IPhone / IPod apps

[OldSaw]

What are your favorite iPod Touch apps?

I recently bought a 32g iPod Touch and am considering taking it back to Best Buy in exchange for the 64g. What I really want is an offline map program of the entire U. S. and Canada, but the closest thing I have found is Offmap and I am not sure it will work the way I would like. I want something like Streets & Trips.

 

[King of Kailua]

I'm thinking of getting an iTouch once the new one with the camera and mic comes out because the VoIP SIP phone apps look pretty cool.

I haven't tried out a touch yet but these are the apps that look interesting to me.. skype, fring: http://www.pocketgadget.org/2009/04/07/turn-your-ipod-touch-into-an-iphone-almost/
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[murchmb]

After two years of talking about it, my wife and I finally broke down and got iPhones last week, 16gb 3GS models. Now the App AD is starting which begs the question: What are your favorite apps whether they be utility or entertainment? So far, I see Facebook, Pandora, and The Weather Channel being must-haves. I'm looking for a couple of good games, plus a few apps for my 3 year old boy. He already knows how to power it up, flip to the 2nd screen, and bring up the Star Wars Light Saber app.

As far as cases go, the new Otterbox Commuter is looking good to me, or perhaps the Defender should the above mentioned 3 year old continue to play Jedi warrior. I have an el-cheapo neoprene case right now until I decide on something better. Other accessory recommendations?

 

[Vulcanus]

Twitterrific - best Twitter client, IMO
Things - I couldn't live without this on a weekend trip. It made sure I had everything
Where To? - Great app to locate nearby places
Convert - Best conversion client, and I use it for calculations instead of the built-in calculator
NetNewsWires - RSS client that syncs with Google Reader, has a desktop companion as well

Games wise

Pocket God
Flight Control
Rolando 1 & 2
Frenzic
Trism
Worms

 

[Mojo88]

Where to- Another poster mentioned this
Wunder Radio- Paid app that gets youa large variety of radio statios
Shoutcast- Free app that allows you to get some decent specific artist
Google
AP mobile-Always up to date

Pocket god
Cribbage

My wife got into GeoCaching and they have a good app for that..

 

[hrnfrg]

World News - links to newspapers and news sites from around the world
ESPN Score Center - for, well, you know, scores
Cricitch - cricket scores
NPR - for news
Halloween sounds -- my five year old loves it.

 

[TickTock]

Stanza is a nice book reader. It has some nice features like being able to download from your laptop. I loaded the complete Sherlock Holmes stories and now don't have to read the crappy magazines at the dentist anymore.

 

[bolocheung]

I have a iPhone 2g which is "jailbroken" so have some apps that are not available. My favorite regular apps are:
Sports Tap - for sports scores, etc.
AccuWeather - weather forecasts
Bloomberg - business, stocks
eBay - self explanatory
Shazam - id's/tags songs
Facebook

 

[ChrisG]

A Personal Assistant is a money managing app that lets you look at balances for checking/ credit cards.

 

[kongjie]

CameraBag is a fun photo app
Nike+ is my running companion
MotionX GPS is neat for tracking routes, but I still like Nike+ most of the time
Instapaper lets you read stuff that you bookmarked in your browser
Evernote is useful for storing misc. data
Spider is a fun game, also Zenbound and TheDeep
Yelp is a great restaurant reference, shopping too
Kindle is where I store all my bedtime reading
+1 on NetNewsWire mentioned above
Brushes is fun for creating art

 

[perry]

Two that have become really important to me are:
Lose It for tracking calories and helping me lose almost 30 pounds since I got the phone in June!
RunKeeper for tracking my bike rides and runs

 

[kongjie]

Lose It for tracking calories and helping me lose almost 30 pounds since I got the phone in June!

I forgot to add the Livestrong Daily Plate app for tracking calories. I've lost about 15 pounds myself. Keep up the good work.

 

[Vulcanus]

A Personal Assistant is a money managing app that lets you look at balances for checking/ credit cards.

I prefer Mint's app for this.

 

[kwk285]

My favorite aps
1) Kindle- I sync it with my kindle reader so I can read from either
2) Shopper- I can make multiple lists of things I need to get over the week so when I go out I won't forget anything
3)Google- I really like the voice option

 

[Jake]

In no particular order:
kayak for trip planning
geared for a cool puzzle/game
classics for good reading
about battery for battery life
four square for getting together w/friends

 

[CowboyKissle]

The full version of MLB at Bat was the best $10 I spent all year. A must have if you follow baseball. The myWireless app for your AT&T is pretty handy as well.

 

[ChrisG]

I prefer Mint's app for this.

Ahh, I forget that Mint has an application for the Iphone. Mint is great, I use mint on the website and personal assistant for mobile since I am a blackberry user.

 

[rigglet]

+1 on Mint and Shazam

Also...

Done! - for task tracking.
iheartradio - great for listening to radio stations...especially if you are a transplant from another area like me. I listen to a California radio station in Indiana.
GasBag - No...not that gas. Tracks fuel economy.
Wallet Zero - Although I've not officially tried it yet. It creates virtual images of the little key tags you get from grocery stores, gas stations, etc. If it works as advertised it will be awesome.

 

[SpyvSpy]

Shazam- good for knowing your possible new favorite song. (free)
Bankofamerica- good to view/transfer money on the go (free)
Pandora- GOOD Internet radio app (free)
Mint.com- very good for keeping track of personal finances and controlling your AD (free)
mystuff- good for keeping track of what you got and can seperatr them into groups. (free/paid versions)
Loopt- good for knowing where people are (free)
AAA discounts- tells you where you can get discounts as a triple A member (free)
batterymagic- very good app tells you your battery power how much time left you have doing what your doing on your phone and how my time it would take to recharge it. (free)
Evernote- great note taking/sharing app (free)
The weather channel- very good to have. (free)

 

[DaveAri]

After two years of talking about it, my wife and I finally broke down and got iPhones last week, 16gb 3GS models. Now the App AD is starting which begs the question: What are your favorite apps whether they be utility or entertainment? So far, I see Facebook, Pandora, and The Weather Channel being must-haves. I'm looking for a couple of good games, plus a few apps for my 3 year old boy. He already knows how to power it up, flip to the 2nd screen, and bring up the Star Wars Light Saber app.

As far as cases go, the new Otterbox Commuter is looking good to me, or perhaps the Defender should the above mentioned 3 year old continue to play Jedi warrior. I have an el-cheapo neoprene case right now until I decide on something better. Other accessory recommendations?

I have the Defender. It's a bit bulky but I have already dropped my 3GS a few times and the case did its job. Two minor drawbacks the screen protector seems to get moisture bubbles very annoying. Also the phone does not snap into the belt clip. Check the bay I got a brand new one in the box for $31 with free shipping.