Hi all, here my personal top ten iPhone apps as of August 2012, there not in any real order and some I have already reviewed before.
1. Hootsuite
So you like twitter, Facebook and maybe even Linked In but it’s a pain to follow all the news, posts and updates all the time – or your finding it hard to keep all your followers up to date with whats new with you, well look no further then Hootsite – ok it’s not the best looking app but it does the job.
You can open your different feeds and post to one, two or all your main social sites from your phone.
Price: Free
2. WhatsApp
Ok, most people have 1000’s of free text messages in the call plan, but some times you need more and why pay for them? WhatsApp is a great little app that works very much like BB Messenger as in you add fellow users to your contacts and then you can send them messages within the app.
The difference is that if you have internet access then you can send the messages for free (Wifi) or by using your data plan rather than your text message allocation.
Price: £0.69
3. Tom Tom
Although this is a little pricy and yes there are free turn by turn GPS based navigation apps out there, if (like me) you need a sat nav most days then its worth the extra money, it’s still cheaper then a standalone unit and just one advantage is its one less pice of tech to carrier around.
Also you can still listen to your music in the car and get turn by turn instructions. Also the maps are updated all the time.
Price: £59.99
4. Evi
Whats the best thing about the iPhone 4s? well its clear apple believes its Siri and to be fair its quite nifty, however if like me you don’t have a 4s and just a 4 (or even 3) then you may have thought you where missing out, well for as little as 70p you can now have most of the features.
Evi lets you ask it questions such as who won the game, whats the weather, tell me a joke and it will search the internet for your answers, there phrase is “ask me anything” and I’ve not really found any thing it can’t find.
Price: £0.69
5. Chrome
Ok I’ve reviewed this before and I’ve now been using this all the time for the last couple of weeks from Facebook, to Linked In, to well every thing on-line. With no problems and no crashes, its a little light but then all iPhone browsers are, but Chrome is able to play most flash videos.
Also it will sync up with your desktop version so your bookmarks / sites you’ve saved on you main PC / Laptop are now right there on your phone and it works the other way as well.
Price: Free
6. TV Catchup
Again I’ve reviewed this before, and no it’s not just a iPhone app but a website, iPad and Andriod App – but its a great app and save be from loosing it when my friend looked us out his flat at 3:00am (lock smiths take time to arrive and then drill the lock at that time of the day). Thanks to TV Catchup I was able to watch Family Guy and then South Park.
It streams over the internet, so be sure to have loads of data left or expect to pay for it later (or just watch it when you have WiFi) but all in all its a great way to watch TV on the go – pitcher quality is good, buffering isn’t a problem and it has most of the UK TV channels.
Price: Free
7. News 360
So you want current news, from a number of sources on the same article? Well news 360 is the app for you, it has all the up to date news, covered by all the different channels (printed and otherwise) so you can see who is reporting what and when and if its important to you, make you own mind up about the story in question.
I’m not 100% sure on the price – I think it may have been free, but it may have been 69p so to be safe…
Price: £0.69
8. App Advice
Looking for the most up to date information on Apps, Apple and iPhones, then this is the app for you, it features top lists such as top photo apps, trending apps and news on jail braked apps, theams and much more.
There is one downside, and that’s it’s not free (where as my blog is)
Price: £1.49
9. Wunderlist
Yep I’ve reviewed this one before, and again it’s not only for the iPhone, but the iPad and even Chrome (the full browser not the iPhone version). What I love about Wunderlist (other than the price) is that it Syncs over all you devices that you can flag important tasks, make different lists (such as work, shopping, to do, urgent, and don’t forget’s).
You can also change the background to suite your mood.
Price: Free
10. CardMunch
This is a great app for any one who meets lots of new customers and there for lost of business cards, open up this little app and take a photo of the business card.
It will “munch” (scan the details) and turn the printed text into text on your iPhone, but that’s not all, it will try to input a new contact on your iPhone with the phone number, email, web address, name and address in all the right places (or try to) – yep it’s not perfect but it’s normally much quicker then entering the details by hand.
And that’s not all, it will then look for the person on Linked In and invite them to connect with you.
Price: £0.69
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