Free iPhone Apps (plus one paid)

Tom Thrush — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:04:09 +0000

I did an informal survey of friends and a couple of quick searches to see what free Apps might interest me. I amassed almost four screens worth of Apps; I’ve listed those that are work related below…

AroundMe – For lunch near a client site
Citibank – Business finance
Coffee Finder - For Starbucks near a client site
Free RSS – To stay on top of my favorite blogs
Free Wi-Fi – Who doesn’t need free WiFi?
LinkedIn – To stay connected with business associates
MileBug - To track my mileage (the only App I’ve purchased, $1.99)
RDP Lite – Remote Desktop client
Restaurants – Shows calories at chain restaurants (a.k.a. what not to eat)
Skype – Communicating with customers
SubnetIT – Subnet calculator
Units – Conversion of Power, Data Storage, etc., from one metric to another
Urbanspoon – For lunch near a client site
WordPress – Keep an eye on this blog

Now I’m part of the iCrowd

Tom Thrush — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:35:22 +0000

I finally caved and bought an iPhone. The tipping point was that my Verizon contract was up and I could save about $25/month by going to AT&T. (A friend of a friend is the store manager.)

It also helped that the iPhone 3Gs came out, offered a mature OS with a landscape keyboard and the big surprise, cut and paste.

I must say I’m rather enjoying the new phone; finding new Apps is rather addictive. The interface is pleasing and mostly intuitive, iPod functions are nicely done and most importantly, ActiveSync with Exchange works quite well.

I was rather dubious of the AT&T network, but so far so good.

More on being in the “iCrowd” later…

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Free iPhone Apps (plus one paid)

Now I’m part of the iCrowd