[recommend on]new iphone

Maguano

So i made the plunge and gots myself a new iphone. it's just begging to be filled with tasty apps. Anyone have advice on essential/worthy/fun apps?

thanks

sain

Tag Reader is really nice to have while shopping.

Beck

For games, Edge is probably the best game on the app store, followed by Canabalt. Tiny Wings is great, too. I also really enjoyed Space Invaders: Infinity Gene, though it's a bit easy. Still, good fun, and it sports a smart aesthetic.

For normal apps, freeappaday is great. Most free apps are shut, but maybe once a month you'll get something really cool for free, and you only need to check it once every couple days.

Dragon Dictation is super convenient. Records your voice as text, allows you to use that text message as a im, or pretty much whatever you want. Time saver.

Groupon is cool, let's you check out their featured coupon in your area. Oh, and while we're on the topic of saving money, see if your bank has an app; my bank allows me to see where the nearest ATMs are to my location, it's saved me from having to use (and pay) rival bank's ATMs many times.

Genius scan is rad, check that one out. Oh, and Hipstamatic, if you want to turn your iPhone into a really decent vintage camera. Fantastic little app, and fairly cheap considering how damn well it works.

Gave fun with your iPhone.

Esh

You must, must, MUST get Sword & Sworcery EP. It's in my top 10 games on ANY platform. The reviews for it are all stellar. It's a fucking masterpiece. Play it in the dark with the headphones on.

Rogueknight-

Gorillacam - http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/gorillacam/id342972390?mt=8 - is free and absolutely brilliant, it adds zoom, timer functions, time lapse photography, antishake, 3 shot burst modes to the Iphone camera. My 3GS is as useful as my digital camera with all these functions.

Aroundme - http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/aroundme/id290051590?mt=8 - Again free, allows you to check for restaurants, bars, hospitals, taxis, pretty much anything within your local area.

Beck

Esh wrote: »

You must, must, MUST get Sword & Sworcery EP. It's in my top 10 games on ANY platform. The reviews for it are all stellar. It's a fucking masterpiece. Play it in the dark with the headphones on.

Whoa, WHOA, yeah.

I didn't realize this was available on the iPhone. It looks amazing.

I'll have to grab that tomorrow, when I am sober enough to play video games. The aesthetic is so fucking gorgeous.

physi_marc

Calcbot to replace the basic calculator that comes with the iPhone.

Dropbox if you use it on your computer.

iBooks and Kindle if you like reading ebooks.

The Incident is a really fun game with awesome retro 8-bit graphics and music.

Prompt if you need a command line app.

Tweetbot is a pretty amazing Twitter client.

World of Goo if you haven't played it yet.

1Password if you use it on your computer.

Camera+ is a great camera app.

Convertbot is quite useful from time to time.

Facebook app is mandatory if you have a Facebook account.

Plants vs Zombies if you haven't played it yet.

Things is a very good task manager.

Six

Dungeon Raid.

aperlscript

The three games I play the most. All of them do asynchronous turns over the intertron, so they're awesome for playing over time with friends. You don't have to sit there waiting for your friend to take their turn, you just play a move when you have the time.

Words With Friends - scrabble clone, the official Hasbro one is lame, ad-supported/$3

Quordy - Boggle clone, $3

Carcassonne - One of the most polished games out there, totally worth the $10. Currently is just the base game, but the expansions are in the works.

Zeromus

You certainly need ScoutMob if you're in a relevant area!

Raif Severance

Games: Words with Friends, Cut the Rope, Angry Birds, Spider, Osmos, Infinity Blade, SWORD AND SWORCERY

Messaging: WhatsApp (closest thing to BB Messenger on the iPhone), Emoji Free (to make emoticons - you can actually use WhatsApp to download this)

Misc: Remote (controls your iTunes on your computer), SkyView (neat constellation app), Netflix, Facebook, Light, The Weather Channel (native weather app is pewp)

Maguano

thanks everyone. good thing i got some itunes gifties floating around.