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iPhone apps we crave
Well, Merlin, you did ask. Having listed some imaginary iPhone apps he'd like to see, Merlin Mann asked the world: "What's the iPhone app you crave?" Hmm, let me see now - I've got a little list.
- Avant Go: A fantastic portable newsagent, in which you could download whole chunks of your favourite magazine and newspaper web sites for offline reading. I used to read dozens of articles in Avant Go on my train commutes in and out of London, back in the days when I commuted. It was an absolutely essential app and I'm very much looking forward to it - or something similar - arriving on iPhone.
- Yojimbo or Notational Velocity for iPhone: See yesterday's rant. If this, or something like this, isn't right round the corner, I shall eat my router.
- TextMate or Bean: This is dependent on Apple opening up Bluetooth to other devices in a future software update. If I could use a full-size external keyboard to quickly write text, I'd want a decent editor to write it in.
A vocal loop pedal: I enjoy singing. It would be great to have a virtual FX loop pedal built into my iPhone, so I could sing vocal refrains into it and have them instantly looped over one another.
How about you lot? Got some dream iPhone or iPod Touch apps that you'd like to see?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 10)
Stu J said 1:05PM on 7-18-2008
adium
that is all
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aleenm88 said 1:32PM on 7-18-2008
you stole my phrase :-P
Adium for iPhone!
Stu J said 1:10PM on 7-18-2008
well if I stole your phrase then I will have a new one ...
LogMeIn ?
Dan Spooner said 1:16PM on 7-18-2008
Yes! that would actually be the best app ever! I use logmein all the time...
totoro said 2:01PM on 7-18-2008
Adium, definitely.
jeeves said 8:20PM on 7-18-2008
Forget games, for the love of good we need a good power management app.
The iphone runs so much longer on wifi or edge than 3G, so if there was an app that would disable 3G except when its needed, so that things like checking for emails and idle time would be on edge, while heavy browsing would switch back to 3G.
This app it would save me a million trips to the "disable 3G" menu
msomers said 1:06PM on 7-18-2008
Tivo scheduling app (and pull recorded shows off the Tivo)
Portable Quicken
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EricLA said 3:45PM on 7-18-2008
Agree, would love a mobile Quicken that would sync with my Mac.
JLou04 said 10:21AM on 7-19-2008
I second the TiVo online scheduling App!
Niki said 10:36PM on 7-18-2008
YES YES YES!!! TiVo app pleeeease! With a cherry on top!
And, consider me an old kid, but I'd kinda like to tinker around with some sort of Tamagotchi app. The furry thing they already have in the app store is lame.
Luigi193 said 1:09PM on 7-18-2008
I want an FTP client, with a file editor like transmit, so I could make a quick text change for a client on the go...
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mike berg said 1:56PM on 7-18-2008
yes!
This would be a must-buy for me, too. I've contacted Panic about the possibility, but so far no response.
Simon said 2:44AM on 7-21-2008
Yep, a quick and dirty text editor and ftp app. No copy/paste isn't an issue for these purposes, but syntax highlighting and some nice CSS coloring would be good, a la CSS Edit..
Simon
Ryan said 1:09PM on 7-18-2008
I would gladly pay $10 for Fring on the iphone.
Someone please make a Voip app that does SIP. I am foaming at the mouth for the jailbreak just so I can get free calls while on wifi.
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Nate said 1:10PM on 7-18-2008
TomTom navigation all the way! I want to throw away my trusty Garmin and dedicate my life and my location to my iPhone!
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Joid said 6:13PM on 7-18-2008
Definitely the killerapp for the iPhone!
When TomTom is available the iPhone is really a all in one device.
Oh, and only TomTom, because all the other navigation software can't even stand in the shadow of TomTom
Guy Secretan said 1:14PM on 7-18-2008
A Netflix queue management app. I know one already exists (iFlix, I believe), but I'm not going to jailbreak my phone for one app.
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Jeff said 1:54PM on 7-18-2008
word!
using Netflix's site on the iPhone is weaksauce. and App (like iFlix?) would be great!
...then again, just a decent (optional) mobile version of the website might be good too.
dvashawn said 3:00PM on 7-19-2008
There is a mobile version of netflix at http://www.netflix.com/mobile
It's not the greatest looking but you can add to the queue and reorder. It works until we get iFlix on the app store
Dan Spooner said 1:14PM on 7-18-2008
I'm hoping for an air band type app/game. Where you choose in instrument such as drums and swing it around and where ever u hit in the air it makes a different noise... or a better voice recording app.... all the ones i've tried (free and non-free) haven't met my standards...
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