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Saved my sanity on a recent 14 hour flight to New Zealand. A huge selection of free books and the text is very easy on the eyes.
Here are some that I have and use regularly:
Convertbot - for converting different types of measurements (eg...gallons to liters)
Causeworld - the lazy-man's way to give to some good causes
PhoneFlicks - manage your netflix queue from your iPhone
EMT ICE - very handy if you find yourself in the ER or in an ambulance
WinAdmin - Pretty nice RDP client. I use this one ALL the time to connect to my servers.
iExplorer - lets you move files around on your network
Ping - Nice little suite of network tools (ping, ping subnet, traceroute, telnet).
RemotePad - not the best, but it's free. Connect to a client running the server and use your iPhone as a mouse.
Scan Lite - free up system memory, nice to have if you are running the new iOS on an older model.
Mark the Spot - send trouble tickets to AT&T with GPS coordinates and conditions when you have problems with their service. I know it's rare but...
Remote - Control your iTunes with your iPhone
Shoutcast - lets you listen to Shoutcast broadcasts
NPR News - listen to NPR stations from around the country
FML - It's nice to look at to know that your life isn't the most screwed up out there. Don't try submitting anything though, I have yet to get one approved
Eucalyptus - $10 for the app, but after that you have access to over 200,000 books for free. Most are classic, what they are doing is accessing the Gutenberg Project books.
The DC and Marvel comic book apps (you said geek)
Word with Friends, if you like scrabble, you'll like this
Word Fu - another word based game
Decoder Ring - It's like sudoku meets crosswords, watch out it's addictive.
Mad Maps - good app for finding some little day trip to take
PassGenR - nice password gen program
Splash ID - virtual wallet. There is a separate add-on you can buy for your puter that lets you synch the information between the two.
Armory - kepp track of your WoW chars on your iPhone
Authenticator - Blizzard's Account Authenticator for your iPhone.
Dicenomicon - great little dice program for you old-school gamers.
Convertbot - for converting different types of measurements (eg...gallons to liters)
Causeworld - the lazy-man's way to give to some good causes
PhoneFlicks - manage your netflix queue from your iPhone
EMT ICE - very handy if you find yourself in the ER or in an ambulance
WinAdmin - Pretty nice RDP client. I use this one ALL the time to connect to my servers.
iExplorer - lets you move files around on your network
Ping - Nice little suite of network tools (ping, ping subnet, traceroute, telnet).
RemotePad - not the best, but it's free. Connect to a client running the server and use your iPhone as a mouse.
Scan Lite - free up system memory, nice to have if you are running the new iOS on an older model.
Mark the Spot - send trouble tickets to AT&T with GPS coordinates and conditions when you have problems with their service. I know it's rare but...
Remote - Control your iTunes with your iPhone
Shoutcast - lets you listen to Shoutcast broadcasts
NPR News - listen to NPR stations from around the country
FML - It's nice to look at to know that your life isn't the most screwed up out there. Don't try submitting anything though, I have yet to get one approved
Eucalyptus - $10 for the app, but after that you have access to over 200,000 books for free. Most are classic, what they are doing is accessing the Gutenberg Project books.
The DC and Marvel comic book apps (you said geek)
Word with Friends, if you like scrabble, you'll like this
Word Fu - another word based game
Decoder Ring - It's like sudoku meets crosswords, watch out it's addictive.
Mad Maps - good app for finding some little day trip to take
PassGenR - nice password gen program
Splash ID - virtual wallet. There is a separate add-on you can buy for your puter that lets you synch the information between the two.
Armory - kepp track of your WoW chars on your iPhone
Authenticator - Blizzard's Account Authenticator for your iPhone.
Dicenomicon - great little dice program for you old-school gamers.
1) Radar in Motion: Easily lets you see the weather radar for your region, with the ability to zoom in closer or zoom out for an overall view.
2) A2ZPro: A conversion utility for metric to American measurements of distance, mass, fluid and dry volumes.
3) Gas Cubby: A convenient automotive trip calculator determining average miles per gallon and average cost of operations over the lifetime of the car. Capable of handling multiple cars.
4) Check Please Lite: A quick tip calculator for exact or rounded amounts where you select the tip percentage you wish to use.
5) Shazam: As you say, a quick and remarkably accurate music analyzer that can tell you the name, artist and album of the song it hears within one minute.
6) Stanza: While I know Amazon bought Stanza, what they've done is incorporate some of Stanza's capabilities into their Kindle app. I've found Stanza really to be a better e-reader for the iPhone because it offers more choices in fonts, colors and styles to make your e-reading easier on the eyes.
In my own case, I only have 4 pages of apps, and only two folders--one for weather apps (holding 3) and one for shopping (holding 7). Probably the single most-used app is Safari for when I'm out shopping and decide I want to run some price comparisons on the fly.
Then again, since I bought my iPad, I don't use any of the apps on my iPhone 3G nearly as much--it gets used as a phone first with mobile apps second. The iPad does everything else better and with a larger display that makes them easier to use.
2) A2ZPro: A conversion utility for metric to American measurements of distance, mass, fluid and dry volumes.
3) Gas Cubby: A convenient automotive trip calculator determining average miles per gallon and average cost of operations over the lifetime of the car. Capable of handling multiple cars.
4) Check Please Lite: A quick tip calculator for exact or rounded amounts where you select the tip percentage you wish to use.
5) Shazam: As you say, a quick and remarkably accurate music analyzer that can tell you the name, artist and album of the song it hears within one minute.
6) Stanza: While I know Amazon bought Stanza, what they've done is incorporate some of Stanza's capabilities into their Kindle app. I've found Stanza really to be a better e-reader for the iPhone because it offers more choices in fonts, colors and styles to make your e-reading easier on the eyes.
In my own case, I only have 4 pages of apps, and only two folders--one for weather apps (holding 3) and one for shopping (holding 7). Probably the single most-used app is Safari for when I'm out shopping and decide I want to run some price comparisons on the fly.
Then again, since I bought my iPad, I don't use any of the apps on my iPhone 3G nearly as much--it gets used as a phone first with mobile apps second. The iPad does everything else better and with a larger display that makes them easier to use.
I like AOL Radio because my local talk station is on the list.
I also use BizXpensTrkr to track my expenses while I am on the road - it is nice because it can export to a .csv file in my Dropbox folder. iRec has come in handy on a number of occasions and the quality is pretty good.
Fandango is great for finding a local movie and GasBag is a help to find the cheapest gas nearby.
My wife is a pediatrician and she uses Koi Pond to keep kids entertained while she looks in their ears and listens to their heartbeat.
On the gaming front, I love the Ragdoll Blasters and Angry Birds and the retrogeek in me loves RogueTouch and Pocket Tanks.
I also use BizXpensTrkr to track my expenses while I am on the road - it is nice because it can export to a .csv file in my Dropbox folder. iRec has come in handy on a number of occasions and the quality is pretty good.
Fandango is great for finding a local movie and GasBag is a help to find the cheapest gas nearby.
My wife is a pediatrician and she uses Koi Pond to keep kids entertained while she looks in their ears and listens to their heartbeat.
On the gaming front, I love the Ragdoll Blasters and Angry Birds and the retrogeek in me loves RogueTouch and Pocket Tanks.
In my zeal to take advantage of what I assumed was experience or research of these apps, I went to the App store to check out two that interested me: Navigon Mobile Navigator, and Distance Meter Pro. Most of the reviews on both say that they are terrible, can't do what they say, and not to buy these apps. What are the odds of that happening? It makes me think that you haven't used all of the apps that you're recommending. in my experience, most reviews in the App store are detailed and accurate.
I want a good printing app from my iphone.
One that does a wireless survey of devices in proximity to it and then connect to the device.
One that does a wireless survey of devices in proximity to it and then connect to the device.
Cardstor, Documents 2 Free, eWiFi, Fileviewer, Firefox Home, iRdesktop, Net Utility, TouchMouse, RoboForm, SugarSync and Facebook
iTap RDP! How could you leave this one out of a "geek" list?
Check out VocaTalk Personal Podcast. A definite must have for the ultimate geek. The app can turn text into musical audio podcast with your own music. Pretty much unlimited stream of podcasts based on your content.
entail carrying an idiot phone.
ain't going there.
none of the idiot phones for me.
no iphone, no blackberry, no gphone, no htc *, no android based phone.
they are all idiot phones.
[ they might be called smart phones, but you have to be an idiot to carry one. ]
ain't going there.
none of the idiot phones for me.
no iphone, no blackberry, no gphone, no htc *, no android based phone.
they are all idiot phones.
[ they might be called smart phones, but you have to be an idiot to carry one. ]
I just have to say this comment sounds completely ignorant, as you give no reasons or insight into your statement.
If you call yourself an IT professional, then what do you use to keep in contact or browse the web, etc? Lets face it, these phones are the way of the future, and are not going anywhere.
If you call yourself an IT professional, then what do you use to keep in contact or browse the web, etc? Lets face it, these phones are the way of the future, and are not going anywhere.
Argumentum ad hominem; must be a poor source of information, is employed.
People who employ, e.g., the argumentum ad hominem, argumentum ad populum, argumentum ad verucandumm (sp?) fail to address facts/the truth, preferring instead to attack the person. It's not merely a failed argument, but the sign of someone who is unable to see the facts themselves.
People who employ, e.g., the argumentum ad hominem, argumentum ad populum, argumentum ad verucandumm (sp?) fail to address facts/the truth, preferring instead to attack the person. It's not merely a failed argument, but the sign of someone who is unable to see the facts themselves.
but I keep in contact with a land-line telephone and browse the web with a desktop computer, the same way I did before 'smart' phones.
who needs to prove they are an idiot by reading email ILLEGALLY while driving?
the smartphones are designed to promote illegal activities.
it's even illegal to TALK on a cell while driving, the extra connectivity of a smartphone makes the distraction of them even worse than a dead simple cell phone without internet access.
therefore, smartphones are misnamed, they should be called idiot phones.
the smartphones are designed to promote illegal activities.
it's even illegal to TALK on a cell while driving, the extra connectivity of a smartphone makes the distraction of them even worse than a dead simple cell phone without internet access.
therefore, smartphones are misnamed, they should be called idiot phones.
When I'm at a client's site and there isn't a spare PC available, but I'd like to check my email or need to connect to a server to restart a service, an idiot phone is no value to me?
My laptop takes 1-2 minutes to fully boot up and fire up Outlook or open a web browser, not to mention the inconvenience of hauling it around, yet my iPhone can do it in seconds.
I use my idiot phone all the time to be more productive, keep in touch with clients and customers more frequently and overall offer better service.
Sure, iPhones aren't for everyone but for you to make a gross over generalization that they are for idiots I think is a bit ridiculous.
My laptop takes 1-2 minutes to fully boot up and fire up Outlook or open a web browser, not to mention the inconvenience of hauling it around, yet my iPhone can do it in seconds.
I use my idiot phone all the time to be more productive, keep in touch with clients and customers more frequently and overall offer better service.
Sure, iPhones aren't for everyone but for you to make a gross over generalization that they are for idiots I think is a bit ridiculous.
Maybe those activities are illegal in BC. They aren't illegal everywhere.
Equipment doesn't encourage anyone to do anything. It's an inanimate object; if people choose do use it unsafely, it's not the fault of the object or its designers. People choose to abuse alcohol; that doesn't mean the product is responsible.
Equipment doesn't encourage anyone to do anything. It's an inanimate object; if people choose do use it unsafely, it's not the fault of the object or its designers. People choose to abuse alcohol; that doesn't mean the product is responsible.
The Register calls them Jesus phones, as do many people over here. 
A handy supplement to modern life, if they work as required, are secure and all of the other issues aired in TechRep? Hmm. After the latest trouble I'm going to buy something else. It won't handle spreadsheets, databases or any of the other main functions. Anyone claiming otherwise is going to have to find some hard data to back their claims.
Meanwhile, back on the farm, Apples are falling from trees. It must be autumn:
http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=5119&tag=nl.e713
A handy supplement to modern life, if they work as required, are secure and all of the other issues aired in TechRep? Hmm. After the latest trouble I'm going to buy something else. It won't handle spreadsheets, databases or any of the other main functions. Anyone claiming otherwise is going to have to find some hard data to back their claims.
Meanwhile, back on the farm, Apples are falling from trees. It must be autumn:
http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=5119&tag=nl.e713
Really?
Mine sure does. Now, sure the screen size is a bit limiting but there must be dozens of apps (some free) that allow you to handle spreadsheets.
Nice false information...
Mine sure does. Now, sure the screen size is a bit limiting but there must be dozens of apps (some free) that allow you to handle spreadsheets.
Nice false information...
I can see no way on earth that an iPhone could be used on any moderately large spreadsheet. I frequently export SPSS files to 123 format (can be done to Excel, if only by copy and paste). They are large, unmanageable, complex, and there is no way that you can argue that a substantial spreadsheet is a realistic prospect for an iPhone, and I don't say this on grounds of screen acreage alone. The linking and embedding, the processing. Nah. Not realistic. Unless you are talking about tiny spreadsheets for expenses. Go on. Tell me about the latest iPhone SPSS widget.
"It won't handle spreadsheets, databases or any of the other main functions."
And they most certainly do. Maybe not the type or function you desire but they do.
Blanket, catch all statements are dangerous. You should have been more specific.
And they most certainly do. Maybe not the type or function you desire but they do.
Blanket, catch all statements are dangerous. You should have been more specific.
And you have just made a generalisation, haven't you? However, you certainly knew what I meant. These things will not replace anything more muscular. Main functions, unless carried out in miniature for, say, expenses on the road, are going to be an exercise in wasted time. A large screen, a powerful processor, a proper keyboard, these things are by definition beyond such a device. As soon as it has them it is a notebook computer.
It will not do anything of significance, and you know that, hence the rider you added at the end.
It will not do anything of significance, and you know that, hence the rider you added at the end.
Jaqui, I agree with some of what you say, but you're being too harsh. These things aren't really phones; they're hand-held computers with a phone app -- along with countless others. And they do have their uses -- even if it's only to call my wife to make sure I get the correct item at the store.
I resisted getting one for several years, but I'm enjoying my HTC Droid Incredible (hate the name, but it's a pretty good machine). An example: I went to Okeechobee a while back to set up some computers for one of our field offices. We quit about 10:00 PM, and Victor gave a short cut to my hotel. I have no sense of direction, and his instructions weren't real clear, and I got lost. If I hadn't had a GPS and mapping app, I'd probably still be wandering the back streets of Okeechobee.
I'm not telling you you should own one. But I do think it's a bit rude to call someone else an idiot because he or she has a different opinion on the usefulness of a particular piece of technology.
BTW, if the phone signals while I'm driving, I wait until I can stop before I reply.
I resisted getting one for several years, but I'm enjoying my HTC Droid Incredible (hate the name, but it's a pretty good machine). An example: I went to Okeechobee a while back to set up some computers for one of our field offices. We quit about 10:00 PM, and Victor gave a short cut to my hotel. I have no sense of direction, and his instructions weren't real clear, and I got lost. If I hadn't had a GPS and mapping app, I'd probably still be wandering the back streets of Okeechobee.
I'm not telling you you should own one. But I do think it's a bit rude to call someone else an idiot because he or she has a different opinion on the usefulness of a particular piece of technology.
BTW, if the phone signals while I'm driving, I wait until I can stop before I reply.
Though I've never used an iPhone (on principle) I can only imagine that I'd want my music up there in the top 25. Not to mention that any good 'geek' can be more productive while listening to music, it's also how the iPhone came about. It's herritage.
There shouldn't be one without the other.
There shouldn't be one without the other.
And for me personally, it never was.
How about a list for Android? There's Kindle, ip calculators, plenty of games, and quite a bit more.
How about a list for Android? There's Kindle, ip calculators, plenty of games, and quite a bit more.
Your must-have apps are not my must-have apps because we have different jobs and different requirements. For example, I don't use Facebook or Twitter, so any app that involves those is useless to me. I have a bubble-level app on my Droid, which would probably just get in your way.
That said, there are some good ideas in your post, and good ideas from other users. Keep the ideas flowing. Some will be good, some mediocre, and some downright lame, but don't reject anything until you've looked it over.
That said, there are some good ideas in your post, and good ideas from other users. Keep the ideas flowing. Some will be good, some mediocre, and some downright lame, but don't reject anything until you've looked it over.
As a phone it's a piece of expensive crap. From the PC you CAN'T do anything as compared to my beautiful Nokia software were I WAS IN CONTROL of it. It stuffed up my Outlook contacts were they either disappeared from the PC OR the iphone and or doubled up in both. PLUS my Nokia Navigator came with FREE maps and a couple of times saved my marriage, well sort of. It's just a very expensive toy. If it wasn't that someone bought it for me I would have shoved it up their "Kyber Pass"
Vic Aspendale Gardens.
Vic Aspendale Gardens.
In my zeal to take advantage of what I assumed was experience or research of these apps, I went to the App store to check out two that interested me: Navigon Mobile Navigator, and Distance Meter Pro. Most of the reviews on both say that they are terrible, can't do what they say, and not to buy these apps. What are the odds of that happening? It makes me think that you haven't used all of the apps that you're recommending. in my experience, most reviews in the App store are detailed and accurate.
you've forgot about VoIP softphone! I'm using Vippie by Voipswitch- it's for free and I can make video calls to my friends (Viber don't have this yet).
I love Evernote! It helps you store the important things in your life and work, get things done, capture and communicate more effectively. This is really a must-have productivity app for the iPhone! See more reviews here: http://www.appfavour.com/productivity/evernote_406056744/
I recommend Notesdeck for notes instead of that yellow Notes app. With Notesdeck my notes show up on all my devices instantly (Mac, iPhone and iPad). And it syncs with Evernote and Dropbox and more. Check it out at ----> http://www.notesdeck.com
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