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Stuff I use regularly |
Stuff I use regularly |
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| − | * gaia gps |
+ | * Gaia GPS - saves and records your movements using the builtin GPS (for iPhones with built in GPS of course) |
| − | * occassions |
+ | * Occassions - awesome remindering of upcoming birthdays and events. Syncs data from facebook also. |
| − | * Google RSS |
+ | * Google RSS - if google reader is your RSS reader of choice, this is a good front end to it :) |
| − | * Echofon |
+ | * Echofon - good Twitter client |
| − | * facebook |
+ | * facebook - facebook client is good. |
| − | * wordpress |
+ | * Awesome Note - this is very excellent |
| − | * Awesome Note |
+ | * AppGmail - better for gmail than the builtin. shows gmail conversation view |
| − | * AppGmail |
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| − | Stuff I find useful, but not daily. Also, stuff I'm still testing |
+ | More or less this is overflow from page1, but also backflow from page3. And also, apps I'm still testing |
| − | * AppeBox Pro |
+ | * AppeBox Pro - a bunch of free tiny utilities |
| − | * Shazam |
+ | * Shazam - identify songs (I've yet to use this) |
| − | * Alarm Clock |
+ | * Alarm Clock - a "better" alarm clock than the builtin. certainly prettier |
| − | * Frotz |
+ | * Frotz - infocom text adventure gaming! :D |
| − | * Stanza |
+ | * Stanza - eBook reader. |
| − | * iSSH |
+ | * iSSH - ssh client |
| − | * wikiHOW |
+ | * wikiHOW - frontend to wikihow. Caches survival guides locally |
| − | * Solstice |
+ | * Solstice - sunrise and sunset positions. Oddly, NOT solstice dates and times |
| − | * TimeLapse |
+ | * TimeLapse - a timelapse app |
| − | * FotoTimerLE |
+ | * FotoTimerLE - another timelapse app |
| − | * Gorillacam |
+ | * Gorillacam - another timelapse app |
| − | * iDent |
+ | * iDent - a poor StatusNet client |
| − | * SketchBookX |
+ | * SketchBookX - a cool sketching app |
| − | * MyBrisbane |
+ | * MyBrisbane - a range of info for Brisbane folk |
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Stuff which isn't so useful (st.George), or is useful but only irregularly (eg: feX), or amusements |
Stuff which isn't so useful (st.George), or is useful but only irregularly (eg: feX), or amusements |
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| − | * TouchCalc |
+ | * TouchCalc - excellent scientific calculator. I installed this before I discovered that the regular calc is scientific in landscape mode |
| − | * RotaryDialer |
+ | * RotaryDialer - retro style dialer. just for fun |
| − | * St.George |
+ | * St.George - not as good as it should be |
| − | * iTick |
+ | * iTick - metronome |
| − | * HeartBeat |
+ | * HeartBeat - count heartbeats (or any beats - effectively a reverse metronome) |
| − | * Speedtest |
+ | * Speedtest - measure your internet speed |
| − | * iFractal |
+ | * iFractal - Mandelbrot and Julia set browser |
| − | * feX |
+ | * feX - facebook exchange - sync facebook data to your local contacts! (update icons, addresses and birthdays) |
| − | * LifeGame |
+ | * LifeGame - Conways game of life |
| − | * Totalpong |
+ | * Totalpong - classic pong |
| − | * NASA |
+ | * wordpress - a bit buggy, though useable, I think. I don't use it at the moment though. |
| + | * NASA - a bunch of NASA info |
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Stuff which was dissapointing really, and/or I have alternate versions installed elsewhere |
Stuff which was dissapointing really, and/or I have alternate versions installed elsewhere |
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| − | * BigOven |
+ | * BigOven - recipes. Just a frontend to their site |
| − | * RSSRunner |
+ | * RSSRunner - a RSS reader |
| − | * FreeRSS |
+ | * FreeRSS - another RSS reader |
| − | * Birthday |
+ | * Birthday - a basic birthday reminder (I think this was free, whilst the far superior 'Occassions' was $) |
| − | * RFK |
+ | * RFK - Robot Finds Kitten. Does NOT COMPLY to the RFK RFC. ( http://robotfindskitten.org/download/rfk-rfc/ ) |
| − | * Metronome |
+ | * Metronome - a metronome |
| − | * musebook |
+ | * musebook - another metronome |
| − | * Flickr |
+ | * Flickr - the official flickr app. geotagging is broken for uploading, but it's great to view your friends image stream |
| − | * Flickd |
+ | * Flickd - geotagging works for uploads, but does not resize. |
Revision as of 11:11, 16 December 2009
I recently purchased an iPhone.
This page will become a general review of the iPhone, with intent for it to then be published to ThorxBlog.
First however, the apps I have installed and use, in approximate order of use...
Contents |
Applications
Note: I do not recall offhand which apps I paid for, and which were free. I have also written reviews of some applications to the AppStore. offhand, I can't tell you which apps I have reviewed there
Here are the installed apps as they appear on each page of my phone...
Page 1
Stuff I use regularly
- Gaia GPS - saves and records your movements using the builtin GPS (for iPhones with built in GPS of course)
- Occassions - awesome remindering of upcoming birthdays and events. Syncs data from facebook also.
- Google RSS - if google reader is your RSS reader of choice, this is a good front end to it :)
- Echofon - good Twitter client
- facebook - facebook client is good.
- Awesome Note - this is very excellent
- AppGmail - better for gmail than the builtin. shows gmail conversation view
Page 2
More or less this is overflow from page1, but also backflow from page3. And also, apps I'm still testing
- AppeBox Pro - a bunch of free tiny utilities
- Shazam - identify songs (I've yet to use this)
- Alarm Clock - a "better" alarm clock than the builtin. certainly prettier
- Frotz - infocom text adventure gaming! :D
- Stanza - eBook reader.
- iSSH - ssh client
- wikiHOW - frontend to wikihow. Caches survival guides locally
- Solstice - sunrise and sunset positions. Oddly, NOT solstice dates and times
- TimeLapse - a timelapse app
- FotoTimerLE - another timelapse app
- Gorillacam - another timelapse app
- iDent - a poor StatusNet client
- SketchBookX - a cool sketching app
- MyBrisbane - a range of info for Brisbane folk
Page 3
Stuff which isn't so useful (st.George), or is useful but only irregularly (eg: feX), or amusements
- TouchCalc - excellent scientific calculator. I installed this before I discovered that the regular calc is scientific in landscape mode
- RotaryDialer - retro style dialer. just for fun
- St.George - not as good as it should be
- iTick - metronome
- HeartBeat - count heartbeats (or any beats - effectively a reverse metronome)
- Speedtest - measure your internet speed
- iFractal - Mandelbrot and Julia set browser
- feX - facebook exchange - sync facebook data to your local contacts! (update icons, addresses and birthdays)
- LifeGame - Conways game of life
- Totalpong - classic pong
- wordpress - a bit buggy, though useable, I think. I don't use it at the moment though.
- NASA - a bunch of NASA info
Page 4
Stuff which was dissapointing really, and/or I have alternate versions installed elsewhere
- BigOven - recipes. Just a frontend to their site
- RSSRunner - a RSS reader
- FreeRSS - another RSS reader
- Birthday - a basic birthday reminder (I think this was free, whilst the far superior 'Occassions' was $)
- RFK - Robot Finds Kitten. Does NOT COMPLY to the RFK RFC. ( http://robotfindskitten.org/download/rfk-rfc/ )
- Metronome - a metronome
- musebook - another metronome
- Flickr - the official flickr app. geotagging is broken for uploading, but it's great to view your friends image stream
- Flickd - geotagging works for uploads, but does not resize.
