Corey J Feldman

Mini review of some free iPhone Apps

Wordpress – Bloging app -Covered previously.  Nice but still on the buggy side. At least for me, has limited use until Apple adds spell check. Would like to see an approve comments function in a future version.

 

NowLocal – News -Nice concept, gives local news based iPhone location data.  I only used it a couple of times, but seems to work fairly well.  It is a quick way to get some local news

 

Blip Solitaire – Game – Boring, reminds me of a bad old Atari game. You drag your finger along the screen, moving the paddle to bounce a little ball from side to side.  Blahhh

 

Cube Runner – Game – You navigate a boomerang plane type thing though a series of cube type structures.  The ship is controlled by turning the iPhone like a steering wheel activating the tilt sensors.  Fun game but to easy to waste time on…

 

Shakespeare – E-book – Easy way to carry around the complete works of Shakespeare.  Unfortunately, this is pretty barebones.  I would love to see a notes function, or commentary, modern translations etc.  But it is free.

 

eReader – E-book – nice to finally have an e-book reader for the iPhone, without having to jailbreak.  You can buy books or at eReader.com or Fictionwise.  Features are still pretty limited.  Bookmarks work by remembering the last page you were on.   Still pretty barebones, but no real complaints.  I would be willing to pay for a decent reader that handled multiple formats, could reflow PDF text and had support for notes. 

 

AOL Radio – Music – Stream AOL music channels, same ones available through AIM/AOL. Since I haven’t yet upgraded to a 3G phone, this is really only useful when wifi is available.  Most stations won’t stream or won’t stream well over edge.  Hopefully will run well over 3G.  I will let you know next month!

 

AIM – IM – Not bad if you need to ping someone while out and about.  Not sure if this is a function of being on a first Gen edge phone, but service disconnects if AIM is not open and active.  I am rarely so engaged in an IM conversation that I would want to have it as the only app I am using.  For me AIM is for quick responses and multitasking,  without it working the background, I find it pretty useless. 

 

Twitterific –IM/miniblog – There is a pay version of this program, but the free version is ad supported.  I like this app a lot, might be the one I use most.  You can update location (works better on 3g phone I am told), load twitterpics from library or direct from camera, and of course tweet to your hearts content.  Biggest drawback is there isn’t a view reply button.

 

Google App – I tend to forget about this one.  It basically consolidates all of the Google services built into other areas of the iPhone.  I could see using it more if I didn’t have an year of iPhone information gathering habits already established.

 

Facebook-bloggish thing – Nice way to easily update status.  You can snap pictures and upload to your status and mobile pictures.  Access your facebook inbox, even chat with online friends.  Fun little app, very useful to facebook addicts. 

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Update

Left off one of my favorites.  NYTimes – great way to read the morning paper!  Would love a Washington Post version.

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