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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Tuesday, November 02, 2010 - 6:58 pm
I thought it'd be fun to share what our favorite smart-phone or iTouch apps are, or make recommendations. I have an iPhone and have about 70 apps but use only about ten on a daily basis. I read somewhere that most people only use between 5-10 regularly, so I guess I'm average. I've organized my apps on each page by category. Some of the types I have are for shopping (eBay, Amazon, Fandango, CraigsPro), some are for reference (dictionary, Spanish for Dummies, wikipedia, IMDb, Epocrates, Google and Google Earth, iBird Songs), some are for news (NYTimes, AP mobile, Michigan Radio, NPR news, White House). My favorite games include Skee-ball (I'm quite addicted!), Hangman, Labyrinth lite, Moron test, Para Panic, RunStic lite, Unblock me, SeaSick free, Wild West pinball, and Paper Toss. Some favorite photo manipulation apps are Color Splash, Pano, Old Booth, Aging Booth, Hair makeover, Polarize, iSwap Faces, Faces! lite, 'stachetastic, and Sketch Me! Because I have the 3G with only a camera but not video, I downloaded the free app iCamcorder which makes the camera into a video camera. Works great! Other useful apps I like to use are Rocket Taxi, Shazam, Yelp!, Skype, FaceBook, Open Table, Phone Flicks (Netflix), Bump!, Carpenter, and Lose It. Oh, and the vey first app I downloaded was Lightsaber, per Ms Sweetpea's request. It turns the iPhone into a Star Wars lightsaber. I'm interested to hear what apps other folks like!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 8:19 am
There are so many. Keep in mind that my favourites may be slightly different because I'm in Canada. I have a 3GS. I kind of like MapQuest for navigation. It has a few quirks but they have been improving it and it also has some nice features. It will give you voice direction to your destination and that is pretty amazing considering that it is free. GoPedometer is pretty cool (it measures the time and distance you have walked). I use WeatherEye all the time for checking the weather (it is much better than the included app). IMDb is a nice app and it even summarizes what is on TV each evening. Vevo does streaming of free music videos. Tunein Radio has tons of radio stations. Twitter is great for catching up on tweets. PerfectlyClear is a nice quick fix photo app for automatically improving the look of images. Photogene is good for more serious fixes. ProHDR lets you take two images of the same subject at different exposures and then combines them for the best image. SketchBook is fun for sketching or doodling. I guess my favourite game at the moment (by a pretty wide margin) is Angry Birds. It is funny and a lot of fun. DoodleJump is another good one. I agree that Labyrinth and Wild West Pinball are fun. I'll have to look into some of the ones that you recommended!
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 9:48 am
I love Angry Birds and love love Bejeweled Blitz!!! One of my handiest apps is Delivery Status - it tracks your UPS, USPS, etc, etc, packages once you input a tracking number. And Photoshop Express is a nice, free photo editing app. I have many, many photo editing apps on my phone and also use some of them on my iPad. For those with the iPhone 4, iMovie is excellent. You can edit, add titles & styles, some music, and then email or upload to several sources, including YouTube and Apple's MobileMe. Words With Friends - a fun Scrabble-type app - you can play games against friends or random strangers (like picking someone up in a bar, lol). Tap & Track - the best calorie tracking & charting app I've tried.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-28-2004
| Wednesday, November 03, 2010 - 5:28 pm
Angry Birds! My kids play it more than I do. When I can't find my phone I know one of them is playing it. My son loves Talking Tom. I broke my 3GS beyond repair and had a bunch of cool apps on it and now I'm having to use my wife's old 3G and its so slow that I just haven't decked it out much with apps. I'm waiting till my upgrade and going Droid. My wife, this last upgrade, got a Samsung Captivate and loves it. She's all the time finding cool Android Apps.
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 6:04 am
Top Ten iPhone Apps and other suggestions from the NY Times article of Nov. 10: NY Times
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 8:11 pm
I just finished the regular levels of Angry Birds and am three golden eggs short for that level. Grrr now I have to go back and try to find those eggs. (I also downloaded Angry Birds Holloween - my Mom is addicted to it lol) I have Facebook, Twitter (don't know how to use it), Airmiles, and then my regular sites - CNN, TVCH, NShrine etc
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 8:58 pm
I just saw in EW a little multi color dotted stamp and it said put your smartphone on it and snap and it will take you to a video...how cool is that?
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 9:05 pm
I think it's called a QR - Target is using them in their ads now, too. It required a download of an app on your phone, but then the camera does the rest. I read a blog about QRs and their uses in education recently. Of course, it wouldn't work in our school since kids can't have phones in the classroom, but it definitely looks like the next "big" innovation!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 9:29 pm
So you take a picture of your computer screen?
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 7:58 pm
Ten favorite iPhone apps, as reviewed by David Pogue in today's NY Times: Article I'm downloading Sound Hound as I type this. 
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Friday, November 19, 2010 - 4:28 am
for the QR....... an app I love. download gettag.mobi on your phone and you will be able to access the three different types of tags.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, November 19, 2010 - 8:52 am
Jimmer, I dont think so, you put your phone on the tag in the magazine
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Friday, November 19, 2010 - 11:12 am
Jimmer.....some you take a picture of some and some you just scan with the phone app. Most ads that have them give instructions on what is best to use. Watch the light as the glossy mags sometimes are difficult to scan the tag.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 11:47 am
I really like the epicurious app on my iPad to look up possible recipes given the ingredients I have on hand.
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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 6:13 pm
I have an iTouch, so no scanning, but I do have a few that I go to all the time. Facebook Weather Channel Woot Bejeweled TGI Black Friday (the ads are updated regularly and you can keep a list of places you want to go. I go to Gamezebo on line quite often to get the daily free, not just lite, games.
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Ladybug007
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 7:03 am
Here are my Apps... Twitter, Fbook TMZ, Gossip Junkie, CNN Ivideo Camera Hipstamatic: takes cool pix MP Photobooth... fun app that takes pix like you are in a photo booth Around Me... BEST APP AccuWeather - weather app usually on point GAMES: WORDS WITH FRIENDS- BEST GAME EVER. my name is TheLadyBug007 if anyone wants a game! Photo Hunt: search for items in pictures Wheres Waldo: highly addictive but I finally beat it. Skee-Ball: My guy friends always grab my phone to play this Cross-Nerd: word puzzle Angry Birds & Angry Birds Halloween: ADDICTIVE and my friends now hate me because they are addicted to. Moonlight Mahjong: Love it and you can add more boards from their website Qrank: Daily Trivia Game, play once a day, current events. Lose It: Great for dieting, tracks weight and calories WebMd TripTracker: to track flights Shut Up Button: Comes in handy when boss makes me mad.
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Ladybug007
Member
08-13-2000
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 7:10 am
Ohhhhh...and This is GREAT!! Cell Tracker.. make your friends think you can track them down anywhere. Example: My boyfriend and I were in the car and I said honey my phone can track anyone. So I input in his number and the gps showed exactly where he was next to me. It only shows my location so you have to be with the person but he was freaking out because he thought anyone could track his whereabouts at anytime. HA HA HA Works great on everyone!
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 5:11 pm
Can't believe no one has mentioned "Cut The Rope" yet....what an awesome game! Similar to Angry Birds, but I think I like CTR a little better. It's great fun. Hey Tell is an app that turns your phone into a walkie talkie. Ok, not a REAL walkie talkie...more like a voice text message. Oh...and I love Words With Friends also. My user name is Valleygirl74. 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, November 25, 2010 - 8:33 am
Just a tip that a lot of Apps go on sale today and tomorrow for Black Friday. So check out the App Store and you might find some good buys! --------------- Cut the Rope is fun!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Thursday, November 25, 2010 - 9:27 am
Thanks, Jimmer!
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Sarasmile
Member
02-09-2007
| Wednesday, December 01, 2010 - 11:06 am
Oh my goodness!!!! Two people who play Words With Friends right here! Ladybug and Bandit you will be getting invites from me for games - my user name is SaraWithoutanH. I NEVER have anyone to play WWF with me, so I'm very excited. I have a fun app called Image Pro - you can get some great pictures from that app, especially if you're a more visual person and like to have lots of stock pics for texts, etc. Be sure to set blocks on this app though if you have kids around (it pulls pics from internet). I have a lot of word search games and several solitaire games like Tripeaks - I'm not very good at games where things are moving too fast!
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, December 01, 2010 - 8:18 pm
My Angry Birds Halloween just updated and gave me a Christmas version for free. Yes!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 01, 2010 - 8:24 pm
Oh that is cool, Lyn. A lot of people will be happy about that (including me)!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-28-2004
| Wednesday, December 01, 2010 - 8:31 pm
and my kids. I've been torn lately....I was really gunning to get a Droid phone at my next upgrade in a couple months...but the new Windows phones look pretty sweet. Their App store, I heard, is only at 3000 apps but growing strong....with Angry Birds available. I also heard there is gonna be an Angry Pig game.
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 9:42 am
Rumor has it at a big gaming site that the next update for Angry Birds is a Valentines edition featuring new bird(s). I'm keeping my fingers crossed :-)
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 12:38 pm
I posted this in the tv show area, then I remembered it has it's own thread. I just got this announcement email. Comcast has a free new ipad and iphone app where you can program your Comcast dvr remotely, and do other things. I don't have an iphone or ipad, but this seems like it would be handy if you have Comcast as your tv provider. It says soon they will be adding the ability to actually watch all your Comcast on-demand content on your i device, including your premium channel stuff. http://www.xfinity.com/help/internet/mobile-tv-app/ (before someone says it, yes I know we can do that stuff from our regular computers. Just thought the i people would like to know )
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, December 06, 2010 - 12:43 pm
Being in Canada I don't have Comcast but that sounds really cool.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 10:46 am
Bell TV has the same thing Jimmer.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 11:42 am
Oh now that you mention it I've heard about that! Uh but we're with Rogers.
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Chaplin
Member
01-08-2006
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 6:19 pm
Yup me too!
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Sarasmile
Member
02-09-2007
| Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 9:05 pm
Would like to thank you guys for my new Angry Birds addiction!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 9:35 pm
LOL - Angry Birds is great! It's such a funny concept too. Hard to imagine how they came up with it.
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