iPhone App Faves
After about seven months of playing with my iPhone, these are my favorite iPhone apps so far. Any apps that you recommend? Let me know!
Stocks
Watch your money go down the drain live as it happens. The Stocks app that comes with the iPhone is one of my favorites, as I’ve gotten back into the Stock Market again recently. You can select which stocks you want to always immediately appear. Upon highlighting a particular stock, you receive the latest links to articles related to that stock and its competitors, as well as comparisons on the stock’s performance.
All Countries
Scroll through all of the countries of the world and scan their national flags. Then, select a country to gain info on their population, monetary units, ethnicity, religions, economic summary — everything. Very useful on the train when you suddenly want to find out what national resources Chad provides.
The New York Times
The New York Times news stories categorized by latest and most popular. Select an article and kick back and enjoy. You can really lean back because the text is massive.
Restaurants
I really don’t eat out at many fast food or chain restaurants, but I find this app absolutely eye-opening. Click on a restaurant, such as McDonald’s, and you’ll find all of the food that McDonald’s offers. Select an entree, appetizer, dessert, and get the nutritional (or lack of) information. For example, a Big Mac has 540 calories, 29g of fat, 10g of saturated fat, 1.5g of trans fat, and 1040mg of sodium!
Update your Facebook status and post photos that you’ve taken with your iPhone camera. A must-have for Facebook addicts. You can also view a stripped down version of friends’ profiles.
Evernote
I use Evernote.com to organize all of my “to do” lists and projects. The Evernote app allows you to seamlessly tap into your account, update content, and view all of your Evernote wonders. I highly recommend this app if you’re looking to organize your projects and need to check up on them over multiple computers.
Flickr
If you use Flickr for photo management, this app will come in handy. Upload photos you’ve captured with your iPhone straight to Flickr, name it, select the set, and boom, you’re done. Browse your Flickr contacts’ photos as well.
Dub Siren
If you dig reggae and dub music, get this jawn. Dub Siren brings you all of the reggae and dub internet radio stations all in one finger scroll, and also allows you to add your own effects to the streaming songs! Add your own twist on songs with cool spin, tempo, delay, mute, pitch, and sine wave effects. Lock in your effects as well. The graphics on this app bring a 1970s Lee Perry studio panel feel to the app.
Stitcher
Stitcher categorizes podcasts, easily allowing you to find as well as search for podcasts that might be up your alley. Star a podcast to add to your favorites. Your favorites will always be ready to listen to in succession upon loading the app. I highly recommend the Adam Carolla (for celebrity interviews and good laughs) and Boagworld (for web designers).
Phone Flicks
If you have a Netflix account, Phone Flicks allows you to update your Netflix queue as well as browse movie titles to add to your queue. If you have queue battles with your spouse, this will give you the upper hand in getting the movie that you want to watch to the top of the queue.
Nambu
There are a bunch of Twitter apps out there. Nambu is how I prefer to update my Twitter status and read the feeds of the people that I follow. On launching the app, you’ll see a number indicating all of the updates that you haven’t read yet. The chill gray / black background works nicely with the white text for enhanced readability. Click on the profile links for more individual info.
Flixster
Watch the latest movie trailers on your iPhone, get movie reviews, and check out what movies are coming out deep into the future. For example, I can see that Scary Movie 5 is coming out in 2011 and Spiderman 4 is coming out in 2012. Check local theatre listings and find out when movies come out on DVD as well.
ESPN Score Center
Get live scores from the MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA and loads more. Customize it to receive only the sports that you care for. Tap into the score zone for play-by-play scoring information. An amazing app that I see pop-up in bars all the time during NFL games. A must have for sports nuts.
Whole Foods Recipes
Say you have a chicken in the fridge, but you want to cook it differently than you always do it. Tap into the Whole Foods Recipes app, enter in “chicken”, and receive chicken-based recipes immediately. This also comes in handy when you’re at the grocery store and you draw a blank on how to spice up your dinners.
Word Press
Have a WordPress based blog? With this app, you can edit and create posts straight from your iPhone. Take photos of a show and write about it live as it happens. Faux photo journalism at your fingertips.
