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Some time ago I wrote a post about what is on my iPhone. I thought I'd re-visit the topic, in part because I shall (eventually) be upgrading to the 3GS, or possibly a Palm Pre or Android? But realistically, it'll be the iPhone 3GS as it is still the best phone I've ever owned.
So here is my little bit of FanBoi-ism, hope it's interesting to you.
First and foremost, JAILBREAK YOUR IPHONE!!!!!!
Let me repeat, Jailbreak your iPhone, It's absolutely the best thing you can do, it opens a whole new world to you... as will become apparent in the rest of this blog post.
Winterboard.
This is a silly, but great thing to have on your phone. Winterboard allows you to "Theme" your iPhone. So being a geek, I have the LCARS theme on mine. So it's all Star Trek all the time. (Uhuru tells me when I have voicemail LOL.
EchoFon.
This is from the Apple store and it is my Twitter client of choice. It's was TwitterFon but had a name change. It also has push notifications now, which is great.
Growl for iPhone.
GrIp is fantastic, it's is subtly awesome. If you use Growl on your Mac you'll know what it does. GrIp pops up little pop-up boxes when you get emails, etc. Depending on what modules are installed.
xGPS
I've been driving up and down the country alot lately and I use xGPS exclusively now. There are other navigation apps out there, but xGPS (on Cydia) is free and it works great. So, so far I have not been tempted to the paid options... though it may come.
Ringtone Shuffler
Again on Cydia, this paid for app is great fun. It basically does what it says on the tin. You get a random ringtone everytime someone calls you. Now I have too many ringtones from Cydia and Audiko, so it's always a laugh in the office when the phone rings.
Runkeeper Pro
I don't use this anywhere enough, but it's awesome. Basically it's a GPS tracker. You run, it counts the miles. But it is so much more than that, the website rocks, the Pro version has great audio cues when you hit time and distance markers. Give the free version ago, or go straight to the paid version... you will eventually anyway. :-)
PDAnet
Tethering is a rip off, an absolute rip off. How charging you extra to use your phone as a modem has been allowed by OFCom I do not know! I could do it about a decade ago with my old mobiles, and it didn't cost extra, so why is it costing me extra now???
Well... here is the solution! PDAnet (via Cydia) allows you to use your iPhone to get on the web. The unlicensed only allows HTTP, but spend the $15USD (one off payment) and everything works. Compare that to the what £15/month O2 think they can charge and it's an easy choice!
iComing
I have left my favourite till last. iComing (on Cydia) is, amazing and powerful. And I am only just scratching the surface in what it does so far. iComing is a real innovation, try it!
iComing in simple terms "does stuff" based on your location.
So for example, I send a SMS text message to my wife automatically with it when I take my turn-off on the motorway, so she knows I am almost home. Because iComing sits running in the background, you set it up and it keeps checking where you are and fires of the actions you configure when you are in the right place.
iComing can send Twitter updates, update your Twitter location too. It can also just alarm, send an SMS, ring a phone number, turn your wifi on/off, turn Mail on/off, chaneg your ring tone volume, turn 3G on/off, turn Airplane mode on/off, turn Bluetooth on/off.
I can't wait to see the app develop, it'd be awesome to be able to for example run scripts or open (via curl even) websites. Imagine the possibilities of being able to access any API out there via iComing and "do stuff" when you are in certain places??
I wrote ages ago about how I thought location/context was the future. That dropped down on my priority list, but iComing reminds me how cool location/context on your phone will/could be.
So there you have it, a short list of the stuff on my iPhone that I love. There are about 7 pages of apps on my iPhone, but these are the key ones for me at the moment... okay and the Facebook app I admit it! ;-)
Lance
So here is my little bit of FanBoi-ism, hope it's interesting to you.
First and foremost, JAILBREAK YOUR IPHONE!!!!!!
Let me repeat, Jailbreak your iPhone, It's absolutely the best thing you can do, it opens a whole new world to you... as will become apparent in the rest of this blog post.
Winterboard.
This is a silly, but great thing to have on your phone. Winterboard allows you to "Theme" your iPhone. So being a geek, I have the LCARS theme on mine. So it's all Star Trek all the time. (Uhuru tells me when I have voicemail LOL.
EchoFon.
This is from the Apple store and it is my Twitter client of choice. It's was TwitterFon but had a name change. It also has push notifications now, which is great.
Growl for iPhone.
GrIp is fantastic, it's is subtly awesome. If you use Growl on your Mac you'll know what it does. GrIp pops up little pop-up boxes when you get emails, etc. Depending on what modules are installed.
xGPS
I've been driving up and down the country alot lately and I use xGPS exclusively now. There are other navigation apps out there, but xGPS (on Cydia) is free and it works great. So, so far I have not been tempted to the paid options... though it may come.
Ringtone Shuffler
Again on Cydia, this paid for app is great fun. It basically does what it says on the tin. You get a random ringtone everytime someone calls you. Now I have too many ringtones from Cydia and Audiko, so it's always a laugh in the office when the phone rings.
Runkeeper Pro
I don't use this anywhere enough, but it's awesome. Basically it's a GPS tracker. You run, it counts the miles. But it is so much more than that, the website rocks, the Pro version has great audio cues when you hit time and distance markers. Give the free version ago, or go straight to the paid version... you will eventually anyway. :-)
PDAnet
Tethering is a rip off, an absolute rip off. How charging you extra to use your phone as a modem has been allowed by OFCom I do not know! I could do it about a decade ago with my old mobiles, and it didn't cost extra, so why is it costing me extra now???
Well... here is the solution! PDAnet (via Cydia) allows you to use your iPhone to get on the web. The unlicensed only allows HTTP, but spend the $15USD (one off payment) and everything works. Compare that to the what £15/month O2 think they can charge and it's an easy choice!
iComing
I have left my favourite till last. iComing (on Cydia) is, amazing and powerful. And I am only just scratching the surface in what it does so far. iComing is a real innovation, try it!
iComing in simple terms "does stuff" based on your location.
So for example, I send a SMS text message to my wife automatically with it when I take my turn-off on the motorway, so she knows I am almost home. Because iComing sits running in the background, you set it up and it keeps checking where you are and fires of the actions you configure when you are in the right place.
iComing can send Twitter updates, update your Twitter location too. It can also just alarm, send an SMS, ring a phone number, turn your wifi on/off, turn Mail on/off, chaneg your ring tone volume, turn 3G on/off, turn Airplane mode on/off, turn Bluetooth on/off.
I can't wait to see the app develop, it'd be awesome to be able to for example run scripts or open (via curl even) websites. Imagine the possibilities of being able to access any API out there via iComing and "do stuff" when you are in certain places??
I wrote ages ago about how I thought location/context was the future. That dropped down on my priority list, but iComing reminds me how cool location/context on your phone will/could be.
So there you have it, a short list of the stuff on my iPhone that I love. There are about 7 pages of apps on my iPhone, but these are the key ones for me at the moment... okay and the Facebook app I admit it! ;-)
Lance