The Cut List
Sometimes, not even the best apps can stay on my iPhone. This could be for many reason such as I never use the app, maybe because I am not connected 24/7, unlike most iPhones. Here is a list of applications for iPhone and iPhone Touch that I have used, but no longer have on my iPhone. They are great apps and worthy of mention, some free, some paid, some for jailbroken devices. This is the cut list.
Evernote - This app is great for taking notes. It can also take picture note or images from your photo albums are use them too. All of this syncs with the Evernote web service which also syncs to the desktop app. This tool is very powerful for making notes, much more than the default note application. Since your note sync back and forward with the cloud, you will be able to access your note from anywhere.
Instapaper Free - What makes this app really useful is the ability to read webpages offline. What you do is mark a link using the Instapaper bookmarklet either from your computer or iPhone and then you sync the iPhone app with your web account and it downloads the webpage onto your iPhone for reading offline. You can read the page in web format or text format for faster loading an no added rubbish. There is also a Pro version which ads a couple of extra features but nothing you will really miss. Definitely look at this app if you are interested!
NetNewsWire -This is the best RSS reader app in my opinion. It syncs with Newsgator Online which syncs with the the Newsgator desktop clients. This allows you to get the latest news that you haven’t read and read it online or offline and then later sync back up where it marks what you have read. This is a great product as it makes all your feeds synchronised across the board. This app performs great!
Talking German Phrasebook - If you are ever going to go to Germany and don’t really know the language, then this is the app to take on your travels. It has a load of phrases and words a tourist in the country may need to use. It has the English and German for the phrase and even has an audio recording for the spoken phrase. There are even some interesting phrases you can use to pick up some those hot German chicks
Its also a great application if you find the German language interesting or would like to pick up some words for your general knowledge. So worth the money, do get this!
Tumble - Want to quickly post something on your Tumblr tumblelog while you are out and about? Well this app makes that easy. Just launch it, select the type of post you want to make and go for it. You can do most of the usual methods. You can even use it to take a picture and upload directly to Tumblr, caption and all. Great app that saves time by not making you log in and use Safari.
Wordpress - This app allows you to write full length posts for your Wordpress blog, right on your iPhone. You can type away your blog post, save it, and post it online right from the app. It does exactly what you would expect it to do. The unfortunate thing is that typing for an extended period of time on the iPhone virtual keyboard isn’t ideal so I doubt you will be writing massive essay post to your blog, but maybe shorter posts. If you need to blog away from your computer on your iPhone, this is definitely the way to go about it.
Air Sharing ($6.99/$9.99) - I managed to snap up this app while they were giving it away from free. This app allows you to transfer files onto the iPhone using your computer. You attach your iPhone as a networked drive and you can paste files in there. The iPhone can even open and view most well know file formats such as word, excel, pdf, html etcetera. You can also access the contents of the drive via a web browser. I did find the transferring of files and accessing the drive a little bit slow, but that would be anything, not necessarily related to the app. If you need this type of functionality from your device, this has to be the app you go for.
PocketMoney ($9.99/$13.99) - This app give your the ability to manage your money on multiple accounts and cards. You can add different types of accounts and manually manage and keep an eye on money going in and out of the accounts and the spending on your cards. It’s password protected so your financial information is hidden from any suspecting people using your device. I personally use it to keep track of the money I am spending on my credit card so I don’t spend more than I have and know how much more I need to purchase something. It is really good for that.
Spore Origins ($9.99/$13.99) - The objective of this game is to get your unicellular Spore organism through the levels and eat guppy things which increase your DNA bar. The controls are basic, using the accelerometer steer and move forwards and backwards. Most of the levels consist of collecting DNA, except they start including unique creatures for you to attack or defend against to make the game more interesting. There are also special levels where you have to traverse a maze-like setting and your goal here is to get to the end without being killed by other creatures. This is a challenging and fun game to play.
Buzzer (Cydia) - This is a fun game which is similar to Buzz! The Music Quiz on the PlayStation 2. There are multiple rounds of the game where they give you a snippet of one of the songs in your library and you have to guess either on of the following, song title, artist, or association depending on the round. They also show you a zoomed in version of the album art and you have to guess it as it zooms out. Lastly, they have a round where the music is garbled and you have to guess what it is. This game was intended to be for 2 players but it is fun to try it yourself. If only they had a proper 1 player mode and scoreboard.
Great list, really enjoying your constant blog posts. Keep it up!
You should explain why you uninstalled each app