When I got my iPhone, I thought that I wouldn't want any apps. Ha!
I also bought a charger that I can use in the car. Nice for car trips -- especially since I listen to podcasts and audio books from the phone for hours while driving.
There are apps for Twitter, LJ, Facebook and Google+. None for Dreamwidth, though.
Fandango has an app.
There's an excellent app for Portland's Trimet mass transit system -- I use it all the time. I assume most cities have something similar.
I subscribed to McSweeneys on my phone. It's great for having short things to read while waiting in line or sitting on the bus. It doesn't need an active connection while you're reading (when it's got a connection, it downloads and saves for later). It's this sort of content: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/tendency
The Wikipanion app is better than trying to use the regular website in a tiny browser window.
You can download the Kindle app for free, and then download free books to read. I'm not one to read a full book on a phone, but poetry and short stories work, and P.G. Wodehouse and Mark Twain are long out of copyright!
I upload photos to the Flickr website, and the Flickr phone app lets me show people pictures without having a bunch actually on my phone. I'm sure there's an app for any other photo-sharing site.
Timer Plus is great for stretches -- it's got an interval timer that will make a soft wood block sound every X seconds. (I never actually hold a stretch for 30 seconds or a minute without this. I can say "one mississippi" to myself at warp speed.)
When traveling, NPR finder will find your nearest station. If you've got decent WiFi, NPR News will let you stream the NPR station you like. That's handy if you find yourself on a business trip in Texas and not interested in listening to the current oil prices on the local NPR news, just as a wild example.
My credit union has a good app, which lets me see my balance, transfer money, etc. Good when traveling.
If you're a Dan Savage fan, I recommend the Savage Love Letter of the Day app.
The iPhone has a Find My Phone app, and I know there's something similar for Android. Get it now! When you can't figure out where you left your phone, you'll be glad to be able to locate it on a map, disable it, or whatever. I set up a phone in Gmail, so when I can't find my phone at home, I can call it and listen for the ring. That didn't work so well when I left my phone at my local pub. (I did finally figure out where I left it, and they had saved it behind the bar.)
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I also bought a charger that I can use in the car. Nice for car trips -- especially since I listen to podcasts and audio books from the phone for hours while driving.
There are apps for Twitter, LJ, Facebook and Google+. None for Dreamwidth, though.
Fandango has an app.
There's an excellent app for Portland's Trimet mass transit system -- I use it all the time. I assume most cities have something similar.
I subscribed to McSweeneys on my phone. It's great for having short things to read while waiting in line or sitting on the bus. It doesn't need an active connection while you're reading (when it's got a connection, it downloads and saves for later). It's this sort of content: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/tendency
The Wikipanion app is better than trying to use the regular website in a tiny browser window.
You can download the Kindle app for free, and then download free books to read. I'm not one to read a full book on a phone, but poetry and short stories work, and P.G. Wodehouse and Mark Twain are long out of copyright!
I upload photos to the Flickr website, and the Flickr phone app lets me show people pictures without having a bunch actually on my phone. I'm sure there's an app for any other photo-sharing site.
Timer Plus is great for stretches -- it's got an interval timer that will make a soft wood block sound every X seconds. (I never actually hold a stretch for 30 seconds or a minute without this. I can say "one mississippi" to myself at warp speed.)
When traveling, NPR finder will find your nearest station. If you've got decent WiFi, NPR News will let you stream the NPR station you like. That's handy if you find yourself on a business trip in Texas and not interested in listening to the current oil prices on the local NPR news, just as a wild example.
My credit union has a good app, which lets me see my balance, transfer money, etc. Good when traveling.
If you're a Dan Savage fan, I recommend the Savage Love Letter of the Day app.
The iPhone has a Find My Phone app, and I know there's something similar for Android. Get it now! When you can't figure out where you left your phone, you'll be glad to be able to locate it on a map, disable it, or whatever. I set up a phone in Gmail, so when I can't find my phone at home, I can call it and listen for the ring. That didn't work so well when I left my phone at my local pub. (I did finally figure out where I left it, and they had saved it behind the bar.)