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[artcinco]

I have an iPod Touch. It is great unless I am away from wi-fi.

In this thread I hope to discuss iThing apps. I use a number of apps everyday but am always looking for additional good ones.

Here are a few I really like or use:

Twitter - for tweets, free

Facebook - for when I have to interface with planet FB, free

NewsTap - (no relation to TAP) A great usenet reader for iThings, has a free lite version that limits to one group at a time.

VLC - I think it is no longer available but a great app to play non Apple friendly videos

DrudgeReport - mobile version of the site, free

Wikipedia - when you need to look up something, free

Angry Birds - used to be really into it, still a great game

Hearts Free - card game I am addicted to right now

Plants Vs. Zombies - A really great game

BloonsTD4 - tower defense with baloons and monkeys


Any other iThing users here? Any cool apps I need to know about?

[TAP]

I'm an app addict but don't have too many I couldn't live without. Apps I use a lot: hopstop - great for giving best routes on public transport. the weather channel - for weather twitter - for twitter apple remote - have everything linked now, iphones,ipad, macs and appletvs. Can control everything from phone. wolfram apps for cheating at math On iPad I use flipboard which is a great media reader for twitter and all other kinds of 'news' feeds, plus linkedin, facebook etc. Nice thing is it downloads linked pages, pictures, videos etc so you can 'flip; through and read it like a newspaper. Also use dropbox and link it to quickoffice, which also links to google docs and mobileme. Garageband is amazing on iPad. Don't play games that much, download them and get bored quickly. My daughter likes playing games, doing art etc on iphone though.

[artcinco]

I'll need to check out that Apple remote. If you still have the eyeTV usb dongle, you can get their app to stream TV from your mac to your iThing.

[TAP]

I still have it but not sure it works with FioS. With TiVo and Apple TV plus and airplay from computers to apple tv, pretty much have everything covered. Airplay is awesome by the way, and should get even better with ios5 and icloud I think. I have netflix and hbo2go on iphone and ipad also but don't use that much.

[TAP]

Lion OS X 10.7 tomorrow, sure I will succumb - I'm an Apple slut Just too easy now with app stores.

[artcinco]

I will hold off a bit. I have 10.6 running on Mrs. Cinco's mini and the kids' mac, but I still have 10.5 on my iMac. Once I upgrade mine I may check it out. I also got a copy of 10.5 server that I have installed on our older mac mini. Hope to have it up and running when I have some time. I may get Lion server for it if worthwhile being as the 10.7 server is only $50 additional when you buy Lion for $30. A steal since server versions used to be $1,000 or so.

[TAP]

Liking Lion so far

[Timothy]

Till the Ipad can blow me ..it can blow me!!!

[AxlsMainMan]

BEIJING—Famous for its fakes, China now appears to have taken its legendary ability to copy other people’s products to a new level for the digital age: the completely fake Apple store.

For a nation of 1.3 billion people, four Apple stores in two of China’s biggest cities have never seemed enough.

Now, an enterprising entrepreneur in the southern Chinese city of Kunming has taken matters into his own hands, opening his own Apple store with the style and seductiveness of the real thing.
http://www.thestar.c...ple-stores?bn=1

[Mr. Roboto]

The title of this thread looks so spammy, very funny.

[cousin it]

Switched from a windows mobile os to linux(android) and couldn't be happier. I refuse to use iTunes.

[TAP]

http://www.macrumors...he-apple-store/

[TAP]

http://twitpic.com/5vbvf9

[Timothy]

Still waiting for them to announce the ... Imasturbate

[TAP]

Hopefully cool, and I got the first comment too
http://www.guardian....bal-ipad-launch