The iThing thread ( iPod ... iPhone ... iPad ... )
Started by artcinco, Jul 11 2011 07:26 PM
116 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 11 July 2011 - 07:26 PM
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?
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?
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Why do you read that kind of crap, Art? Seriously, I don't get it.
#2
Posted 11 July 2011 - 08:09 PM
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.
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#4
Posted 11 July 2011 - 08:15 PM
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.
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#6
Posted 19 July 2011 - 06:32 PM
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.
Why do you read that kind of crap, Art? Seriously, I don't get it.
#9
Posted 23 July 2011 - 09:29 AM
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.
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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
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
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#12
Posted 26 July 2011 - 11:46 AM
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#15
Posted 27 July 2011 - 06:53 PM
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