iPhone app recommendations at Modern Bizzle

iPhone app recommendations

22Dec08

Kim asked for some iPhone app recommendations so I thought I’d throw a few up on ye olde blog:

Music

AOL Radio - listen to all kinds of radio stations, local and otherwise. I enjoy the “Brand New Indie” station.
Pandora - type in an artist or song and listen to an ad hoc radio station of similar music.
iTunes - now you can download or stream free (audio and video) podcasts right from the iPhone.

Twitter

TwitterFon - I like this one the best because I find it to be easy to use and quick. Nice search feature too.
Twinkle - First app that effectively integrated “nearby” tweets. You can adjust the “mile radius” which is nifty. Has some cool extras, for example, turn the screen sideways and you get a cool realtime map of recent public tweets.
Twittervision - Nice realtime map of recent public tweets. Can translate tweets from other countries.

Games

Tap Tap Revenge - guitar hero-like game.
iBowl - fun use of the accelerometer.
Tris - touch screen Tetris.

Other

Google Mobile App - Let’s you “speak” your search queries. Surprisingly fast and accurate.

Vlingo - similar to the google mobile app but does lots of other voice commands.

Air Sharing - Turns your iPhone into a portable storage device. Copy any type of file over the network from a computer to your iPhone (and vice versa). Easy to use.

SnapTell - take a picture of the front of a book, DVD, CD and it will tell you prices online and in some local stores.

Mint.com - see all your bank transacations in one place. Use in conjunction with the website.

Seadragon - cool Microsoft app that experiments with “deep zooming” of photos.

fring - use iPhone for voice chat (VOIP) through your Google Talk, Skype, and other accounts.

Google Earth - the one and only.