Posted April 2nd, 2009
by admin
It’s been longer than a month since we last did an iPhone app post, so figured we’d look back on some of the great apps in March. There were some great ones to choose from. Here are the ones you should atleast try out…
Human Weather: This little app might not be a marvel in technical sense, but it provides a bit of fun to weather forecasts. Instead of listening to weathermen, fire this app up with provides forecasts from its users. It’s Twitter, meets weather. The community aspect of the app might not be for some, but trust me it can come in handy.
Slideshow Builder: Don’t be fooled by the name, this app is more than just grouping photos together and watching it go. You add effects as you see it, and take control of your slideshow with many other options. You can add in music, or even captions to accompany certain pictures. There are numerous effects, the most important being the Ken Burns effect.
iPhorest: If you’re down with the environment, and who isn’t these days? Then check out iPhorest. The app itself isn’t all that great, you get to virtually create a tree and watch it grow. The great thing is every time the app is downloaded, a tree is planted by the EcoLife, and iPhorest groups.
Tags: apps, builder, downloads, iPhorest, March, photo, slideshow, top, try, weather Posted in iPhone
Posted February 12th, 2009
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One of the great things about having a Mac, is the great software that supports it. Of course, your best quality programs, and apps will cost you money. However, there are some free apps out there that definitely worth your time. Here is a list of them, and why they can be so useful.
StreamBaby
The StreamBaby app is useful if you have quite a bit of video on your Mac, that wish could be viewed in other places. It acts as a portal for streaming onto TiVo, and can doesn’t disappoint.
You can rewind, and fastforward past the buffer point, allowing for a great navigation of your videos. It has great compatibility with TiVo. If what you’re watching passed the streaming limit, it will cut off what you’ve already watched to allow TiVo to keep playing the file.
Download
Bullet
The Bullet app isn’t necessarily a very useful app. What it lacks in functionality, it definitely makes up for in pure simple fun. You can set this app to create a bullet hole on your screen every time you click it, and a gunshot sound will follow.
It can be just to use on your own, but the true joy comes from setting it up on someone and watching them click on their screen for the first time.
Download
Celestia
It’s hard to imagine, but with Celestia you can travel throughout the known universe for free. You can stick to the solar system which houses over 100,000 stars or you can go out beyond that.
Along with the main program, there are some fun and helpful add-ons to go along with it.
Download
WakeUp
WakeUp allows you to remotely wake up a machine asleep. WakeUp lets you store name and Ethernet addresses of your machines, and wake them up when needed, i.e. when you need to access a file on a distant machine whose File Sharing is on, without having to physically access the machine to wake it up.
Download
Tags: apps, Bullet, Celestia, downloads, fun, mac, OS X, portal, sleep, solar system, stars, StreamBaby, Tivo, WakeUp Posted in Software
Posted December 5th, 2008
by admin
Notice in the title of the article I didn’t say “want”, or “desire”. That’s because you really do need these iPhone Apps. Trust me, once you have them downloaded you’ll never know how you got along without them.
Here is a list of of those apps:
QuickVoice Recorder: Having the ability to make quick voice recordings is such a convenience. Up until this app, you had to carry around a digital voice recorder that would take up valuable pocket space.
If you download the extra PC software with QuickVoice, you can also have the option of transferring your recorded audio files to your PC.
SportsTap: SportsTap is the best free way to keep up with sports scores on your iPhone or iPod Touch. I’m pretty sure every professional sport in the entire world is available through SportsTap. There’s detailed box scores with player stats, and in-depth season statistics.
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, and happen to be a sports nut, then this app is a definite must.
WritingPad: Taking notes, and sending emails is really nothing new if you use the iPhone, or iPod Touch. Writing Pad does all of those things, only with a little twist. Instead of using key inputs, you draw the shape of letters.
Some people aren’t the fastest typers in the world, so this is a cool app to make writing things out a little easier.
Pandora Radio: If you’ve never visited Pandora, you’ve really got to check it out. It’s pretty much a personalized radio station that you listen to over your computer. You don’t get to hand pick songs, but you put in an artist or song and it will feed back similar artists and tunes. With Pandora Radio, you can experience this same thing on your iPhone. I’ve found Pandora to be a great way to find new music you’ve never heard, and discover new bands.
fring: Instant Messaging has now become a very common way for people to keep in touch with one another. fring is a great instant messenger to have because it encompasses all of the popular instant messaging services (AIM, Yahoo, Twitter, MSN, Skype).
Another cool feature with fring is the ability for VoIP communication. So, if you have an iPod Touch instead of an iPhone you can use it as a phone over a WiFi connection.
Tags: apps, free, fring, instant messenging, iPhone, pad, Pandora, QuickVoice, radio, record, sports, VoiP, writing Posted in iPhone
