Great Martin! Thanks - will try a few out. May I add: Trailguru - free ap that records your walks, jogs, bike rides and calculates av speed, distance covered etc, creates a map of it and logs it all on a webpage which keeps tallies of your monthly distance travelled etc.
Italk Recorder -free, turns your phone into a mini taperecorder, recordings are good quality and sync wirelessly with your mac. Cheers Rod Blitvich on 28/11/08 10:44 AM, Martin Hill at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, here's my list of favourite apps for my iPhone (not including > any of the standard apps like the brilliant Google Maps). Some of > these are free, but many cost a few bucks, but I reckon they are worth > it. I'd be interested to hear what favourites everyone else has: > > Aussie Specific Apps: > > FuelView - Finally The WA govt's Fuelwatch is actually useful for me. > Shows a list of the fuel prices at petrol stations nearby with the > cheapest at the top with distance and how to get there provided by > Google maps. Brilliant! What's not brilliant is the fact that diesel > is still 137.9 compared to unleaded at 106.9c. :-( > > WA Traffic - All of the Main Roads freeway and other webcams > accessible online from the one app (there is a Sydney version > available as well). Great for checking to see if I should avoid the > freeway or not on the commute in to work. What's not good is how > pathetic the reliability of the Main Roads webcams are. This morning, > they are ALL offline. Even when they are online, although they > advertise on the MRD website that the cameras are updated every 5 > minutes, it is in reality only every 20 minutes. In addition to > hating Main roads for braindead Traffic Light programming and speed > limit sign placement, here's another reason to hate that particular > govt dept. :-( > > Pkt Weather - Much better than the default weather app as it gets far > more detailed and more importantly, more accurate weather observations > and forecasts straight from the Bureau of Meteorology. Also shows > current wind strength and direction (in knots - yay!) for us > windsurfers as well as rain radar etc. > > IceTV - Shows upcoming TV schedules and if you have an EyeTV digital > TV tuner and IceTV subscription, allows you to click on a show or > series on your iPhone when you're out and about to record them on your > Mac at home. The IceTV subscription is $99 per year, but in my opinion > worth it if you have an EyeTV for the detailed onscreen program guide > in EyeTV itself (works great with Smart Guides to automatically record > every show that has "David Attenborough" in it no matter what time or > channel for example) as well as this remote scheduling ability. > > Toilet Mate - okay you can laugh, but who hasn't at some time needed > to know where the closest public toilet is? Hmmm? yes, I thought > so. Shows the distance and directions in Google Maps. :-) > > AU Postcodes - Type in a State or suburb and it will show you the > postcode(s) or type in a postcode and it will show all suburbs with > that pcode. > > Qantas - Arrivals and departures at any Australian airport. Accurate > up to the minute when my plane had to divert to Adelaide due to a > heart attack victim on board on the way home from Melbourne. I > actually kept my fellow passengers up to date with the latest delayed > ETA in Perth while we waited on the tarmac. (and yes, the hosties did > say we could use our phones while we waited). :-) > > > > And here are a few other fav apps that aren't specifically Australian, > but are very handy nonetheless: > > Jaadu - It may be the most expensive iPhone App I have ever bought at > Au$29, but it is worth it. So much better than MochaVNC. It allows > you to remotely control your Mac or PC via VNC screen sharing, but > also can be used as a numeric keypad or powerpoint controller or > portable trackpad or shortcut keypad even when you are sitting in > front of your computer. It finds Macs or PCs on your local LAN using > Bonjour so you don't need to know IP addresses and it is far more > reliable and robust than the Mocha products as well as featuring > lovely teleport animations and a very useable way of moving the mouse > around and precisely clicking and dragging even with a tiny screen > view of the computer you are controlling. (you can also pinch and > zoom to increase the viewable area) > > Onetap Movies - shows the movies and show times at all the cinemas > closest to you. Also shows ratings, reviews and movie trailers. > > Stanza - Excellent ebook reader app. Huge online library of free > eBooks a click away. Has a Mac app that can convert just about any > doc into ebooks for easy reading on the iPhone. > > Ping - good for network troubleshooting > > WiFinder - Good for scanning for open and locked wifi networks that > aren't always visible in the built-in wifi control panel. Free at the > moment while the author tries to get Apple to release new version. > > AirSharing - good for filesharing between Mac and iPhone (Discover is > a free alternative) > > TideApp - Shows you tide info and predictions for major Australian > ports. The tide chart has pretty basic graphics, but it works. > > Surf report - handy if you're a windsurfer and you forgot to bring > your sail. ;-) > > Guitar - great guitar app if you actually want to play some guitar > music (using chord notation) strumming chords and plucking individual > strings. Works well even if you don't know how to play guitar. Very > fun. > > Units - convert from anything to anything else - distances, weights, > volumes, temps, data storage and also has a nice inches and centimeter > ruler. > > Dual Level Lite - when you want a couple of spirit levels to get that > picture exactly straight. > > WhiteNoise - the air-conditioner noise puts our 3 month old daughter > to sleep instantly (just remember to turn on airplane mode to turn of > the phone and wifi - don't want to cook the little one!). The Amazon > rainforest and other sounds with sleep timer and fade-out are great as > well. > > BigOven - the imperial measures are a pain, but it has a huge number > of recipes available and options for putting in the ingredients you > have on hand and getting recipe suggestions etc. > > BabyLog - great for new mums to keep track of all the important info. > > > > Then there are the great games. > > Asphalt4 - excellent 3D Car racing game. Race a Lamborghini down city > streets bumping other cars off the road. > > Cube - an opensource Doom/Quake type game. > > BSkiesLite - fun helicopter game > > etc etc. > > Ah, these iPhones are just too useful and fun. It's not surprising > Apple has sold more Apps in just a few months than the entire mobile > app industry has in a year. iTunes gift certificates work for apps > too, so make great Chrissie presents for your iPhone and iPod touch- > owning friends and family. ;-) > > -Mart > > > > ------------------------------------ > Martin Hill > email: mart_hill "at" mac.com > homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill > Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam¹s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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