How about a iphone apps thread? (no haters)
 

So far I really like the Yelp app. It uses your "Location" and show you all business within a certain radius. You could also use a filter to see things with .3 miles of your location or 20 miles. Also a it uses a filter for the price of a bill shown like this... $, $$, $$$, $$$$ . And my favorite filter, "open now" if you happen to be out late. Anyone who has used Yelp, or is a member will understand how useful this app is, plus it's free.

I also downloaded the Shazam app. (also free) It listens to music through your microphone, then tells you what Artist, Title, and Album the song came from. it also finds a review or wiki of the artist, and let's you share this info with other people. Pretty cool and works every time except if there is too much background noise, ie: crowd noise.
It would be cool to use on trips when the radio DJ doesn't name the track.

Anyone?

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Oh, we will let this one go based on the picture in your avatar..

Please tell me that this isn't you! Or is it?!:D

Monkey Ball is a great game, IMO, and is a good example of where game control (via the iPhone's accelerometers) will go. For me and my daughter, it is worth $9.99. Cube Runner is a very simple and free game that also shows off the accelerometer based control.

There is a free VOIP app, Truphone, but it's still expensive to call and I'd wait on a cheaper alternative and hopefully Skype. Although, in some cases, Truphone may be cheaper than your plan minutes, FWIW.

AOL Radio and Pandora are both very good (and free!), IMO. I think I read that Pandora gives more bits on Edge with first gen iPhones than AOL.

Get the free "Light" program; I actually use this a lot, more than I would have expected.

Facebook is very good as well as Weatherbug and Movies . . . all free.

I'm really looking forward to DataCase - looks like a useful wireless drive app:
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/14/turn-your-iphone-into-a-wireless-drive-with-datacase/

I've only been digging around a few days, but these are early goodies, IMO.

Best,

The Box Office app is cool.

Just checked out DataCase.

That's a must have for me.

Shazam is great and SportsTap is on my front screen.

There is a program called "Caterpillar", now called "Kate" for jailbroken 1.X iPhones that was a very useful utility. It added the ability to hide SMS messages as they arrive and more importantly, it included a customizable missed call, missed message alert. The iPhone needs these functions desperately. The makers of "Kate" have no plans to offer a version through the App store. :(

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My emphasis added:

But, someone else will make it for the App Store and probably make some decent money.

And then Wayne will then have his wish granted!

I can see how the missed call notification is important to some people and agree that it should be included as an option.

I'd venture to guess they've never worked in a large corp with cube dwellers who go off to multi hour meetings and leave their phones on their desks so that everyone else within 50 feet can enjoy the incessant chinese water torture beeping when that call from the wife about what to make for dinner is missed.

There is the alternative notification of a flashing light that changes color but you need to be in line of sight for it to be effective so you'd either be close enough to hear it ring or to simply pick it up and check it.

I personally keep my phones on vibrate 24/7.

I know when I've missed a call and sometimes you just can't answer right then and there anyway.

If I do happen to leave it somewhere I check it when I return.

Has anyone tried Remote? I've been using it here and there. The funny thing is, you get a remote with your laptop. I guess it would be good if your iTunes/Airtunes was connected to your stereo system. Then you could control stereo from your phone as long as it's connected to the same WiFi.

Remote app is really good and works anywhere in your WiFi range. The little white remote can't do that and also lacks the UI. :)

star wars + iphone = LIGHTSABERZ!!!!

http://themacbox.co.uk/phonesaber/

Had that on my MacBook Pro

Tons of fun.

Checkout an app called "Sing" from Midomi (Free)

edit: I have found this works better than Shazam, IMO!

You sing or hum a song into the phone and it will (sometimes) tell you the correct name and performer of the song. It actually returns a list of potential matches.

It's actually fun even if you already know the song. :)

on the android phone you can scan prices and barcodes with the cam and it will compare prices for you. will also download reviews from cnet and others... cool huh?

I also like flashlite!

Where can someone pick one of those up? :)

Those guys are currently having some fairly serious developer issues, from what I have read.

But, it may one day be a great platform, IMO.

If you need a VNC client, there's a free one in the store now.

I just downloaded it and will try it out in a few minutes.

Subscribed. Just got my phone yesterday.

I just played 10 random songs from my iTunes library and Shazam nailed every one!

Looks look "Sing" is better at identifying a hummed or sung song while Shazam is the best choice for identifying an actual song playing through a speaker. The Shazam interface is better too, IMO.

Pretty amazing little app.

Message posted from VNC client!

Needs a bit of polish, but working, and it's free.

It's called Mocha VNC Lite, FYI.

iPhone screenshot running VNC client (press home button and sleep/power button at the same time for an iPhone screen grab - picture will show up in "Camera Roll" Album):

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I just downloaded AOL radio on my 1st generation iPhone. I am so happy I can listen to KROQ on my iPhone here in Austin! I can't believe how clear it is. :)

Can anyone suggest a good weather app that shows conditions hour by hour? I like the look that weather.com has.

Recorder is cool, and gets better all the time.

I used Yelp! for quite a while, until urbanspoon added a "Near Me" button; it seems to give LOTS more results than Yelp.

+1 for AOL radio. Really worth exploring the stations. App can be a little flakey, bit rates low, but still a good one.

Trailguru is one of my favorites. Lets you track you track your time/distance/avg. speed, etc.....

I ride my road bike along bike paths, and its pretty much impossible to drive a car and get an accurate read on the distance. Also great if you just go out for a run/walk and want to know how far it is. Only negative? It has to be the 'active' app to record. So if you take a call and forget to switch back to the trailguru app, its stops recording. Bummer.

http://www.trailguru.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Great Thread Idea K Roman!

it would be helpful if people posted prices or if Free and a breif description - not just "I love X"

Free Apps:
- Bakelight - antique phone dialer looks funky, but I had some trouble using it

- Shakespeare - slow but fun quotes from the Bard and pocket info/text

- TideApp - handy tide tables

- Speed - obvious, but pay attention to your driving

- RulerPLus, Tape measure - turns unit into a ruler

- RulerPlite - turns a pic into a ruler - photogrammetry

- Units - unit conversions

- TrackThing - not just for running

- igct - geocaching




a friend is addicted to Bubblewrap...

i.tv is very good. It's a tv guide and movie directory. Fast, and you pick your satelite or cable provider. the app figures out your location.

Gives reveiws and tells you local theaters that have movies.

You can have it send an email to remind you when a show is coming on.

I'm not a big tv watcher, but I find I'm using this alot.



Dictionaire. Free dictionary. Vocabulary is not exhaustive, but decent.

Writingpad. Way easier than using the standard soft keys for typing. Currently only works for email and taking notes. It would be great if you could make this the standard keyboard for the phone.

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Some of my favorites:
Twitterrific
Evernote
Google Earth
Pandora
Shazam
Urban Spoon

I dont have an Iphone *yet* but have read that pocket dyno is good. Has anybody tried it?

I see it on your screen shot but you didn't mention my favorite "Bloomberg". Lots of great news and data but at times it's been very difficult to get updates during recent volatile days on Wall Street.

I'll second WritingPad - Apple needs to license this! IIRC, IBM developed this tech.

CameraBag is a great app for applying various filters (Helga, Lolo, Ansel, 1962, 1974, Fisheye, Cinema and Infrared) to photos - really makes the iPhone's 2MP camera extremely useful. This is one of my favorite apps for photos.

Google Earth is out, free.

Panolab is good for stitching iPhone photos.

I've been using RunKeeper to track my runs; it's a GPS based app that uploads each run's telemetry to RunKeeper.com and interfaces to Google maps showing your course, speed and elevation. It still may be free - excellent app!

PhotoFrame turns your iPhone into a digital photo frame when its charging in its dock.

PhoneAid provides CPR instructions as well as other first aid tips.

Cosmovox is a highly configurable digital theremin.

WunderRadio is an IP based weather radio with an IP based scanner for listening in on LEOS and emergency services.

JellyCar is a great free app with game play based on soft body physics - this is really fun.

Trace is another excellent free game where your draw your own path to get your character to a destination - many worlds and multiple levels.

These are some of my favorites.

Best,

Scrabble. Excellent UI.

I have Motochaser = fun game - The kids like it - I also downloaded a few episodes of sponge bob - they think it's great fun to watch "TV" on my phone...

I use Say Where which let's you speak an address into the phone then goes to google maps and give you directions from your current location. Great for driving!

Around Me is also amazing, it gives you everything from bars, hospitals, restaurants, banks, movie theaters etc. and even a Nearby link that tells you where the tourist attractions, such as Painted Ladies, Parks, and other historic sites near you. A great function if you are touristing around.

iStockmanager from TD ameritrade is awesome too. Make trades from your phone and check stock prices, news, charts etc. and see them move up and down in real time!

Then there is a free Constitution app that puts the constitution and amendments right in your pocket for whenever you need to argue PARF style in a local pub.

Wikipanion another great app for those who need to win an argument, or if you forget where Sardinia is etc...

These are all free apps and I use them all the time.

The only app I paid for is the Texas Hold'em 4.99 app which keeps me busy when I'm riding shotgun on a long trip.

Some not mentioned:

-Speed dial: icon to dial you most frequent # easily (to make the iphone as useful as, well, a phone)
- I bowl: free and fun
- Evernote was mentioned, very cool for text, audio and picture notes on the fly (searchable)
- MeetBubble: free level with bubble, very cool
- CannonGame : just because you blow **** up
- Dynolicious: dyno, seems OK, not free, but the phone must be secured to the car to produce reliable numbers....
- Showtimes: movie times + reviews based on your location
- Koi pond: my 18 month old kid loves to mess with the fishes
- urban spoon/around me/yelp for local food joints

Woohoo got my 3g today. Wow this thing is awesome. I haven't gotten iTunes setup yet but that is next on my agenda. Is it better to download apps straight to the phone or do it on my laptop?

Slight hijack

Getting his and hers iPhones for me and she, next week.

Is it a big deal to get the 8GB versus the 16GB? How much space is taken up by 100 songs, 100 photos, 10 hours of movies? I gather its non-expandable (irritating).

John - do you use a compression scheme or Lossless? The latter eats up space & I have a 16 G iPhone. But, I don't have to change all the songs' formatting...

I use whatever the iTunes default compression is.

If anyone is contemplating an iPhone, I would suggest checking out the Android-based (Google/T-Mobile) HTC G1 first. Pretty amazing phone with tons of great (and free) apps.