kale (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kalephunk) wrote,@ 2008-07-20 23:54:00 |
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Best iPhone apps:
1. Twitteriffic. I didn't start using Twitter until Jim hounded Chris and I to do so on our iPhones, and this is a really well-done mobile implementation of the application. Great, intuitive UI.
2. Twinkle. Another Twitter client, though this one focuses more on location-based relations -- I can see all twitter posts (I refuse to call them "tweets") within, say, 5 miles, based on the phone's current GPS location. Makes it really easy to discover people, and at least locally, we're using it as another chat view to get to know each other. Location-aware social applications are great on the iPhone, and I'm glad they're being pushed in AppStore.
3. Tap Tap Revenge. It's like a mix of DDR and Guitar Hero for the iPhone. Very well designed, very fun, and they have tournaments all the time -- I won a $30 iTunes gift certificate from their first contest, woohoo!
4. Graffitio. This is one of the most novel apps to come out for the iPhone (so far), and it's rather hard to explain. It allows you to create and add to anonymous forums that are tied to locations -- virtual "graffiti". There's one for an apartment complex near work where people are having a flame war over whether or not it's a good place to live. At work there's one about Ace's mom. I'd really like to see this app grow -- finer accuracy would be nice (right now it's set to 1000m, which is a bit too wide, IMO), as well as the ability to attach pictures. When push service opens up for AppStore apps, I'd like to see it "ding" when I come across a location with a wall. It'd be great for geocaching (literal "virtual caches"), for example.
5. Shazam. Run the app, play a part of song, wait 10 seconds, and it tells you what the song is. Amazingly accurate.
6. Aurora Feint. Currently, it's only a Bejewelled-esque blocks and columns game, but it's really fun as is. It's being built as a puzzle-based MMO, and there are budding community features that support that. You can level up and learn new tools and spells that help you mine more resources faster, so you can spend them on more items, etc. Hopefully the project won't falter.
7. Terminal. First app I've installed after jailbreaking my iPhone, and this is what makes it totally worth it. It's a terminal. What more can I say?
iPhone's still not a Sidekick replacement yet... but after jailbreaking, and as more apps enter the AppStore, it's getting closer. When I can get full push services -- instant messaging, Twitter, etc, then I'll cancel the Sidekick. But not yet.
1. Twitteriffic. I didn't start using Twitter until Jim hounded Chris and I to do so on our iPhones, and this is a really well-done mobile implementation of the application. Great, intuitive UI.
2. Twinkle. Another Twitter client, though this one focuses more on location-based relations -- I can see all twitter posts (I refuse to call them "tweets") within, say, 5 miles, based on the phone's current GPS location. Makes it really easy to discover people, and at least locally, we're using it as another chat view to get to know each other. Location-aware social applications are great on the iPhone, and I'm glad they're being pushed in AppStore.
3. Tap Tap Revenge. It's like a mix of DDR and Guitar Hero for the iPhone. Very well designed, very fun, and they have tournaments all the time -- I won a $30 iTunes gift certificate from their first contest, woohoo!
4. Graffitio. This is one of the most novel apps to come out for the iPhone (so far), and it's rather hard to explain. It allows you to create and add to anonymous forums that are tied to locations -- virtual "graffiti". There's one for an apartment complex near work where people are having a flame war over whether or not it's a good place to live. At work there's one about Ace's mom. I'd really like to see this app grow -- finer accuracy would be nice (right now it's set to 1000m, which is a bit too wide, IMO), as well as the ability to attach pictures. When push service opens up for AppStore apps, I'd like to see it "ding" when I come across a location with a wall. It'd be great for geocaching (literal "virtual caches"), for example.
5. Shazam. Run the app, play a part of song, wait 10 seconds, and it tells you what the song is. Amazingly accurate.
6. Aurora Feint. Currently, it's only a Bejewelled-esque blocks and columns game, but it's really fun as is. It's being built as a puzzle-based MMO, and there are budding community features that support that. You can level up and learn new tools and spells that help you mine more resources faster, so you can spend them on more items, etc. Hopefully the project won't falter.
7. Terminal. First app I've installed after jailbreaking my iPhone, and this is what makes it totally worth it. It's a terminal. What more can I say?
iPhone's still not a Sidekick replacement yet... but after jailbreaking, and as more apps enter the AppStore, it's getting closer. When I can get full push services -- instant messaging, Twitter, etc, then I'll cancel the Sidekick. But not yet.
