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BuckeyeMac;1848373; said:
It's a GPS-enabled tracker for running/cycling. It can map the route you took, mileage, time and speed. It can update that data and notify you in real time during the run. It's also highly integrated with other functions of the iPhone (such as iPod, camera). Every review I've read has called it a killer app for runners and the best of its class.
I'm not much of a runner (I might give it a try again though after finishing P90X) but I do plan to use it for cycling. It's equipped to work with many different activities.
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ThisIsMyUsernam
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BuckeyeMac;1848373; said:
I've used RunKeeper for the past 2 years while training for a 5k race. Works pretty well if you're in an area where your GPS signal is accurate.
Saves your route online (if you want), allows you to pick a playlist to run to, there's a voice prompt that can tell you (as frequently as 5 minutes) how far you've gone and your pace, and much more. Good stuff. And since Pro version if free for the month, you've got nothing to lose.
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March Madness On Demand - now available on iTunes. It is FREE this year to watch on your device.
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Been a while since I added to my list of recommended apps:
iPics Lite Long story here... I finally got around to getting my digital photos organized. Part of that was looking for a way to view everything on my iPhone. Syncing to the phone itself takes up too much space, so I started looking for cloud storage & viewing solutions. Flickr is pretty much universally recommended, but it's pretty limited unless you pay for a premium subscription. To me it looked better suited to people who want to share/publish their photos. It turns out Picasa Web Albums did everything I needed for free. They don't have an official Picasa app however. Like many other Google products they have a web app, but I prefer a native app on my phone because it seems snappier and less of a drain on my battery. iPics Lite does the trick, it's free and it has a user-friendly interface. There is a full version as well, but I honestly don't see any premium features that I find useful. Anyway, it's a pretty good app.
Musica/BookKeeper These are two separate apps, one for cataloging your music collection and another for cataloging your book collection. The original app from this developer was created to catalog DVDs, and both of these were ported from it. Even in this digital age, I still collect CDs and hard copy books. I'm slowly but surely "legalizing" my mp3 collection with used CDs, and I buy a lot of old, cheap paperback books (I kinda collect ones with vintage cover art.) Since I've been buying so much lately, it's difficult to keep track. This app lets me know what I still need to buy and keeps me from buying duplicates by accident. I tried pretty much all of the similar apps from other developers, and these were the best. As a group, none of these cataloging apps are perfect - in fact, most of them kinda suck. Barcode scanning is inconsistent at best, search options are often limited and manual entry is tedious and difficult. These two apps were the least problematic in these areas, and were also the best-looking, smoothest-running apps of their type. It took a long time to get up and running with them, but they've become indispensible and easy to maintain once it was all set up.
Dropbox Cloud computing at its most basic and functional. Add files to your Dropbox folder on one of your computers, it becomes available on all of your other devices either via the web or in the Dropbox folder on other devices where you have the client installed. I do a lot of document editing for my job. This allows me to pull up the most recent version and view it or edit it from anywhere. As long as you're saving it to your Dropbox folder it syncs automatically. Keeps me from having to constantly update a flash drive or email the newest drafts to myself. Also, a lot of other apps are integrating Dropbox - for instance the Musica app I mentioned above allows backup/restore from Dropbox - a simple way to give a little peace of mind to somebody who took the time to enter almost 800 albums into the app.
Tiny Wings My new favorite game, and the new king of the App Store. It has overtaken Angry Birds for the top spot and held on to it for the last couple weeks. Simple controls and a unique gameplay idea. It looks and sounds great, is fun to play and addictive as hell. One cool aspect of the game - procedural graphics. The look and layout of the game's levels change every day. It keeps things interesting, and if you get stuck on a level you can put it down and try it again tomorrow - maybe with a little bit better luck when the boards have changed slightly.
Swipe Four I just downloaded this last night. It's like reverse Boggle. There's a free Lite version that allows you to play up to the first three levels. It didn't take long before I sprung for the full version which was only 99-cents.
Musica/BookKeeper These are two separate apps, one for cataloging your music collection and another for cataloging your book collection. The original app from this developer was created to catalog DVDs, and both of these were ported from it. Even in this digital age, I still collect CDs and hard copy books. I'm slowly but surely "legalizing" my mp3 collection with used CDs, and I buy a lot of old, cheap paperback books (I kinda collect ones with vintage cover art.) Since I've been buying so much lately, it's difficult to keep track. This app lets me know what I still need to buy and keeps me from buying duplicates by accident. I tried pretty much all of the similar apps from other developers, and these were the best. As a group, none of these cataloging apps are perfect - in fact, most of them kinda suck. Barcode scanning is inconsistent at best, search options are often limited and manual entry is tedious and difficult. These two apps were the least problematic in these areas, and were also the best-looking, smoothest-running apps of their type. It took a long time to get up and running with them, but they've become indispensible and easy to maintain once it was all set up.
Dropbox Cloud computing at its most basic and functional. Add files to your Dropbox folder on one of your computers, it becomes available on all of your other devices either via the web or in the Dropbox folder on other devices where you have the client installed. I do a lot of document editing for my job. This allows me to pull up the most recent version and view it or edit it from anywhere. As long as you're saving it to your Dropbox folder it syncs automatically. Keeps me from having to constantly update a flash drive or email the newest drafts to myself. Also, a lot of other apps are integrating Dropbox - for instance the Musica app I mentioned above allows backup/restore from Dropbox - a simple way to give a little peace of mind to somebody who took the time to enter almost 800 albums into the app.
Tiny Wings My new favorite game, and the new king of the App Store. It has overtaken Angry Birds for the top spot and held on to it for the last couple weeks. Simple controls and a unique gameplay idea. It looks and sounds great, is fun to play and addictive as hell. One cool aspect of the game - procedural graphics. The look and layout of the game's levels change every day. It keeps things interesting, and if you get stuck on a level you can put it down and try it again tomorrow - maybe with a little bit better luck when the boards have changed slightly.
Swipe Four I just downloaded this last night. It's like reverse Boggle. There's a free Lite version that allows you to play up to the first three levels. It didn't take long before I sprung for the full version which was only 99-cents.
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MMOD app is great. Streaming the current game right now and have sterling picture quality on my phone. Includes all commercials and halftime studio shows too, no dead air like ESPN3.
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Dryden;1891697; said:
Co-signed. The feed is good quality and will make the tournament viewing experience a little more fun this year. Which is exciting.
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BuckeyeMac;1891755; said:MMOD is not going to allow me to get any work done Thursday or Friday and I'm pumped about that! Just don't tell the boss
To hell with that "pretending to work" crap this year. I'm going to the bar.
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This is tough. I know I'm going to buy an iPad (first gen) since they knocked $100 off with the iPad 2 release. Really want to go buy it today so I'll have it for this weekend.
Did I mention the MMOD app is awesome? Really nice to be able to sacrifice the TV(s) for the sake of the kids and my sanity. I mean, what's the point of watching the basketball games if the girls are crying for me to turn Dora back on every two minutes?
Decisions, decisions ...
Did I mention the MMOD app is awesome? Really nice to be able to sacrifice the TV(s) for the sake of the kids and my sanity. I mean, what's the point of watching the basketball games if the girls are crying for me to turn Dora back on every two minutes?
Decisions, decisions ...
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Dryden;1891921; said:
I can't afford one yet, otherwise I'd be doing the same thing.
The new Time Warner app looks pretty sweet too. It would allow me to do the same thing for a lot of non-sports TV.
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Cincinnatibuck
Heisman
Favorites of mine:
Vevo - free music videos
Netflix - 2 year old daughter thinks is great to watch Dora on dad's ipod touch or ipad while I get to watch what I want on main tv.
Air Video - Stream any movie or tv show from my server to ipod touch or ipad. With iOS4.3 can push movie or show to main tv with ATV2 and it doesn't have to be in Apple compliant format. There is a free version so that you can test.
Words with Friends (free) - APorter819
Pandora - wife hasn't bought music since albums and cassettes so I set a channel up for her to listen
Vevo - free music videos
Netflix - 2 year old daughter thinks is great to watch Dora on dad's ipod touch or ipad while I get to watch what I want on main tv.
Air Video - Stream any movie or tv show from my server to ipod touch or ipad. With iOS4.3 can push movie or show to main tv with ATV2 and it doesn't have to be in Apple compliant format. There is a free version so that you can test.
Words with Friends (free) - APorter819
Pandora - wife hasn't bought music since albums and cassettes so I set a channel up for her to listen
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Buckeye86
I do not choose to discuss it
Tonyank;1896058; said:
I'm kinda pissed at angry birds. Every update they release incorporates more and more advertising bullshit into the app that clutters the interface and is obnoxious as hell.
I haven't tried any of the additional 'new' angry bird versions, but it seems to me that they are all the same... making purchasing them a waste. Maybe I am mistaken on that one though.
Either way, their success has pushed them in directions that make the app less and less enjoyable for me as time goes on.
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Buckeye86;1896061; said:
I ended up buying Angry Birds Seasons back in Dec. I was disappointed at first that it seemed like they were going to be limiting game updates and making me pay every time they released a batch of new levels. However, they've done a good job with Seasons - the free updates to it have actually been more frequent than the original version. I actually really enjoyed the Christmas update that they did in advent calendar style.
I don't think I'll be buying any other editions of this game. The developer has been crowing for some time about how much they're going to whore themselves out with this. I can't say I blame them - this kind of success is fleeting. However, with the number of ads that have been creeping in, the in-game cheat purchases and children's movie tie-ins, it has reached the point now where I feel like the players are more useful to the game than the game is to the players.
I've moved on... Tiny Wings, FlickKick Football & SwipeFour are what I spend most of my spare moments playing.
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