iPhone, iPod Touch Software, Config and Applications

Posted by on Jan 9, 2009 in apple | 1 comment

Before doing anything I would recommend that you sync your iphone with google contacts and calender, this is how you would do this:
Google Sync: Set Up Your iPhone or iPod Touch

The best windows software for accessing your iphone is i-funbox, try it, it’s free! (I use it to remove videos from cycorder, just going to the directory: root/var/Media/videos)

Comparison of iPod Managers…there is more then just iTunes!

Below is the list of iPhone applications I have tested out on an iPhone, I recommend most of the programs listed.

Please note that if you want to install some of the jail broken apps below, please go check out this youtube video first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDDEN3zfQOg.

Web Searching Tools

News

Newsstand – Great for RSS feeds
NYTimes – New York Times

Weather
Weatherbug – Great for weather

Maps
Google Earth – Great google map software
iTrans NYC – Great if you live in NYC

Find a Store, Bar…
YPmoble – Yellow Pages
Yelp – Reviews of merchants close to you
FF Finder – If you need fast food…fast
Urbanspoon – Resturant reviews
Where – Need a starbucks? Look here
SloshSpot – Need to grab a drink? Look here

TV & Video
What’s On? – A tv guide
MxTube – Download and play youtube videos anytime(from Cydia) *
cycorder – Record video (from Cydia) *

Sleeping Tools
Night Stand – Clock plugin
Clock 3D – Clock plugin
Ambiance – Helps me relax, best relaxing noise around
White Noise – Helps me relax

Management Tools
Mint.com – Money managment, everyone should use this
Todo – Time managment
Weightbot – Weight manager
FastFoodCal – Calorie counter

Social
LinkedIn – Networking with profesionals
Facebook – Networking with friends
Tweetie – Networking Twitter application, this is one of my favs
BeejiveIM – Instant messaging, there may be better ones out there
WordPress – Blogging with wordpress

Calculators
Tip – Tip calculator
CheckPlease – Tip calculator

Buying Stuff
eBay
Amazon.com
Deliveries – Track a delivery

Networking Tools
WinAdmin – Remote desktop
iSSH – Secure terminal
Terminal (from Cydia) *
OpenSSH (from Cydia) *
modem (from Cydia) *

Radio
WonderRadio – iPhone radio, this is the best one out of all of them, if you get one this one is it
Tuner – iPhone radio, this one is just ok
Radio – iPhone radio
AOLRadio – iPhone radio
Stitcher – iPhone radio
Pandora – iPhone music
Last.fm – iPhone music
finetune – iPhone music

Music Tools
Shazam – iPhone music determiner
Remote – Play your iTunes from your iPhone

Games
Fieldrunners – Game
Zombies – Game
Centipede – Game
psx4iphone – Play playstation games (from Cydia) *
NES – Play any NES games(from Cydia) *
Macman (from Cydia) *

Fun, Not Really Useful
iChoose – Flip a coin
Koi Pond – Koi fish
Spawn – Cool Screensaver like game
Dice – Role dice
Alpha Tips – Dating help for men

Math
PCalc – Alternate calculator
GraphCalc
Quick Graph
MissingCalc
Triangulator
Math Tricks

Additional Tools
Spanish – Learn spanish
Spell Check – Spell check anything
Txtpedia – Need to know what something means in txting speak, this is where to go
Clinometer – Leveler for construction
Flashlight – Flashlight if you need one
Gas Cubby – Ok tool for car, I don’t recommend it to most people
Conversions – Good for conversions
mSecure – Password manager
Intelliscreen – One of my favs this lets you config your locked screen with information like weather (from Cydia) *

Recorders
HappyTalk – Recorder
Voxie – Recorder
SpeakEasy – Recorder

Install & Backup Programs
AppBackup – Backup iPhone data (from Cydia) *
AptBackup – Backup iPhone data (from Cydia) *
Cydia – Installer for hacked programs, look on youtube for how to install, VERY IMPORTANT *
Installer – Installer for hacked programs, look on youtube for how to install *

* Cydia is a jail broken app installer that you get when you jail break your phone.

There are a ton of apps that I haven’t listed, the list keeps growing and growing!

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