The whole iPhone thing is just the bomb. Tonight I watched the CBS Evening News telecast in the palm of my hand. I remember Dick Tracy's gadgets in the Sunday funnies -- some of this is far beyond what even he imagined.
We've been playing with various "apps" on the phone -- some of which we have discovered on our own, and others that friends have shown us. Lots of time-wasters in there, to be sure, but some extremely helpful programs as well. Experienced souls are invited to lob some suggestions our way.
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Urbanspoon for restaurants
LoseIt! to track calories and exercise
FlightTrack for flight info
Postino for sending "postcards"
Skype for free wireless telephone calls
Stanza for book reading -- never mind that Kindle
Chordmaster for the guitar
and for mesmerizing entertainment:
Koi Pond
Ocarina
Bubble level
etc.
Trail Guru is great, although their website isn't loading (http://www.trailguru.com/). It tracks your hikes and can put them on a google map and show all sorts of stats about your hike.
If you are at all into astronomy, there's an app called "Planets" that will tell you the rise and set time for the celestial bodies in the solar system for your particular location, as well as azimuth and altitude in degrees.
Zell+ is a shopping-list creating app that allows you to hold a "button" and speak the items you need, and it will turn it into a list.
The built-in stock app is busch league in comparison to Bloomberg's free app.
ESPN ScoreCenter - a must have (for me) with the College Football season opening in a month.
SnapTell - Take a picture of a book cover, CD cover, etc., and it checks its database and tells you the title of the object, author, and how much it costs at Amazon, Ebay, and other online outlets.
Shazam - Hold it up to the radio, it listens to the song for a second, then tells you the title, artist, album, and offers you the ability to download it via itunes
Yelp - GPS driven restaurant reviews. Want a place to eat lunch within 2 block that others are raving about, this is the app?
"Does it have a GPS app that tells you how many yards from the ball to the pin?"
You could use the Motion-X GPS app for that - set a waypoint for all the pins on the course, and it would give you direct distance the same as a handheld GPS unit could.
If you've connected your computer and stereo (via airport express), you can use "Remote" to control iTunes remotely from your phone. This includes your own music library, and any streaming radio, or podcasts you choose.
For other computer operations, you can use "Remote Tap" to access your computer's desktop and control any operation or application you choose. I've found it much easier to use than some of the other VNC clients. You can also use it over the mobile network from anywhere, and not just on your local wireless network.
And finally, if you have Airfoil on your computer (from Rogue Amoeba), you can use "Airfoil Speakers Touch" to stream any audio playing on you computer directly to your iPhone.
Of course, for all of these you need a WiFi network.
trapster - tells you where the popo are hunting speeders, where red light cameras are, mobile radar vans...not that I speed or run red lights, but it's nice to know when the govt is going to be watching you before they can see you...it's strangely rewarding to report police activity.
Charamba, Douro 2008
Horse Heaven Hills, Cabernet 2010
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills Pinot Grigio 2011
Avignonesi, Montepulciano 2004
Lorelle, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2011
Villa Antinori, Toscana 2007
Mercedes Eguren, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Lorelle, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2011
Purple Moon, Merlot 2011
Purple Moon, Chardonnnay 2011
Abacela, Vintner's Blend No. 12
Opula Red Blend 2010
Liberte, Pinot Noir 2010
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Indian Wells Red Blend 2010
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2011
King Estate, Pinot Noir 2011
Famille Perrin, Cotes du Rhone Villages 2010
Columbia Crest, Les Chevaux Red 2010
14 Hands, Hot to Trot White Blend
Familia Bianchi, Malbec 2009
Terrapin Cellars, Pinot Gris 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2009
Campo Viejo, Rioja, Termpranillo 2010
Ravenswood, Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2010
Waterbrook, Reserve Merlot 2009
Lorelle, Horse Heaven Hills, Pinot Grigio 2011
Tarantas, Rose
Chateau Lajarre, Bordeaux 2009
La Vielle Ferme, Rose 2011
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio 2011
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir 2009
Lello, Douro Tinto 2009
Quinson Fils, Cotes de Provence Rose 2011
Anindor, Pinot Gris 2010
Buenas Ondas, Syrah Rose 2010
Les Fiefs d'Anglars, Malbec 2009
14 Hands, Pinot Gris 2011
Conundrum 2012
Condes de Albarei, Albariño 2011
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2007
Penelope Sanchez, Garnacha Syrah 2010
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2007
Atalaya do Mar, Godello 2010
Vega Montan, Mencia
Benvolio, Pinot Grigio
Nobilo Icon, Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2009
Portuga, Rose 2011
Revelation, Chardonnay, Pays d'Oc 2010
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 2005
Monte Alto, Tinto Reserva 2005
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2009
Espiral, Vinho Rose
Vin-Koru, Pinot Gris 2011
14 Hands, Hot to Trot Red 2009
Rodney Strong, Cabernet, Sonoma 2009
Abacela, Vintner's Blend #11
Portuga, White 2010
La Bourgeoisie, Red 2009
Januik, Red 2009
Three Rivers, River's Red 2008
Kirkland, Alexander Valley Merlot 2008
Muga, Rioja Rose 2010
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
The Occasional Book
Neil Young - Waging Heavy Peace
Mark Bego - Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul (2012 ed.)
Jenny Lawson - Let's Pretend This Never Happened
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Timothy Egan - The Big Burn
Deborah Eisenberg - Transactions in a Foreign Currency
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse Five
Kathryn Lance - Pandora's Genes
Cheryl Strayed - Wild
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt
Road Work
Miles run year to date: 21
At this date last year: 52
Total run in 2012: 129
In 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
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Urbanspoon for restaurants
LoseIt! to track calories and exercise
FlightTrack for flight info
Postino for sending "postcards"
Skype for free wireless telephone calls
Stanza for book reading -- never mind that Kindle
Chordmaster for the guitar
and for mesmerizing entertainment:
Koi Pond
Ocarina
Bubble level
etc.
Posted by Allan L. | August 9, 2009 11:20 PM
Not to mention the true beauty of the interface. Handling, working and navigating that thing gives one hope for the future.
Posted by ep | August 10, 2009 12:11 AM
Trail Guru is great, although their website isn't loading (http://www.trailguru.com/). It tracks your hikes and can put them on a google map and show all sorts of stats about your hike.
Posted by gs | August 10, 2009 12:47 AM
ReQall reminder system is even location-sensitive. I dumped Jott for this. Most amazing. Check David Poque's review at nytimes.com.
Posted by Conrad | August 10, 2009 4:00 AM
Harbormaster. Trust me. You'll become addicted.
Posted by BobM | August 10, 2009 4:00 AM
If you are at all into astronomy, there's an app called "Planets" that will tell you the rise and set time for the celestial bodies in the solar system for your particular location, as well as azimuth and altitude in degrees.
Zell+ is a shopping-list creating app that allows you to hold a "button" and speak the items you need, and it will turn it into a list.
The built-in stock app is busch league in comparison to Bloomberg's free app.
ESPN ScoreCenter - a must have (for me) with the College Football season opening in a month.
Posted by MachineShedFred | August 10, 2009 7:17 AM
Three apps I love:
SnapTell - Take a picture of a book cover, CD cover, etc., and it checks its database and tells you the title of the object, author, and how much it costs at Amazon, Ebay, and other online outlets.
Shazam - Hold it up to the radio, it listens to the song for a second, then tells you the title, artist, album, and offers you the ability to download it via itunes
Yelp - GPS driven restaurant reviews. Want a place to eat lunch within 2 block that others are raving about, this is the app?
Posted by Bronson James | August 10, 2009 8:57 AM
Does it have a GPS app that tells you how many yards from the ball to the pin?
Posted by Mike Landfair | August 10, 2009 9:29 AM
"Does it have a GPS app that tells you how many yards from the ball to the pin?"
You could use the Motion-X GPS app for that - set a waypoint for all the pins on the course, and it would give you direct distance the same as a handheld GPS unit could.
Posted by MachineShedFred | August 10, 2009 11:09 AM
Remote and Remote Tap
If you've connected your computer and stereo (via airport express), you can use "Remote" to control iTunes remotely from your phone. This includes your own music library, and any streaming radio, or podcasts you choose.
For other computer operations, you can use "Remote Tap" to access your computer's desktop and control any operation or application you choose. I've found it much easier to use than some of the other VNC clients. You can also use it over the mobile network from anywhere, and not just on your local wireless network.
And finally, if you have Airfoil on your computer (from Rogue Amoeba), you can use "Airfoil Speakers Touch" to stream any audio playing on you computer directly to your iPhone.
Of course, for all of these you need a WiFi network.
Posted by Jeff S | August 10, 2009 11:16 AM
trapster - tells you where the popo are hunting speeders, where red light cameras are, mobile radar vans...not that I speed or run red lights, but it's nice to know when the govt is going to be watching you before they can see you...it's strangely rewarding to report police activity.
Posted by expop | August 10, 2009 4:46 PM
StarmapPro
Public Radio
Shakespeare
GPSMotion X
Cleartune
Camera Zoom
Google Earth
Posted by steve | August 10, 2009 5:11 PM