Comments on: Are You Using Your iPhone Apps?

By: ihateallex

ihateallex — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:18:17 +0000

If you're looking forward more practical apps, I suggest Munch, OneTap Movies, AirYell and PowerGraph (if you're a student). A lot of apps are dumb, but these ones come in handy when everyone is trying to decide where to eat or what movie to go to. AirYell is just a really good directory app, like the Yellow Pages. And PowerGraph, if you're like me, comes in handy when you forgot your overly priced graphing calculator for class.

Apps are fun; and yes, dumb sometimes. But definitely fun.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:02:57 +0000

I read an article recently about Loopt.

Will iPhone users find this app helpful or useful?

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:37:13 +0000

Apps I use daily: WeatherBug 1Password iWant Distance NowLocal Sol Free

If an App requires registration it gets trashed from my iPhone and iTunes. Interesting free apps that arouse my curiosity are downloaded, played with and trashed if they are not likely to be used again.

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:34:23 +0000

I had 8 pages of apps just to show people some of the cool ones. MLB.com is a hit.

By: robert

robert — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:30:37 +0000

just aol radio and aim

By: auggie4000

auggie4000 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:16:16 +0000

Think about how many times you think to yourself, it is only $2.00, if I don’t like it, I am only out $2.00. Multiply that by the millions of people that are doing the exact same thing. There is your billion dollar business.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:43:57 +0000

the problem with the apps so far is that they have not made the phone better. sure games are nice, and some allow quick access to certain things, but what about fixing some of the short comings?? a mms app for instance?? better mapping?? I mean, just how many different copies of the bible do we need?? most of what I have seen are basiclly time wasters. maybe apple clamps the screws down on ones that would do something that THEY should have done in the first place. the phone is a blank canvas and it seems like so much more could be done. I also wish they were broken down into groups. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed that better is coming……

By: thekevinmonster

thekevinmonster — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:38:47 +0000

I use NetNewsWire all of the time, and I play Trism and Cubes a whole lot. Some of the other apps I've downloaded would be more useful if I traveled all the time. A lot of people travel all the time, but I don't; I'm either at work, at home, or at the grocery store.

Oh, I use Todo all the time for my grocery list as well (I use RememberTheMilk to manage it from PCs.)

I would use AIM more, but it only works while I'm running it. Perhaps once Push Notification Service comes out...

As someone who used to have a Palm Treo 650 and a Cingular 8525, I would rather avoid the "oh my god, I can make my phone's indicator light blink SOS!" kind of application. While that sort of thing is cool, in my experience it can hose the phone.

N has a really good point about OpenID, too.

By: n

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:14:02 +0000

I use a handful of apps, but I wasn’t expecting that many useful apps within the first month. The thing that stops me from trying out apps is when you have to create an account to use an app. I’m tired of creating accounts, so I don’t bother most of the time. At least allow using OpenID if you’re going to require a login.

By: Rollo Martins

Rollo Martins — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:28:24 +0000

Guess it’s the still very narrow sandbox that Apple provides to the coders which leads to the fact that there are almost only useless gimmicks in the shop. It would be interesting to see apps to improve vibra length/pattern, repeat sms/calendar/etc. alarms until confirmed, save power at night (by switching to flight mode), automatically launch vpn on WiFi connect, and other small productivity helpers. You can get already some of these apps (asvibra/w, Kate), but only via the unofficial jailbreak/cydia/installer way because they need access to system functions which Apple does not grant them. Same for more hardware intensive stuff like a video recorder and camera improvements. A real pity…