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Saturday, May 5. 2012

A Springtime Maggie's Scientific Poll: Your favorite app

TigerHawk found this from 2007: Apple iPhone Will Fail in a Late, Defensive Move: Matthew Lynn


People have been telling me how much they love Angry Birds, and the Tennis game app. These apps are popular during dull business meetings. 


All of this stuff is in the "cloud," I am told. Given that, I am waiting for the God App.


Besides the essentials, what is your favorite iPhone app?


 

Posted by The Barrister in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects, Our Essays at 12:20 | Comments (14) | Trackbacks (0)

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The one I use the most is the Kindel app. My favorite, though, is probably Camera Awesome!

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#1 Mark Alger (Link) on 2012-05-05 12:58 (Reply)
Guitar Toolkit. Pricey, but worth every penny.
#2 Elizabeth L. Crain on 2012-05-05 13:08 (Reply)
Hmmm. Tell me more!!
#2.1 T.K. Tortch on 2012-05-05 13:43 (Reply)
I hit "OyezToday" a couple of times a week - it's a free app covering activity at the U.S. Supreme Court. I don't do that much federal appellate work, but the law geek in me loves to keep up.

I also like "Star Walk" for when I'm far enough out of town to really see the stars.

I'm waiting for a decent tree identification app. The one's I've looked at were pretty sorry.
#3 T.K. Tortch on 2012-05-05 13:49 (Reply)
If you can't open a beer with it, what the heck good is it?
#4 iBeer Me on 2012-05-05 13:51 (Reply)
iPhone? What's an iPhone?

I own a mobile phone....just for emergencies. Typically I turn it on once a week. I like peace and quiet. Did I mention that my cellphone service, such as it is, costs me less than $1 a month?
#5 Agent Cooper on 2012-05-05 14:23 (Reply)
Chord, Fretter (Guitar chords, scales, tunings and tuner)

Navionics Lakes US East (a full scale chartplotter for your cellphone - does not need 3/4G signal to operate)

Compass (a digital compass that also includes a basic GPS - very accurate)

WeatherBug Elite (I think it's the best weather app around - much better than Accuweather or any of the new apps.

Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Space One of the silliest time wasters ever but addictive and repetitive - I've played each two or three times just hanging around. Lots of fun - no joke.

Tweetcaster Pro I don't use Twitter much at all, but it is fun to read some of the liberal and conservatives go at it using less than 140 words.

[HDR Classic} - an actual, no nonsense HDR program for your cell phone camera. And it works great - I'll admit I was surprised at the results.

Various play once and delete them. You get 'em free from the Amazon App store for 'Droid.

There are hunting apps, golfing apps (I don't golf much), but I have one that sets the range to the green based on GPS data - about a bizillion courses covered too, but you need 3G at a minimum.
#6 Tom Francis on 2012-05-05 15:27 (Reply)
Twitter app 2Congress

Use it for all tweeting

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/2congress/id517054577?mt=8
#7 Sarah L on 2012-05-05 18:10 (Reply)
Ditto. I have a cell phone for dialing 911 if I'm out and have an emergency. That's all I know how to do with it, and all I want to know how do with it. I turn it on to check the battery level. When my truck caught fire a couple of years ago, by the time I stopped and got the propane bottle out of the back, a kind lady had stopped to help and had already called 911. So, I didn't get to use the cell phone even then.
#8 BillH on 2012-05-05 20:48 (Reply)
Plainimeter best daggum field measurement I've run across in 40+ years. Makes the Iphone worth the expense just by it self.
#9 mueheadedfarmer on 2012-05-05 21:32 (Reply)
Favorite App is probably Drudge followed by Garmin GPS, Yelp!, facebook, and the Wall Street Journal.
#10 DMW on 2012-05-05 22:03 (Reply)
I don't have an iPhone, but I hear there's an app that listens to any tune, even one you hum, and tells you what it is. I'd almost buy an iPhone just for that, but not quite, apparently. The app that reads product bar codes and tells you where to buy them cheap is pretty nice, too.
#11 Texan99 (Link) on 2012-05-06 12:40 (Reply)
My favorite phone ap on my dumb phone is the off switch. I buy old phones at Goodwill so I don't need to buy one of those new phones. My phone can hold a charge for a month or two if I don't turn it on. No irritating noise from it from someone trying to call and no text. I think it actually can get and send text but not while I'm using it. When did we become slaves to our phones?
#12 GoneWithTheWind on 2012-05-06 23:28 (Reply)
My favorite app is the blackened tuna bites with the little cup of remoulade.
#13 arcs on 2012-05-07 15:29 (Reply)

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