22 November 2008

iPhone apps on my first home screen

I keep my most-used apps on the first home screen on my iPhone. Here are the third party ones I store there.

Mobile News.pngMobile News
Good functionality is that it downloads all recent AP articles. Bad functionality is that you have to download each subject (Business, Local News, etc.) manually, one at a time.

Twitterriffic.pngTwitterrific
Not as huge a fan of this app itself as the fact that I don't have another Twitter app on my phone. It does work and it's free, and I use Twitterrific on my desktop. But the iPhone version doesn't automatically scroll to the top when you launch it, and it has ads.

Facebook.pngFacebook
This app gets almost everything right - it's easy to use and exposes enough useful Facebook functionality. I like that I can take and post a photo fairly easily. I use this all the time.

Instapaper.pngInstapaper
Instapaper works in conjunction with Instapaper.com to download web pages to your iPhone for offline reading. Click a special bookmarklet - which works on MacOSX, Windows or the iPhone itself - to save the web page you're viewing to Instapaper. The app then downloads the text from all your saved URLs to your phone. It's pretty neat and really easy to use.

NYTimes.pngNew York Times
This app downloads most of the day's NY Times content to your phone for offline reading. The functionality is useful, convenient and saves trees; too bad the app crashes all the time and takes forever to download everything to the phone. Now that I have AP Mobile News, I hardly ever read the Times.

OmniFocus.pngOmniFocus
Companion application to the desktop version. This is where I manage my GTD list. It's a good app but doesn't sync automatically, which is a pain.

City Transit.pngCityTransit
Provides a New York City subway map, as well as online access to subway system alerts. Too bad the alert system would be much more useful if it downloaded content for offline viewing - like when you're actually in the subway system without net access.

The Weather Channel.gifThe Weather Channel
View today and upcoming weather. It's a little more functional than the standard weather app - you can e-mail the weather report to someone else, for instance.

2 comments:

  1. TwitterFon is very nice and scrolls to the top when you open it and has no ads. iTrans NYC stores all the alerts for offline viewing. Neener neener neener.

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  2. iTrans may be the winner there - not having alerts is a pain when you're in the system and need to know why the F train isn't coming.

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