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iPhone Apps Worth Getting?

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  1. CrazyDave

    CrazyDave Contributing Member

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    I have it. It's pretty good, and I would imagine it's really good if it's on ipad. I looked at it today, in fact, and thought about working on one of my paintings, but didn't find the time.

    It's a bit small, but since you can zoom in, the results can be as good as you are patient with it. If you don't mind the price, it does what you'd think, and does it very well.
     
  2. clutch citizen

    clutch citizen Contributing Member

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    That TuneIn app looks cool. But doesn't the data cap lessen the value of it now? This would also affect Pandora app as well?

    Is Sportacular the majority best scores/stats app?
     
  3. Rocketfanatic2

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    Here are some good ones. Some of them kind of depend on your interests though.


    Free:
    Shazam
    Chopper Lite
    Fastlane Street Lite
    Facebook
    Weather Channel
    Paper Toss
    Unblock Me FREE
    Google Earth (don't have it but heard good reviews)
    Touch Hockey FS5
    Cube Runner
    Lemonade Tycoon
    20Q Mind Reader FREE

    Apps worth paying for:
    Doodle Jump - $.99
    Unblock Me - $.99
    Backbreaker Football - $.99
    Touchgrind - $4.99
    Wheel of Fortune Platinum - $.99
     
  4. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    Glad this thread got bumped. Just got an iPod Touch and was going to ask about what the best apps were.

    Love to hear more thoughts / opinions on the best apps.
     
  5. rezdawg

    rezdawg Contributing Member

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    The apps that I use, in no particular order...

    The Weather Channel
    Around Me
    Chase Mobile
    ETrade Mobile
    Engadget
    Epocrates
    Facebook
    iFitness
    iMovie
    Kayak
    USA Today
    NY Times
    Shazam
    Pandora
    Sportacular
    Twitter
    Yelp
    Angry Birds
    Need for Speed: Shift
     
  6. Rocketfanatic2

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    Well, the apps I use the most are:

    Touchgrind: fun skateboarding time waster.
    Baseball: really cool app, it shows all stats for every player to ever play the game dating back to 1870.
    Cube Runner
    Wheel of Fortune
    Backbreaker football
    Doodle Jump
    Classics: has a bunch of old books that you can read through the app.
    Sudoku
    Unblock me

    And for those who play basketball:
    23 ways to destroy your defender (great stuff)

    Hope this helps!
     
  7. akperez

    akperez Contributing Member

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    Good thread!

    My favorite apps and used the most:

    Google Earth
    Angry Birds
    Fruit Ninja
    Words with Friends
    Barnes and Noble eReader
    Yelp
    Flixster
    Password Keeper by callpod
    Facebook
    Beejive
    Pandora
    Tune in Radio
     
  8. rezdawg

    rezdawg Contributing Member

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    Pulse news...just got it for 3 bucks...I dont need any more news applications.
     
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    showtimes
    moss
    what's on
    sportsTap
    Aljazeera Live
    redbox
    aroundme
    redlaser
    checkPlease
    webmd
    whitepages
    GPSTRACK LITE
    dragon dictation
    teamViewer
    itranslate
    Appbox lite
    talking tom
    traffic rush
    paper toss
     
  10. Jeff

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    Bump
    Shazam
    Google
    GReaderApp (for Google Reader)
    Bank of America (if you have an acct with them)
    WordPress
    WeatherBug
    Urbanspoon
    Epicurious
    Slacker
    CatPaint (for the stupidity and to annoy your cats)
    GoodReader (for reading .pdf and .doc files)
    Ambiance
    Echofon (Twitter App)
    HootSuite (for Twitter & Facebook)
    IMDB
    Wikipedia
    Fandango
    TheWeatherChannel
     
  11. duwende

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    Yeahhh! Epocrates is great. I also suggest medscape, epoioid, and pedistat
     
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    Angry birds is a great way to kill time.
     
  13. surrender

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    My current favorites

    Essentials:
    Appigo Todo - GTD-style to-do list
    Evernote - cross-platform notes
    Reeder - RSS/Google Reader
    Pandora - streaming audio
    Yelp - food!
    CardStar - for supermarket discount cards
    LoseIt - calorie counter
    Mint.com - finance
    Flickr - photo uploads
    Twitter
    Facebook
    Kindle

    Games:
    Q-Rank Trivia
    Carcassone
    Doodle Jump
    Angry Birds
    Words with Friends
    Peggle
    Helsing's Fire
    Stardunk
     
  14. Coach AI

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    Downloaded some good apps recently:

    For games:

    Dungeon Hunter. It's a Diablo lite/Gauntlet style hack and slash where you collect loot. Armor, weapons, potions, etc. etc. Of course you level up as you go along.

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    Helsing's Fire
    It's a puzzle game where you are killing vampires and werewolves. Each room has a different layout and you move a torch around to shine light on what you have to kill. You then hit it with potions to put them down. Uses something like real time shadows as you move the torch to make it more difficult. Very simple but very addictive.

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    This one is very cool. Stop Motion Recorder. Does exactly what it says. Lets you record stop motion movies. You can do a frame by frame recording, control the FPS and has a grid layout to help you with alignment. Easy and fun to play around with. You can even set it to where you can clap and it will take a frame, so you don't have to go back and tap on the screen while you are working.

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  15. CrazyDave

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    Have I already mentioned iTeleport?

    It's an awesome (albeit expensive) VNC app. I highly recommend it if accessing your computer remotely is ever a need for you.
     
  16. SuperBeeKay

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    Gah, i wish they had words with friends for android
     
  17. Lil Pun

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    Angry Birds is totally worth 99 cents and it's just as addictive as crack!
     
  18. MoBalls

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    Pandora
    Words with Friends
    PhotoShop LT
    iBooks
     
  19. ghettocheeze

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    Classics

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    By far my favorite book/reading app.The interface is just beautiful and intuitive. I love the neat page flip animation, so genuine. Contains about a dozen or so of the best classics books and novels. The only downside is that there hasn't been an update in over a year and not likely any time soon. Still this is the way electronic reading should be done.
     
  20. tmac2therack

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    Angry Birds and Fruit Ninjas
     

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