take a picture of an image and fax it to whomever. pretty cool. works for text documents pretty well.
Cardstar - collects and organizes all you discount / membership cards. bring up a scannable number or barcode and scan the iphone in the check out line to get your discounts.
Public Radio - listen to you favorite npr station / program on your iphone.
Speller - practice your spelling with your iphone. Useful for elementary school kids or older folks who can't spell.
Emergency Radio - Monitor police and firemen at work in your area or around the country.. Turns the iphone into a police scanner.
iFitness - Learn how to work any particular musle group with targeted exersizes. Track your progress, graph your progress. Gives you new and helpful ideas on all things fitness.
ChemCalculator - Ever need to balance a stoichemoic equation? Ever need to see the chemical formula for some reaction. Review the periodic table? It's geekie, but it's cool.
Repair Pal - ever thought the car machanic was cheating you. this application lists common auto repairs and their associated costs along with shops in your area where you can go to get the repair at that price.
PerDium Caluclator - Travel a lot and need to know how much you have to spend on meals and hotel. Every cities rates in the country are at your fingertips with the Perdium Calculator.
NY Times - Read today's NY Times online.
Units - calculates the differences between different units of measurements. including metric to US systems.
Urban spoon - find restaurants and read reviews in your area. Order carry out.
Loan shark - financial calulator for credit cards, home loans, car loans. Lease or buy a car.
Where - Find nearest fast food, bank, gas station, starbucks anywhere in the country.
Birthday - record all your relatives birth days so you don't forget them. Good for large catholic families with lots of nieces and nephews.
Favorite Game - Field Runner it's a tower game. mindless but I never win so it's got me hooked.
Wow that's a lot of apps... Think they've got over 1000 to choose from on the App store.. that's just my list of favorites.