Feeling out your music can be more trouble than it’s worth. Getting in touch with your sensual, happy, or perhaps aggressive sides might lead to a quick trip to thesixtyone, but what if I told you there’s an easier way (with local music)? Moodagent by Syntonetic is a new favorite app of mine that accomplished just this. While I was initially turned off by the low ratings on the iTunes store, I’m gonna have to knock down these preposterous 3 to 3.5 star and knock it up to a 4.5. What makes this app such a winner for me? Read on to find out.
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List, A Free & Simple Task Manager
I’ll admit that task managers for both the iPhone and the Mac do cost a little bit of cash. Most of these paid applications are quite awesome, but users don’t always need the additional functionality they provide. If you want a simple GTD app that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, look no further than List.
Who Doesn’t with Dunnit! Review and Giveaway.
Many people have problems with getting things done. Task managers can only do so much, because despite jotting down the dozen or so tasks that need to be taken care of for the weekend, it’s ultimately up to the end user to fulfill those promises. More often than not, GTD apps are not the cure all - because things like “cleaning the garage” or “putting clothes away” often have no incentive. Unless the reward is a wad of cash, many of us (especially as Americans) find it easier to procrastinate than keep up on our daily duties.
For those with the task manager blues, you might have already heard about this little dandy of an application called Dunnit!.
Cydia Gets an Essential Update - Speed Increases and Error Handling
It appears last night that Saurik has updated APT, which now has an optimized cache generator and has become more error tolerant in repository parsing. This means less error screens when connecting to repositories that might have an error at that particular moment, which used to end up causing Cydia users a ton of grief, sometimes even crashing them out of Cydia. This update should help correct some of that.
MyPhoneDesktop Puts Your iPhone On Your Desktop. Review and Giveaway.
Sharing information between your desktop computer and the iPhone can be a hell of a task sometimes. Whether you want to share pictures, documents, text, links or just anything, Apple’s products don’t come with an easy built-in solution to achieve a complete, easy and painless sharing. Sure there’s MobileMe, but that’s not so immediate. Dropbox, still requires a sync and I don’t exactly see it a sharing platform - it’s a backup and sync solution. On the other hand, native applications like Pastebot allow you to let your iPhone communicate with your Mac and vice versa by sharing the clipboard over a wireless connection. With Pastebot you can transfer text, links and pictures with just a few clicks and taps and it’s no doubt a great app. Be sure to write our review if you missed it.
MyPhoneDesktop is a rather different application that takes a unique approach in providing its own way to share stuff between your computer, the web and the iPhone. It combines push notifications with bookmarklets and a Mac app to let the devices “talk” with each other. I had the chance to test it for a few days, here are my impressions so far. Also, we have 10 promo codes to give away.
GroceryList, Grocery Shopping Made Easy! Review & Giveaway.
Who the heck still writes grocery lists? No offense to my mom of course, but it’s 2010. Everything we do is now digital! And with that in mind, what better device to have your grocery list on than an iPhone? You know, having used a myriad of grocery shopping apps for the iPhone, they can be rather clunky. I mean, adding items to your list is always a chore because you’re always typing things in or adding items that don’t yet exist in that app’s database. Well HeliumFoot Software decided enough was enough, and they certainly laid the smack down with their new GroceryList application. Seriously, their approach to grocery lists is wicked cool.
MobileRSS Pro for iPhone, Surprisingly Good Feed Reader. Review and Giveaway.
I think the quest for the perfect iPhone RSS reader will never end, mostly because it’s not clear what people exactly want from that kind of application. Some people say they just want a simple app that could notify them of new items, some want tons of features, some don’t even know what they want but still they write blog posts about the subject. In the past we’ve covered apps such as Reeder and Newsprint, but today we’d like to take a look at MobileRSS Pro from NibiruTech.
I must admit I never really considered this app before, maybe because of the UI or just because of the not-so-appealing name, but it turns out MobileRSS Pro is a pretty good application with a clean design, surely worth a mention. Also, 8 promo codes up for grabs.
Buzzie Launches as the First Google Buzz iPhone App
“Buzzie appears to share a lot of design cues with the popular iPhone app Tweetie. It also does pretty much everything you would expect: You can view posts from your Google Buzz followers, create public and private Buzz posts, and add new followers from within the app. Buzzie can also show you Buzz conversations near your location.
For a first release, the application is fast and polished — though it lacks any truly distinguishing features from Google’s web interface. Heavy Buzz users will find it easier to use than the online interface, but I’m not sure if casual users will see enough benefit to justify paying for the app.”
$1.99 in the App Store.
RapidID, Quick Contacts for iPhone. 7 Promo Codes Up for Grabs.
My iPhone contacts are pretty much messed up. I don’t know why, maybe I did something wrong while syncing with Mac OS’ Address Book, probably it’s just that I need to pay more attention when I add new contacts. But anyway, I’ve got these duplicate contacts, wrong names and numbers, missing photos.
Some days ago I was emailed this neat application for review, and after some “real life” testing I’m sure I’ll keep this on my iPhone. It’s called RapidID, it’s a fast and great-looking contact “manager” for iPhone and we’ve got some copies to give away.