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innerSpaceman · 09-02-2009, 04:09 PM

My problem is finding apps I give a rat's patootie about.

The old thread here about Fave Apps provided nothing I'm keen over. Urban Spoon is a good restaurant finder ... but like most iPhone functions, I think it would really shine more if I were traveling. Here at home, I'm not a big restaurant eater. They're an eater of too much money and time.

So what I'm saying is NOT that there aren't great apps, but that there don't seem to be great apps for ME. In fact, I've been disappointed in a couple of recommendations.

TextFree does not really provide a workable way for me to get free texts from twitter. That's the only reason I have the pricey unlimited text plan. But TextFree's email-routed solution works mainly for personal texts directed solely to you. Oh well.

Then there was an Simplify, that purported to let you access your entire music or other media libraries via the internet, but it's really just a remote access. I guess I was looking for a service that actually hosted your libraries, because I'm not going to leave my computer on whenever I'm not at home on the off chance I might want to hear a song or two from home that I don't have have on my phone. Fail.

I'm pretty much going to ask everyone who has an iPhone what their favorite apps are, but I'm, hardly bowled over by anything yet. There are some fun and handy little tools that I might use once in a blue. Tip calculators, conversion calculators, and the like. I don't play games, so those are out. It seems to me there are 50 twitter apps (I like Tweetie), two dozen restaurant apps, ten zillion games, and, um, that's about it. What am I missing?

Maybe I'm just not the target audience for apps. I seem to be pleased by the core iPhone functions far more than any add-ons. But that's a bit of a disappointment, so I guess I'll keep looking.

09-02-2009, 04:09 PM	#33
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	My problem is finding apps I give a rat's patootie about. The old thread here about Fave Apps provided nothing I'm keen over. Urban Spoon is a good restaurant finder ... but like most iPhone functions, I think it would really shine more if I were traveling. Here at home, I'm not a big restaurant eater. They're an eater of too much money and time. So what I'm saying is NOT that there aren't great apps, but that there don't seem to be great apps for ME. In fact, I've been disappointed in a couple of recommendations. TextFree does not really provide a workable way for me to get free texts from twitter. That's the only reason I have the pricey unlimited text plan. But TextFree's email-routed solution works mainly for personal texts directed solely to you. Oh well. Then there was an Simplify, that purported to let you access your entire music or other media libraries via the internet, but it's really just a remote access. I guess I was looking for a service that actually hosted your libraries, because I'm not going to leave my computer on whenever I'm not at home on the off chance I might want to hear a song or two from home that I don't have have on my phone. Fail. I'm pretty much going to ask everyone who has an iPhone what their favorite apps are, but I'm, hardly bowled over by anything yet. There are some fun and handy little tools that I might use once in a blue. Tip calculators, conversion calculators, and the like. I don't play games, so those are out. It seems to me there are 50 twitter apps (I like Tweetie), two dozen restaurant apps, ten zillion games, and, um, that's about it. What am I missing? Maybe I'm just not the target audience for apps. I seem to be pleased by the core iPhone functions far more than any add-ons. But that's a bit of a disappointment, so I guess I'll keep looking.
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