Sunday, January 25, 2009

Gas Cubby

Update on the Gas Cubby application.
I procrastinated and didn't get it yet. And look. The price dropped from $5 to $0.99
Now I don't really have to think about it. I'm getting it now. I'll be glad to donate $5 later if it does everything I want. I'll post a review later.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

iPod Touch

I got myself an iPod Touch. I would have rather have an iPhone, but I couldn't justify the monthly fee. So anyway, now that I have one, I need to figure out what I'm going to do with it.

I came up with a short list of apps I want. For now, I'm focusing on apps that you can use without a WiFi connection. I haven't done any tests around town to see how easy it is to find free WiFi, but I'm guessing it's not that available.

So anyway, here's my short list that I have right now.

1. I'd like an app to record my gas mileage and record car maintenance stuff.

2. A Note application that can sync with my laptop

3. A map application where I map out directions and it'll store it on the iPod so I can view it off line.

4. An application that will cache web pages so I can read them offline.

So that's it for now. And with the Internet being the Internet. Two of them are already available on the iTunes app store. The gas mileage application is called Gas Cubby. I believe it cost $10 and it has way more features than I need. But it does do everything I want, so I'm probably going to get it. The second is the web page caching application. It's called Instapaper. I haven't tested it out too much yet, but so far it seems to work pretty well. The only drawback is that it only caches the text. So no images and any fancy html stuff won't be there. But at least this app is free....and free is good.

Right now, the app that I use the most is the Notes app. I have a problem remembering things when I'm out and about, so I use the Notes application to keep lists of things. Books I want to get, restaurants I'd like to try, video games that have a high rating....stuff like that so far.

If anyone has a great iPhone/Touch application that they really like, I'd like to know about it.