My first Ipod touch is on its way-App advice needed!

fireandrain
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:36:25 +0000

worrywart: Different apps do different things. The Weather Channel app gives you weather info - you can check the weather (current temp, hourly temp, next 10 days, plus look at radar map) for your own city, or for any other location you want.

Many apps are websites designed to work well and be legible on the iTouch or iPhone. Amazon, for example – you can log on with your password and user name and see your cart, search for products, and buy them. Many news organizations have apps that let you read articles – New York Times, Time, NPR, Huffington Post, MSNBC, etc.

There are apps good for traveling – that let you search for restaurants and get reviews, for example (Urbanspoon, Yelp, Local Eats, Open Table). Kayak has an app that lets you check airfares and get updates on your flights (arrival and departing gates, delays). AAA has an app that tells you nearby businesses that have AAA discounts.

There are recipe apps, like Epicurious. There’s a ruler app that lets you measure things (about 2 inches worth, but I’ve used it). Sale Price lets you input a price and the percent discount and the tax rate, so you can figure out the final cost. Wikipedia lets you look up info – same as what you’d find on the website, just designed specifically for the device.

If you use Firefox as a browser, get Firefox Home. You have to download it on your computer, too, and register, and then you can sync all your bookmarks on your home computer onto your device.

When you are in iTunes, you can search for apps and read reviews, which are helpful. Some apps sound good, then you read the reviews and learn that they crash all the time, for example.

I adore my iPhone. And love learning about new apps.