Comments on: How Are You Using iPhone Apps?

By: David Leibowitz

David Leibowitz — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:27:10 +0000

I’m making art on my iPhone, and the apps for painting & image manipulation are useful everyday.
Some like Collage, Gesture,or Juxtaposer,, I couldn’t live without.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:23:10 +0000

I think in terms of sites, more than Apps. My list includes these:

http://Google.com (best search)
http://YouTube.com (entertainment – when you are bored out of your head in a hotel room)
http://MyOtherDrive.com (best online storage)
http://maps.google.com
http://PayPal.com (great for payment and receiving payments)
online banking (for whatever bank you have)
online news
http://linkedin (professional networking)

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:33:39 +0000

@Ameer I don’t think you should be proud about getting apps for free that you would “def pay for” if you hadn’t jailbroken your phone.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:30:51 +0000

@Adam I like the idea of being able to return apps that don’t make the cut within 24hrs; that’s a great idea.

By: robert1014

robert1014 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:26:05 +0000

I can’t say I am a an app-using fiend, but I’m judicious about the apps I download, and I find I tend to use a number of them regularly:

NOW PLAYING; 1PASSWORD; SAY WHO & SAY WHERE; GOOGLE MOBILE; THE WEATHER CHANNEL; iTALK; and i.TV.

There are others I use less frequently, but I wouldn’t want to delete them:

UNITS; DIAL ZERO; GOOGLE EARTH; VNC LITE (the uncrippled first version); EASYWRITER; NYTIMES; SAVE BENJIS; LAST.FM; CONCERT VAULT.

And I have three that I rarely look at, but again I want them for when I want them:

SHAKESPEARE; HOLY BIBLE; and U.S. CONSTITUTION.

I have deleted apps that either duplicated functionality of some of these, or that were disappointing for one reason or another.

The thing is, I don’t think the usefulness of iPhone apps can be measured solely by how frequently one uses them, but by how satisfied with them one is when one does need to use them…however infrequently. It’s like maintaining a toolbox of useful tools just so you know you have what you need when the occasion arises that calls for that particular tool.

By: ameer

ameer — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:57:20 +0000

i completely agree with the comments on the app store being a wastland of useless apps. BUT when u can download those useless apps for free u tend to find some that are actually worth it like, ” hero of sparta” and iron man’s aerial assualt is a pretty good one to. although ive downloaded these apps for free. i would def pay for them if i hadnt learned about getting all the apps on a jailbroken iphone for free first ;0)

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:45:34 +0000

I completely agree with you about the app store turning into a wastland of useless apps where the gems are hidden in the proverbial garbage. Apps I regularly use are gym buddy, (I’m a fitness nut) File Magnet, Toodledo, (like remember the milk, but follows the Getting things done principles) Facebook, and Fring. I also tend to refer to editorial websites to help me pick good software, because you can almost never tell what’s good based just on what you see via the app store.

I recently saw that Android started selling apps on their app store, but what struck me as a great idea is they allow program returns for any paid app within 24 hours of purchase. To me that would totally change the landscape of an app store; no longer do the programs that just look good but have no substance trick you out of your money, since now you have a trial period.