Shiny new apple toy.

[rmd]

As I mentioned on Twitter last nite, I got an iPhone yesterday. Verdict so far, quite shiny and cute. I'm still getting settled in to it, as far as losing useful apps. (any suggestions for free apps?)

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[johnromkey.livejournal.com]

Half the fun is trying out apps and deciding that they're crap and never using them again.

Free keepers for me have been:

Remote (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284417350&mt=8) - lets you remote control iTunes or an Apple TV

Taxi (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288670013&mt=8) - has GPS support and tells you the numbers of taxi companies nearby

Twitterific (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284540316&mt=8) - for when I'm really bored. The free version has ads, or you can buy it without ads.

NewNewsWire (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284881860&mt=8) - free feed reader - though with Google Reader's good iPhone support I haven't bothered much with it

iTalk (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=293673304&mt=8) - oddly free voice recorder from Griffin Technology

ebay (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=282614216&mt=8) - what it says... official app from ebay

Oblique (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291102639&mt=8) - Oblique Strategies for the iPhone

OpenTable (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=296581815&mt=8) - iPhone interface to the dining reservations site

Urbanspoon (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284708449&mt=8) - another web site front end

MotionX GPS Lite (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=293935935&mt=8) - gives lots of GPS info

Just Light (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=302956392&mt=8) - turns the screen white... like a flashlight...

Coin Toss (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=287965865&mt=8) ...

Radio Paradise (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=294813449&mt=8) - works more reliably to listen to them than listening through Mobile Safari does

iSteam (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300748973&mt=8) - good for 30 seconds of amusement once

two of my favorite pay apps are

Bloom (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292792586&mt=8) - probably my favorite iPhone app. Brian Eno in your iPhone.

OmniFocus (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284885288&mt=8) - I'm not sure this is worth it if you don't use OmniFocus on a mac as well. It's a great todo list organizer, for "getting things done". I don't really GTD but I do keep my lists of crap to do in Omnifocus and sometimes remember to refer to them. I keep my grocery list in it too, as Apple has oddly chosen not to sync over iCal todo list items to the iPhone.

I try free things with abandon and every so often go through my phone and wipe the crap from it. Which, after doing this review, I think I need to do again.

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

I second the use of Omnifocus as a GTD/organizing tool!