iPhone Apps suggestions

mudwrx
mudwrx Posts: 367
edited February 2011 in The Clubhouse
We just got my wife a new iPhone and she is loving it. I do not have a smart phone myself.

For those that do have the iPhone, what do you suggest for Apps? Fun, practical and/or useful. What have you been using?

Thanks.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2011
    I had a pretty comprehensive list of mine a while back.....

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1460088&postcount=2
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Earthy
    Earthy Posts: 488
    edited February 2011
    Living in Tornado Alley I find this radar app quite useful.

    RadarScope $9.99

    http://www.basevelocity.com/RadarScope/

    Free apps I use a lot.

    Shazam to find the name of a song thats playing.
    pic2shop scan barcodes and returns a list of online sources and prices.
    Polk Audio SDA SRS 2.3TL
    Parasound Halo A21
    Parasound Halo P3

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    Polk Blackstone TL3 for height
    SVS PB12-ISD Sub
    Denon AVR-X6400h
    Parasound Halo A51
    LG OLED65B7A
    Sony UBPX800
    Logitech Harmony Elite
    PC LSiM 703
    Spare LSIM 702 and 706c

    Home Theater #2
    Polk Audio LS70, CS350LS, LSF/X, S4
    Onkyo TX-NR808



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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited February 2011
    As an alternative to Shazaam I'd like to suggest SoundHound.
    As an alternative to pic2shop I'd like to suggest RedLaser.

    THose aren't free alternatives, they both carry a small fee I believe, but I do prefer both of those to the ones listed, just my $.02
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited February 2011
    Even the catholic church has an app for confessions now. If thats your thing.
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  • mudwrx
    mudwrx Posts: 367
    edited February 2011
    tonyb wrote: »
    Even the catholic church has an app for confessions now. If thats your thing.

    Ya, but can you have the Confession app and YouPorn running at the same time? :tongue:
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited February 2011
    I need a music player alternate. I bought FluxTunes but don't like it and prefer the built in player for its simplicity. The problem is that the basic player is constantly rotating on me (harder to change volume or progress and buttons are smaller), has small buttons, and constantly hides the progress bar. Any suggestions?

    Bob's list is pretty good. Other stuff I like (don't remember if any of these are on his list):
    - Pocket Tanks
    - SpiderFree
    - Alchemy
    - Wimp.com
    - CNBC RT
    - Spy Calc (for hiding images and videos)
    - Solitaire Pro was recently offered for free but I don't use it much,

    Please share which apps you like after you get familiar with them.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2011
    maximillian wrote: »
    I need a music player alternate. I bought FluxTunes but don't like it and prefer the built in player for its simplicity. The problem is that the basic player is constantly rotating on me (harder to change volume or progress and buttons are smaller), has small buttons, and constantly hides the progress bar. Any suggestions?

    Assuming you're running iOS4+, if you double tap at the home screen to bring up the multitasking bar, and then swipe to the right, to bring up the mini-player, there's a button on the far left (looks like a twirly arrow in a box) that locks the rotation. There might be a way to do it in settings too, but it's the same thing.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Slinger182
    Slinger182 Posts: 512
    edited February 2011
    I just learned about Dragon Dictation. It's a speak to text app which is free and pretty cool. It is it's own app but can import what you speak to text to email, sms, facebook...
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited February 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Assuming you're running iOS4+, if you double tap at the home screen to bring up the multitasking bar, and then swipe to the right, to bring up the mini-player, there's a button on the far left (looks like a twirly arrow in a box) that locks the rotation. There might be a way to do it in settings too, but it's the same thing.

    That's a global setting. There are some applications that I want in landscape. So switching back and forth is a pain. Some apps have a specific setting for locking the orientation that I wish the default music player hide.

    Finally, there's still the issue with hiding of the progress bar. Why would it do that just to show more white space?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited February 2011
    I'll go ahead and get the obligatory "Android is better" post in now to save us all the wait.

    On topic, I like that iOS4 lets you lock the rotation now, had to jailbreak my phone to get that in the past.
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited February 2011
    I have the BlackBerry app so I can get true push email. Works great!
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2011
    maximillian wrote: »
    That's a global setting. There are some applications that I want in landscape. So switching back and forth is a pain. Some apps have a specific setting for locking the orientation that I wish the default music player hide.

    Finally, there's still the issue with hiding of the progress bar. Why would it do that just to show more white space?

    I agree, not a perfect solution, just wanted to make sure you were aware of it. I haven't tried many other music players, because for the most part I just fire up a playlist and if I need to skip I use the mini-player.

    Oh and I also hate apps that unnecessarily hide the status bar.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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