iPhone App Roundup

Category: Entertainment & Pop Culture

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8/11/2009 Abby R. says:

Alright people, we have a bevy of iPhone users here - and inquiring minds need to know - what are your must have apps?  

For me this is what I use the most:

Facebook
Cash Flow Free - it allows me to keep track of spending - and I also use it to track money for my business
Sol Free - Decent array of solitaire
Google - It voice searches or you can type in your search
Flixster - All the movies playing in the city, very very handy
Bejeweled 2 - wastes glorious hours whilst I sit on the stupid 501 detours
Yelp - obviously
FastShop - free and allows me to carry a shopping list around
FMC - free app that let's me track ....... girlie stuff.  Super handy actually.

Whatchya got peeps?  I need to know!

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   8/11/2009 Kiki I. says:

   Messager
   Unit Conversion - Work
   iFitness - Amazing app for recording your workouts and Good database of exercises for each body part
   Shopper - Easy to record shopping items as I need them. I always miss placed paper copies
   Pac-man - Good time filler :p
   Flixster - for movie listings on the fly

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   8/11/2009 Adam "Ginger Ninja" P. says:

   First and foremost...jailbreak your phone
   
   Must have apps
   Yelp
   OpenTable
   Urbanspoon
   Cardstar
   Groceries
   Midomi (think Shazam only more functionality)
   Around Me
   Trapster
   Score Mobile
   TimmyMe
   BucksMe
   My Starbucks
   Traffic Watch (Toronto traffic cameras)
   iGo (Go Train Union Station departures)
   Conversions
   Paper Toss
   Flight of the Hamsters
   Flight Control
   iTTC
   Any drink app
   Hotel Pal
   Occasions
   Flixster
   Perfect Photo
   
   and yes...I have 8 pages of apps

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   8/11/2009 Chris "How quickly can I hit 4 digits?" P. says:

   Yelp
   Livestrong
   Facebook
   Linkedin
   Spore
   Jelly Car
   iInventory
   Google Earth
   Remote
   Shazam
   VNC
   Backgrounds
   iPity
   iHandy Level (I actually used this to level my dishwasher)
   Bump
   Flood-it!
   FML
   WeatherEye

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   8/11/2009 Ktimene "KT-Gluten-free" G. says:

   iPhone apps are phenomenal for learning langauges! My favorite:
   
   Oxford Italian

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   8/11/2009 Bryan "short stuff" G. says:

   ScoreMobile - scores, recaps and now...video highlights!
   Remote - allows me to remotely control my iTunes
   Hot Weather - hot girl + the weather
   Shovel - Digg app
   iMobsters - stupid role playing game (I don't actually play these but somehow I made an exception here...so additive)
   TwitterFon
   Pac Man Lite - I suck at Pac Man
   Paper Toss - throw balls of paper into a trash can (don't forget to judget the wind)
   CannonGame - angle/velocity game from my childhood
   Flixster - movie info and trailers
   Craigsphone - in many ways better than the web version of CL

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   8/11/2009 Carolyn B. says:

   I won't list them all, but here are a bunch of mine:
   
   Facebook
   Yahoo Messenger
   The Weather Network (really saved me on Sunday!!)
   iGo (but even better is GO Status)
   Shazam - This one is MAGICAL!  Hold phone up to a song and it tells you what it is.)
   Yelp
   TimmyMe
   Paper Toss
   LyricFind
   Night Stand
   Postman
   Flashlight
   Tetris
   Tweet Deck
   TwitterFon
   Traffic Watch (Traffic cameras from around the GTA)
   http://YP.ca (Yellow Pages)
   Timmy Me
   Pocket God
   Google Earth
   ClickOnRadio
   MotionX (VERY cool but I haven't figured it out completely yet.)
   eBuddy
   BatteryStatus
   DMB (Dave Matthews Band)
   ChaseTheDot (Mindless time-waster.)

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   8/11/2009 Kat "don't get me started!" F. says:

   Here are mine - I have very few as I like to keep the pages clean. Free unless otherwise noted.
   
   APPS:
   Yelp
   Evernote
   Wikipanion
   Flixster
   Bump
   Twitfon
   Shazam
   Mobile Fotos (Flickr app - $1.99 I think?)
   Red Rocket (TTC app - $2.99)
   
   GAMES:
   Spite
   Bejewelled 2
   Scrabble
   Mahjongg
   TowerBloxx
   Someone needs to make a Skip-Bo app ASAFP. Please.

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   8/11/2009 sarah "it's a juggling injury, shut up" l. says:

   just so you all know.... there is a bust-a-move - puzzle-bobble app with fruit called papaya puzzle bobble

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   8/11/2009 Randy "200 by Dec. 31" G. says:

   My favourites:
   
   Remember The Milk
   Deliveries (package tracking)
   Yelp
   Wikipanion
   TwitterFon
   Facebook (I use it a lot but hate it - HIGHLY UNRELIABLE)
   MLB At Bat 09
   Flixster
   Simplify Media (listen to my entire music collection on the go)
   Mobile Fotos
   iSSH (Unix geek over here)
   PCalc Lite
   Skype (Open a US iTunes account and you can have it too!)
   Email 'n Walk
   iPity
   iTunes Remote
   BubbleWrap
   AutoStitch
   Bump
   ColorSplash

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    8/12/2009 Carolyn B. says:

    Wow.  Some of these sound really interesting!
    
    @Randy -  I find Facebook highly unreliable, too.  It's frustrating, and it's missing a lot of necessary functions.
    
    (I have BubbleWrap, too. All the fun without having to order something breakable just to get it!)

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    8/12/2009 Abby R. says:

    Okay guys - read this carefully!!!
    
    If you are going to install the new iphone software on your iphone then first sync (do not agree to update the software).  After you've sync'd then have a go but be forwarned - it killed my iphone and I can't get into the genius bar until Friday.
    
    Apparently, it's happened to my friend's girlfriend too.  So sync first!!  I am so pissed!

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    8/12/2009 Carolyn B. says:

    How awful, Abby.  If that happened to me, I'd be hugely pissed, too ... and lost and panicky and not able to function properly.  (I may have a slight addiction happening.)  I hope they can fix you quickly.

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    8/12/2009 Abby R. says:

    Well, I was on the phone with apple - and as they were telling me that I was no longer eligible for free phone tech support the iphone came alive.  No idea.  It's restoring now.  
    
    Anyways, avoid the update.  It'll update you in all the wrong places!

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    8/12/2009 Randy "200 by Dec. 31" G. says:

    Abby, I don't know what went wrong with your phone... but if it's the 3.0.1 update you're referring to, it fixes a critical security problem with the 3.0.0 software, and MUST (not even SHOULD) be installed by all users.
    
    The 3.0.0 version (and earlier) has a problem where someone can run their own programs on your phone - and eventually take it over - just by sending text messages. You wouldn't even need to see the messages arrive.

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    8/12/2009 Abby R. says:

    Is said "security problem" at all related to your army of man-killing-value-village-robo ts? :)
    
    Thanks for the heads up.  I'll give it another go tomorrow when I have a few hours available for panicking and restoring.

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    8/13/2009 Randy "200 by Dec. 31" G. says:

    Hey, they don't kill people yet, and I'm fairly sure they hate me a lot more than they'll hate the rest of you guys. As long as you can outrun me, you're safe.

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    8/13/2009 eune "in a deep fried pickle" y. says:

    Grrrrreat topic and timely for me as I just got my new iphone!  Uhm....why did I resist for so long?!!! Oh technology, so frightening.  And the apps!  Next time I feel the need break out a pan flute now I know all I have to do is download the Ocarina app.  Mind blowing.  
    I'm still getting acquainted but favs so far;
    shazam, midomi, nytimes, stanza,
    
    will now get 'cause of yous guys
    flixster, cash flow free and what is ipity?!  Nevah mind, I'm lookin' it up now.  I love this thing!

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    8/14/2009 eune "in a deep fried pickle" y. says:

    Ipity....my life is complete

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    8/14/2009 Helen "will travel for food" L. says:

    i have way too many apps.  but fav ones are
    - yelp
    - twitterfon
    - facebook
    - shopshop
    - weathereye
    - tripit
    - dictionary
    - flixster
    - whole foods
    - http://yp.ca (its easy to send result to friends by text)

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    8/15/2009 Kat "don't get me started!" F. says:

    What's Shopshop? And Whole Woods?

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    8/28/2009 from Yelp for iPhone Helen "will travel for food" L. says:

    Shopshop is for grocery shopping lists. I think it's the easiest one to use.
    
    Wholefood is an app for recipes from the whole foods supermarket.

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    10/6/2009 Helen "will travel for food" L. says:

    bringing this thread back as I have a new fav app.  PING!
    
    Is anyone on it? its pretty great...you can text anyone with an iphone for free.

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    10/6/2009 Adam "Ginger Ninja" P. says:

    I have Ping on my phone. It's pretty good
    
    I have found another app called Concerts that shows you upcoming concerts in toronto
    Knot Guide - you never know when you're going to have to tie a knot other than your shoe
    Orb - I can stream my whole music collection (16000+ songs) from my iphone to my computer
    Bank Of Me or Owed - track who you've lent things to (money or items)
    Occasions - Sync's with google contacts to tell you when people's birthdays/anniversaries are coming up

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    11/17/2009 Kat "don't get me started!" F. says:

    I'm loving Embraceware's "Awaken" (Randy G's suggestion)! More alarm clocks = better chance that I will actually wake up in the morning.

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    11/17/2009 from Yelp for iPhone paul a. says:

    Love love love the new Sirius radio app.

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    11/17/2009 Nicole "breakfast is at the wrong time of day" B. says:

    I just recently became an iPhone addict :)
    
    My fav apps are:
    - YELP
    - Zipcar (I still can't get over that I can lock and unlock a car from my phone)
    - Twitterrific
    - Metro News
    - What's On (TV listings & saves shows you watch regularly)
    - Wikipanion
    - Convertbot
    - Ebay Mobile
    - WeatherEye
    - Stanza
    - eBuddy
    - Monopoly
    - SmackTalk

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    11/20/2009 Carolyn B. says:

    I recently found a fun game called "Fling".  It has held my interest more than any other game.

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    11/20/2009 Abby R. says:

    Yes - I just downloaded the free version and upgraded to the full version for 99 cents!  I like it!  Those cute little furballs!

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    11/20/2009 Carolyn B. says:

    Me too!  Once I completed the free version, I just had to have the full version!  I love it when you catch those little furballs looking right up at you!  8-)

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    12/15/2009 Noel D. says:

    I'm addicted to Ramp Champ right now... Free for a limited time.

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