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iPhone apps that help me mock Blackberry users

// November 17th, 2008 // Mobile, Reviews, software

 

So far I haven’t written much about iPhone apps, considering they’ve changed my life, and all. They help me get more productive, stay organised, record thoughts, check directions, split bills, mock Blackberry users and fill in the many interstitial moments of nothingness in my day that I should really spend focusing on remaining in the present, observing my ahamkara… rather than fiddling with my iPhone. Ah well.  

Today all that changes (iPhone apps continue to change my life, but today I write about some of them.)

I’m promped to get recommending because Kate over at The Zeitgeists has a good short list of iPhone apps she finds helpful and fun, but like many Web 2.0 dreamers, she has an aversion to paying for things, even good things. So while she’s got some good apps on her list, she’s really missing some of the cream of the crop.

So, after the click, here’s some iPhone app recommendations from me:

Banner – display a big scrolling LED message across a crowded bar (such as, “Ahem, excuse me, but I couldn’t help notice you have an iPhone too…”)

Bejeweled 2 – best mix of interstitial casual gaming payoff, high quality graphics and sound, and strategy if you have longer than 2mins to play.

Bloom – awesometastic! Never have to buy another Brian Eno album ever again!

Comic Touch – enLOLify those craptastic low-res, misty, poorly exposed iPhone camera images in two shakes and a drag.

Face Melter – take a photo of your face, drag to ‘melt’ areas of the image, then click the ‘animate’ button to see it all move. Will convince any <10 kid that their mum/dad must trash the Blackberry and buy an iPhone.

Flick Fishing – casting the line by flicking the iphone is even funnier than waving your iphone around like a light saber and playing a two player game across wifi is hilarious after a couple of drinks.

Fring – if you simply must remain connected to everybody, via everything, all the time, this is the app.

Midomi – like Shazam, only even more accurate. Also lets you say some lyrics rather than sing, or even just type in a snippet of lyric. Not as pretty lookin’ but works great.

Smule Ocarina – infreakingcredible. play a woodwind instrument by blowing into the mic. and click on the social tab to listen to other people’s tunes in a cool Google Earth-like globe animation.

Oz Weather – the best weather app for .au and $0.00001 from every copy sold goes directly to a company in which i am negotiating to become a minority shareholder.

Pano – up yours SonyEricsson! Now I can take panoramic shots on my iphone. Misty, poorly exposed, and low-res panoramic shots, but panoramic all the same!

Remember The Milk – if there’s only one paid app you buy, this should be it. Actually, the app is free, but you need to subscribe to the online task management service that goes with it for it to work. Once you’re done, you can mark that task as complete.