Have Iphone, need apps

EndersShadow · November 2011

So I just got an Iphone and now I was curious what apps out there you guys use for audio stuff, or just plain fun. Prefer the free kinda apps.

Strong Bad · November 2011

eWeather HD is my favorite weather app. The official Weather Channel app SUCKS! Used to be great, but they did several updates recently and ruined it!

The Onion is hilarious! Flick Fishing is very fun. Shanghai Lite. Gotta have Ebay, Amazon and Groupon, Fox Sports, USA Today, NASA TV.

Dennis Gardner · November 2011

The JL Audio apps are cool, Decibel Ultra is a good free sound meter. RTA Lite is nice, and Tone is a decent tone generator. The Studio Six Digital apps should be considered also.

Shazam is the coolest song recognition app in the world.

Check out a few flashlight apps. I use mine daily!!!

iHandy level is a cool app as well.

ESPN for sports, Tivo if you have one, eBay if you auction shop, too many cool things to mention, good luck in your search

SCompRacer · November 2011

I got a Droid, but this app is also available for your IPhone. If you have a Squeezebox, Logitech has a free Squeeze app for you. I like the fact that my smart phone screen is much larger than my Logitech Controller screen.

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=60914&d=1316994889

Do any used CD shopping? I do quite a bit and cannot always recall everything that I own and end up with dupes. If you have MediaMonkey, you can download the free Triximoto Advanced Report 6.0. It creates a single HTML document listing all the artists you have in MediaMonkey. I don't have any web space to upload it to so I stuck it in the downloads folder of my phone. While Advanced Report isn't listed as a smart phone app, it works.

First page is artists by alphabetical listing. Click on the artist, you are taken to a page with color icons of all the albums you have for that artist. You have the option of adding track listings for each album. Note that this can be a huge file depending on library size.

Pics here. (Hand held available light so they are a bit blurry).

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?124582-Rockford-Audio-Society-Mini-Meet&p=1667373&viewfull=1#post1667373

Drenis · November 2011

I think there's a Zune app to brick your iPhone and only allows a secret Zune theme based player that makes phone calls.

BottomFeeder · November 2011

I like Google Search - speak to it or take a picture of just about anything & it'll tell you everything you want to know about it.

I like Yelp & AroundMe, which tells you about every imaginable business in any American city. Restaurants with reviews, stores, library's, hospitals, coffee shops, you name it. Excellent.

I like Groupon & Yollar, two discount offering apps that I've used a lot.

Lots of people like Pandora & Netflix (movies) & Shazam, which identifies the music you're hearing.

I love MapQuest which acts as a voice turn by turn GPS system! Use it a lot.

ColorSplash is a fun photography app & AllRecipes is great for cooking.

breal74 · November 2011

The McIntosh AP-1 music player app is pretty cool. Gives your phone the look of a McIntosh amp.

engtaz · November 2011

iPeng for Squeezebox is awesome app.

EndersShadow · November 2011

This might make a small difference in app suggestions, but I have the 4G not the 4S. Didnt feel like being an early adopter on this one since the 4G was 100 cheaper than the 4S.

I have already downloaded the following: Facebook, Angry Birds, Words w/ Friends, Pandora, Flashlight, Craigslist.

I will look at some of these other apps tonight (have to work early so not too much time to look at the ones posted).

Right now I do NOT have a Squeezebox touch, but thats on my list of things for Christmas I gave to my wife

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With regards to Itunes and putting music on ones phone, what is the preferred compression rate? Apple lossless? I ask because I will be exporting copies of all my FLAC from MediaMonkey (not stored in my Windows 7 library folder) to that format for playback.

I only have a 16 gig so I am hoping to find whatever is equivalent to the 320 bps MP3 format. If its higher thats ok, but if its lower I am gonna be a bit annoyed

polrbehr · November 2011

IMO, Angry Birds is a blast! The free version was cool, but the $.99 one rocks, was totally worth the upgrade.

And I only have the original version, I know there ae several more out there.

The app called Endless is a pretty cool way to kill 15 minutes at work, too

apc · November 2011

I like SoundHound for recognition. GearID is good to track your stuff. INRIX traffic is the bomb for local traffic tie up warnings. TED is just as cool as it gets for almost any entertainment, education and enlightenment. All are free.

PS - Thanks for the suggestions above

EndersShadow · November 2011

Yup guys thanks for the suggestions and keep em coming.

As of right now I have downloaded the following apps based on the suggestions: JL Audio, Decibel Ultra, RTA Lite, Tone, Shazam, iHandy level, Yelp, AroundMe, AllRecipes and INRIX.

I cant find GearID....

As I do use MediaMonkey will be looking into: Triximoto Advanced Report 6.0 as that should be pretty cool....

maggiefan · November 2011

Gas Buddy.com

SCompRacer · November 2011

EndersShadow wrote: »

As I do use MediaMonkey will be looking into: Triximoto Advanced Report 6.0 as that should be pretty cool....

It has been a while, but IIRC after installing, you have to open the Advanced Report VBS file newly installed in the MediaMonkey Scripts folder, and copy and paste the Advanced Report segment into the Scrips config file right after the existing [ExportXLS] entry.

There is more script to the advanced report (it screws up this post when pasted in:eek:), but it ends up looking like this. You also have to remove the ' symbol in front of each line of the new instructions after you paste them in.

[ExportXLS]
FileName=Export.vbs
ProcName=ExportXLS
Order=5
DisplayName=Track List (&Excel)
Description=Exports selected tracks to a .xls file
Language=VBScript
ScriptType=1

[AdvancedReport]
FileName=AdvancedReport.vbs
ProcName=AdvancedReport
Order=22
DisplayName=Advanced Report
Description=Advanced Report
Language=VBScript
ScriptType=1

fatchowmein · November 2011

INRIX Traffic
MultiConvert (I'm always having to convert Standard to Metric)
Grocery IQ (great if you're married and you're sharing a list with your spouse)
Newegg
Amazon
Car and Driver Buyers Guide
ESPN ScoreCenter
NFL Mobile
Kindle
Bank Apps for your specific Bank/Credit Card
Mint
TED Mobile
KG Free (how to tie knots)
Crackle
PBS
Smithsonian
TV.com
Epicurious (recipes)
Mixology (liquid recipes)
Seafood Watch (if you're into seafood)
Dizzypad (kinda like frogger but not quite, free)
Words with Friends
Zen Bound (can't recall if it was free)
AllergyAlert (if you suffer)
Lose It! (calorie tracker)
Fandango or Flixter or Moviefone (your choice but I have all 3 and it's kinda redundant)
IMDb
Pandora
Pulse News
Instagram
Photosynth
Camera+ (rocks, $$)
UYH (chalkboard)
Alarm Clock 4 Free (I upgraded to the $.99 ver to avoid the advertisements)
Tipping
Matt King Password Safe (there's a billion with similar names but I chose mine because I had a similar ver on the pc)
AccuWeather (there's a billion weather apps out there and I haven't tried them all but I like this one)
NASA SWx (solar flare; not really useful but cool)
Bump (awesome)
Evernote (I hear great things about it, I have it installed, haven't used it yet :redface: )
AroundMe
3 in 1 (flashlight, mirror, magnifying glass which is why I loaded it)
iHandy Level (really useful when your hardup for a level)
Speed Test
iMapMyRUN (I paid for the full version during a sale; you can also load the iMapMyRIDE and another one for walking but the RUN version actually asks if your workout was a walk, run, cycling; works even if you lock your phone which I always do to prevent myself from hitting the big PAUSE button)
Active.com (if you're looking for a running or cycling event to participate in)
Remote
Squeezebox
TouchMouse

I-SIG · November 2011

What about a custom reminder app? If I wanted to reminded of something exactly 86 hours, 25 minutes from now, I have yet to find anything that can do that, even though I can set the time to be reminded of to anything I want.

Wes