iPhone help/advice

[highlander]

Just got my first iPhone3G. Any suggestions on free Aps or any worthwile Aps to purchase? Also does anyone know how to delete numbers from the my phone list?

 

[qtlaw]

The Google app with voice search is pretty helpful.

Yelp, Pandora, Weather Channel and Southwest come in handy as well.

 

[Madhavok]

Stuff I use:
Vlingo
Words with Friends
Hootsuite
Twitterific
Facebook
Pandora
The Weather Channel
North Face Snow Report
ESPN SportsCenter
Instagram
Angry Birds
Foursquare

 

[highlander]

That's second time I've heard about Angry Birds.

Don't know what I'm doing wrong. I can't seemed to connect to the internet. The lady at the store told me I could do that. Without that ability, I don't think I can get any Aps.

 

[Madhavok]

You should be able to obtain apps via the app store with your AT&T 3G service.. You can also connect via WiFi when you're in a hot spot.

I also use Flixtster, RedBox, ESPN Steak for the Cash, 8MM video camera, Skype, Remote, Bump and Google Earth.

 

[Igor in CT]

Words With Friends
Angry Birds
Bookworm
Radio.com
Iheartradio
American Airlines, Southwest, Delta, Air Canada
Open Table
Yelp
LinkedIn

Hope this helps.

 

[Gomer]

Here are the main apps I use. Yes, I have more than this.

To answer your question about deleting numbers from a phone list, you need to be more specific but a simple left-to-right swipe over the thing you want to delete is a general feature of the iOS operating system.

Free — TweetDeck (basic Twitter and Facebook at the same time); TextPlus (if you don't have an unlimited text plan); Dragon Dictation; Facebook; Twitter; Skype; WeatherEye (better than the native weather app); TSN Mobile (Canada); ScoreMobile (Canada); ESPN ScoreCenter; Kijiji; Globe & Mail; Engadget; CNN International; Stuff You Should Know; Yellow Pages; Remote (will control iTunes off your desktop and other Apple software); TD/RBC/Scotiabank (most banks have an app); Netflix (app is free, of course Netflix isn't); Photoshop Express; We Rule; Find iPhone (this is a must-get, it's free, do it and register it right away so you'll never lose your phone); iBooks (free, books cost); Kindle (free, books cost); OverDrive (which you can use to rent out books and audiobooks from your local public library).

A buck or two — CalenGoo (Google calendar and tasks, syncs with the server); Convertbot (converts currency, units, measurements, you name it); TuneIn Radio (listen to any radio station over your 3G or wifi - plus pause, rewind and record); iProRecorder (better than native app for scrolling within my interviews); Camera+ (better than native Camera app, but no video); Flashlight; Osmos; Angry Birds; Scrabble; Uno; Flight Control; Peggle; Cut the Rope; Bejeweled; Tiger Woods; Conquest (Risk, basically).

More
Navigon GPS ($50 or so, combined with a proper mount in your car replaces a dedicated GPS device); iMovie ($5); Lego Harry Potter ($5); Civilization Revolutions ($6).

 

[Bullrog]

Don't know what I'm doing wrong. I can't seemed to connect to the internet. The lady at the store told me I could do that. Without that ability, I don't think I can get any Aps.

If you can't get the AT&T wireless connection to work, just try turning the phone off then back on. It happens to me every once in a while.

 

[doubledown68]

Angry Birds, Tetris, ESPN Score Center (which is manna from heaven); Weather Channel, and the DirecTV app is ballsy... provided you have DirecTV, of course.

 

[Trey Beamon]

If you're a member, the Netflix iPhone app is incredible.

I also like the MLB.com and Vevo (music video) apps too.

 

[highlander]

Don't know what I'm doing wrong. I can't seemed to connect to the internet. The lady at the store told me I could do that. Without that ability, I don't think I can get any Aps.

If you can't get the AT&T wireless connection to work, just try turning the phone off then back on. It happens to me every once in a while.

Thanks for the advice. I got a bad sim card. They gave me a new one and it worked.

Now I have to figure out how to turn my college fight song that I downloaded into a ring tone. Any ideas?

 

[highlander]

Okay I've started downloading. Dragon Dictation is awesome.

 

[Gomer]

For making ringtones, take the mp3 of the song and put it in iTunes.

There are apps that will make it into a ringtone from there - I have Ringtone Maker. But the quality of audio they put out is poor.

If you want, you can do it manually. http://www.ehow.com/i/#article_2160460

 

[highlander]

Sorry to bring this thread back but can anyone recommend a better web browser than Safari?

Also any other good, cool, fun aps would be appreciated.

Finally, has anyone used a baseball score keeping ap?

 

[qtlaw]

Sorry to bring this thread back but can anyone recommend a better web browser than Safari?

Also any other good, cool, fun aps would be appreciated.

Finally, has anyone used a baseball score keeping ap?

Missle Command is a good nostalgic app that's a good time waster.

I don't think you can get another browser, maybe I'm in the dark.

 

[Gomer]

There's an Opera browser but I like Safari better. Also, the Skyfire browser (not free) will let you watch Flash videos. It converts them to a format you can watch in the browser.

 

[qtlaw]

Idiot that I am have had my iPhone for over 2 years and did not know there were alternative browsers until today.

Downloaded "Perfect" browser and Opera, both seem faster than Safari.

 

[Gomer]

Yeah, most are faster but don't render pages quite as well as Safari. Safari, I've found, is damn good at showing pages (minus flash content) exactly as they look on my desktop.

On an iPhone 4 the speed is quick regardless of browser, thus why I've stuck with Safari.

 

[TigerVols]

I hardly ever use the browser; I've can access just about everything I need via an app. Much quicker and more efficient that way.

BTW, Trenches is a fun new war game.

And IntoNow is a Shaazam for TV. It's a pretty cool app:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/15/fly-or-die-tv-apps/

 

[highlander]

I hardly ever use the browser; I've can access just about everything I need via an app. Much quicker and more efficient that way.

BTW, Trenches is a fun new war game.

I like Trenches, Angry Birds and Greatest Tank Battles.