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-All the radio apps. Last.FM, Slacker, Pandora, imeem, and Yahoo! Radio are all great when you're tires of listening to your music and are all great ways to find new stuff. Yahoo! is especially great because it's more than just Internet radio. You get a few 'real' radio stations too.
-Dictionary is good. I've used it a lot when I'm writing.
-If you have more music than you do iPhone space (like me) the app Simplify is nifty. It streams your iTunes from your PC to your iPhone. Unlike every other app I'll mention you have to pay for it though. Dunno about pounds but here in the states it's under $5 for the cheap version which is fine. No ads or anything.
-Remote is great for parties. It's Apple's app that let's control your PC's iTunes via wifi. I love it when I'm doing house and can't get to the PC and want some tunes. I can just pull up one of the PCs on my phone and bam!
-Facebook. :P
-New York Times, AP Mobile, and Time Mobile are great time killers.
-If you want books I'd suggest Stanza. The app is free am it comes with a marketplace where you can buy books AND it includes the Guttenberg Project which has a slew of classic books, prose, and poetry for free. It also has a lot of free indie books. The UI is really smooth. There are other book apps but I think Stanza is the best hands down.
-As far as games go you have to pay for the majority of good games so I don't game as much as I want to. Some games I enjoy are Action Games 5-in-1, Tap Tap Revenge, Paper Toss, Chase the Dot (which may not be free anymore), and Cube Runner. If you don't mind dropping so cash you can't go wrong with Eliss, Drop7, Cookin' Mama, and Call of Duty. There's a Mass Effect game too that isn't too great but when Bioware promises it'll unlock goodies in Mass Effect 2. Whoo!
-If you're a music guy and you want some instrument emulator there's a choice few that are free and decent. For piano there's Virtuoso, for synth there's NLog which is incredible, for guitar there's Steel Guitar which still can't replicate a real guitar but it's the best attempt thus far, for drums there' DigiLite, and finally for techno remix-y tunes there's Loops Producer. If you're willing to drop cash the one of the greatest apps ever is Ocarina...just do it. You will not regret it. In fact do it if you have no interest in music.
-And then there are apps that currently suck but are getting updated and will hopefully live up to their potential so you may want to keep an eye out if you're interested. Craigsphone is currently the best turd in the pile of shit that is Craigslist apps. It has great features and all but it crashes a lot and the UI is horrible. Echofon is a Twitter app in need of some tinkering so it stops crashing and isn't very responsive. TuneWiki WAS a neat app that let you play music and follow the lyrics almost karoake style but now they're in a legal dispute and can't show the lyrics right now.
I dig through the apps all the time and I love it. I use the above all the time and most of them are free. I know some apps that Apple advertises like Snaptell really are useless but stuff like radio, news, and games are all good.
It still upsets me that Sky stuff is all UK only because I have a friend in the UK who introduced me to Sky and it's friggin' awesome.
-Dictionary is good. I've used it a lot when I'm writing.
-If you have more music than you do iPhone space (like me) the app Simplify is nifty. It streams your iTunes from your PC to your iPhone. Unlike every other app I'll mention you have to pay for it though. Dunno about pounds but here in the states it's under $5 for the cheap version which is fine. No ads or anything.
-Remote is great for parties. It's Apple's app that let's control your PC's iTunes via wifi. I love it when I'm doing house and can't get to the PC and want some tunes. I can just pull up one of the PCs on my phone and bam!
-Facebook. :P
-New York Times, AP Mobile, and Time Mobile are great time killers.
-If you want books I'd suggest Stanza. The app is free am it comes with a marketplace where you can buy books AND it includes the Guttenberg Project which has a slew of classic books, prose, and poetry for free. It also has a lot of free indie books. The UI is really smooth. There are other book apps but I think Stanza is the best hands down.
-As far as games go you have to pay for the majority of good games so I don't game as much as I want to. Some games I enjoy are Action Games 5-in-1, Tap Tap Revenge, Paper Toss, Chase the Dot (which may not be free anymore), and Cube Runner. If you don't mind dropping so cash you can't go wrong with Eliss, Drop7, Cookin' Mama, and Call of Duty. There's a Mass Effect game too that isn't too great but when Bioware promises it'll unlock goodies in Mass Effect 2. Whoo!
-If you're a music guy and you want some instrument emulator there's a choice few that are free and decent. For piano there's Virtuoso, for synth there's NLog which is incredible, for guitar there's Steel Guitar which still can't replicate a real guitar but it's the best attempt thus far, for drums there' DigiLite, and finally for techno remix-y tunes there's Loops Producer. If you're willing to drop cash the one of the greatest apps ever is Ocarina...just do it. You will not regret it. In fact do it if you have no interest in music.
-And then there are apps that currently suck but are getting updated and will hopefully live up to their potential so you may want to keep an eye out if you're interested. Craigsphone is currently the best turd in the pile of shit that is Craigslist apps. It has great features and all but it crashes a lot and the UI is horrible. Echofon is a Twitter app in need of some tinkering so it stops crashing and isn't very responsive. TuneWiki WAS a neat app that let you play music and follow the lyrics almost karoake style but now they're in a legal dispute and can't show the lyrics right now.
I dig through the apps all the time and I love it. I use the above all the time and most of them are free. I know some apps that Apple advertises like Snaptell really are useless but stuff like radio, news, and games are all good.
It still upsets me that Sky stuff is all UK only because I have a friend in the UK who introduced me to Sky and it's friggin' awesome.
@ Xzyliac: Wow- thanks for taking the time to give me all that information- much appreciated! I will certainly check all the free stuff that you've pointed out!
The Sky Mobile brand is amazing actually. If you have a cell phone with 3G then you can buy more 'packages' than just the Sports available on ipod touch/iphone. I think there's a 'standard' package with a few channels on it and also the 'Movie' package too.
I'm really pleased with the Sky Mobile TV Sports package though. I have Sky TV at home, but we can't really afford the sports package at £26 (approx $50) a month and I have to go round to a relative's house, or a friends house or the pub to watch my beloved Manchester United play- but now I can watch them in the comfort of my own chair, or at any place where there is wi-fi for just £6 (about $10) a month. It even includes the British version of ESPN, Sky News and the Horseracing channel- if you're into stuff like that.
I originally said that I'd try it for a month and if it was crap (laggy, pixelly or unreliable) then I'd cancel it- but from what I've seen so far there's no chance!
The Sky Mobile brand is amazing actually. If you have a cell phone with 3G then you can buy more 'packages' than just the Sports available on ipod touch/iphone. I think there's a 'standard' package with a few channels on it and also the 'Movie' package too.
I'm really pleased with the Sky Mobile TV Sports package though. I have Sky TV at home, but we can't really afford the sports package at £26 (approx $50) a month and I have to go round to a relative's house, or a friends house or the pub to watch my beloved Manchester United play- but now I can watch them in the comfort of my own chair, or at any place where there is wi-fi for just £6 (about $10) a month. It even includes the British version of ESPN, Sky News and the Horseracing channel- if you're into stuff like that.
I originally said that I'd try it for a month and if it was crap (laggy, pixelly or unreliable) then I'd cancel it- but from what I've seen so far there's no chance!
