The holiday season is over, the Christmas tree is down and packed back into the attic (unless you live in my house), stockings boxed back up (see the previous theoretical statement), the champagne is dry and you have already broken your New Year's Resolution.
But you still have that iPod Touch/iPhone you got this holiday season! (Hooray!)
You've tinkered around with it, checked out Youtube, Facebook, listened to music and all that neat stuff but you want more, but you don't know what exactly
Don't worry, I'll show you what you've been missing.
Alright let me break this down into Steve's Official List of Necessary iPod/iPhone apps!
Numero Uno!
Shazam: The app is so awesome that Apple put it into one of their ads. Shazam listens to the music currently playing and not only tells you the name, artist, and album it belongs to, but also links you to a biography of the artist, links you to buy it from iTunes, and sometimes links you to a the music video on Youtube. It works, and it's amazing (Thus, it made my list)
Numero Dos!
Pandora: Pandora is an online radio that plays customized stations of your favorite artist and similar musicians. Pandora recently updated their app by bringing over the Cover Flow view (ala iTunes). Pandora allows you to stream CD quality music over the 3G, WiFi, or Edge network for free. Not only that but it helps you discover new music (which is always a plus).
Numero Tres!
Weightbot: With every new year brings a resolution (which coincidently is broken or forgotten around February or March), and one (I) would assume that most people's resolutions are to lose weight (Cue Weightbot). Weightbot is a weight tracker that tracks your weight (assuming you put it in) and graphs it to show how great/poorly you're doing. There are several health/weight loss themed apps in the app store but several critics agree (including myself, obviously) that Weightbot delivers with not only functionality but also with one of the smoothest and nicest interfaces of any app on the market. Plus the icon looks like Wall-E, which is fun.
Numero Cuatro!
Fieldrunners: This is a strategy based game where you basically set up towers to kill these guys from getting to your base. The graphics are sharp considering the platform and the gameplay is smooth and intuitive. It's currently $4.99 but trust me, I wouldn't plug it if I didn't think it was worth it/freaking awesome.
Numero Cinco!
Remote: Apple introduced the app store with one of their own apps packed inside. Remote isn't just a clever name, it turns your iPod/iPhone (okay that's getting redundant, I'm going to call the combo an iPhone Touch from now on) into an iTunes / AppleTV remote control. Now this may not be convenient to those who don't have an AppleTV but to those who use their computers to watch movies (aka me with my iMac) I find the Apple Remote app to be extremely useful when deciding on what movie to watch or song to listen to.
Numero Seis!
Trace: If you were to ask my 8 year old cousin (which would be sort of creepy and grounds for a restraining order if you did) she would tell you that her favorite thing about my iPhone is Trace. Trace is a simple yet amazing(ly free) game that puts you in control of this guy and you use your finger to "trace" a bridge to get the man to the goal. Some levels are easy while some levels are frustratingly difficult (I'm looking at you Space World).
Numero Siete!
Facebook: Chances are you (yes, I really am talking to you sideburns) have a Facebook account and chances are you are addicted to it. Don't worry, you can bring that addiction wherever you go with the Facebook app for the iPhone Touch. The Facebook app, although has some quirks, is a good app that allows you to utilize the Facebook Chat feature, check your messages, check your profile, friends profile...basically the majority of what you can do on the regular site you can do on the app. Check it out, it's free.
Numero Ocho!
Twitterific: So Twitter is this crazy internet startup that some call a fad and others call an addiction. Either way you look at it, the service is pretty popular right now and the Twitterific app allows you to post updates (or "tweets" as they cleverly put it) to your profile from your iPhone. Like Weightbot, there are several Twitter apps in the app store but I have found that the Twitterific app has the nicest interface
Well that's it for now, I decided to stop at 8 since it's my favorite number -- whenever I come across a worthwhile app I will be sure to post about it but these 8 are (currently) my favorite apps offered in the App Store
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