iPhone and iPod touch - best apps

[Hassan I Sabha]

I have just been given an ipod touch 32g 3g but have no idea what apps or games are worth sticking on it.

Does anyone have any reccomendations based on personal experiance please?

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

what do you want to use it for? Where will you use it?

I don't have a 3g but some of my favourites are:

remote, for remote controlling the itunes linked to my entertainment system.
facebook. As I am sad.
Air sharing, for transferring data between systems.
Net utility, quick and easy way to find out about whatever network I am using
Snap, for port scanning and system enumeration
tiger woods golf. For when I am taking a dump
multi convert, for pedantry.
wii finder for identifying open wireless networks.
pterm, fully working terminal emulator. with SSH, telnet and raw tcp.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Quordy
Bejewelled 2
Peggle
Sky Sports Score Centre
Sky Sports Live
Classics
Google Earth
Facebook
iFooty
Flight Control

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

I wasn't going to admit to having bejelewed 2 on mine.

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

what do you want to use it for? Where will you use it?

As I was given it and did not buy it for a specific reason I have no agenda for it and no specific thoughts about where I would use it. I am just looking for some random apps. I have downloaded a few, and deleted a few, and I am just randomly downloading other free ones.

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

 

[Bungle73]

Here are the ones I've currently got installed on my iPhone and that should work on an iPod Touch (ie they don't require the phone gubbins). Some are free, some aren't:

Cube
Ferrari GT Evolution Lite
Google Earth
iBeer Special
iBowl
Internet Radio Box
iPhone Life Magazine
LBC
Modern Combat: Sandstorm Free
Musee du Louvre
National Rail Enquirees
PandoraBox
Real Racing
Remote
Rolando Lite
The Secret of Monkey Island SE Lite
Sky+
Stanza
Terminator Salvation Lite
Tiger Woods
Toki Tori Lite
Tube Pro
What's on (London)
WifiTrak
Wikipanion
Wooden Labyrinth 3D Free
Classics
Classics2Go Lite
Tips and Tricks
Eliminate Pro

I also have the iPlayer and TVCatchup on my screen as "apps". To do that just go to the relevant site and bookmark it by adding it to the Home Screen.

 

[sumimasen]

Does your question not apply to iphone users as well, minus any phone-related apps of course.

 

[marty21]

you have to buy it, but the tiger woods golf game is very addictive

 

[mrs quoad]

TY

Have just downloaded a selection of these

 

[HobgoblinMan]

you have to buy it, but the tiger woods golf game is very addictive

Prostitutes???

 

[marty21]

Prostitutes???

Not sure what apps they like tbh.

 

[subversplat]

you have to buy it, but the tiger woods golf game is very addictive

You don't have to buy it I'm sure nobody could ever begrudge you ripping off Tiger Woods and Apple!

 

[Cadmus]

Jailbreak your iPod touch and enjoy the world of free apps

appulo.us

iphonecake.com

iphoneapplist.net

iapplications.ru

 

[Kid_Eternity]

This might be worth a read...

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/12/25/iphone-ipod-touch-christmas/

 

[mrs quoad]

I'm going to add 'world war' to this list

I am NOT waiting for enough cash to build my next power station

 

[xenon]

I've just got me an Ipod 32GB G3. W00T!

Cudos to Apple. They've built accessability into it, with Voice Over and some other features for partially sighted peple. )I use a screenreader.) Blind users use different jestures to use it. Touch once and it reads the button. Double tap to access it, for example. Not tried installing apps as yet. Bit of trouble setting up an Store account but I'm very impressed so far.

Found a list of apps I can apparently use and World War is on it.

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

Jailbreak your iPod touch and enjoy the world of free apps

appulo.us

iphonecake.com

iphoneapplist.net

iapplications.ru

Any chance of a brief guide to this?

I have installed blackra1n and Cydia, and installed the OpenSSH package but I am at a loss now. I am a total unix novice and it is talking about opening a terminal session from my windows machine and telneting into the ipod? TIA

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

OK, some progress

I am following the instructions at http://www.iphoneapplist.net/how-to-install-iphone-ipa-files-to-your-iphone.html

I am up to step 11 (as below)

11. Go to <root> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileInstallation.framework

12. Rename the file “MobileInstallation” to “MobileInstallation.bak”

13. Download this patched MobileInstallationfile from HERE. Note that you have to download the patched file for the firmware you are running. ie. if you are running 2.1, you need the MobileInstallation 2.1 patched file.

14. Place the patched file into the /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileInstallation.framework folder and set the permissions 775 for the patched MobileInstallation file. If there is some type of extension (ie .dylib), then you need to remove that extension.

However when I get to the folder

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileInstallation.framework

The only file I can see is

info.plist

Does anyone have any ideas what I should do? Do I just place the file mentioned above in this folder?

 

[Cadmus]

Any chance of a brief guide to this?

What I do is simply download the .ipa files from those websites or links that they provide, drop them in my iTunes and sync!

Actually, after I upgraded to the latest firmware I needed to download a patch via Cydia because some protection against **acked apps was present in the new firmware. But that's the maximum hassle I had to go through.

I don't use SSH at all.

 

[editor]

Here's an almighty list of top notch apps:

Social apps:
70+ Free iPhone Apps for Social Media Mavens
10 Fantastic iPhone Apps That Use Facebook Connect
5 Great Examples of Facebook Connect on the iPhone
29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone Compared
FriendFeed on iPhone: Comparing the Options
10 Essential iPhone Apps to Avoid Dating Disasters
5 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Wine Lovers
10 iPhone Apps That Bring Holiday Cheer
10 iPhone Apps to Help You Survive the Holidays


Business and news
8 Fantastic Free Business Card Apps for the iPhone
10 iPhone Apps to Avoid Work Disasters
14 iPhone Apps With Push Notification for Productivity
A Guide to Better Web-Working From Your iPhone
10 iPhone Apps to Manage Your Job Search on the Go
50+ Free iPhone Apps to Make You Richer
Top 30 iPhone Apps for Organization and Productivity
40 Free Apps to Read Breaking News on Your iPhone
5 of the Best iPhone Apps for Political Junkies

Entertainment, music and games:
60+ Free Classic Tabletop Games for the iPhone
20 Free Role Playing Games for the iPhone
iPhone TV: Top iPhone Apps for Live Streaming Television
100+ Free Sports Apps for the iPhone
10 Free Music Based Games for the iPhone & iPod Touch
Social Music: 5 of the Best Free iPhone Apps
Star Trek on iPhone: 11 Apps for the Ultimate Movie Experience
5 iPhone Apps for Pulling Off Pranks and Tricks
Social Media Break: 5 Free iPhone Apps to Fight Midweek Malaise

Family, shopping, kids
15 iPhone Apps to Tame the Kids
20 Fantastic Free iPhone Apps for Parents
Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students
11 iPhone Apps for Stress Free Family Travel
11 Essential iPhone Apps for a Road Trip
10 Best iPhone Apps for Dog Lovers
5 Great iPhone Apps for Pet Owners
5 of the Best iPhone Apps for In-Store Savings

Misc
20 Creative Apps For Your iPhone
10 Amazing Augmented Reality iPhone Apps
7 iPhone Apps That Can Save Lives
7 Soothing iPhone Apps to Help You Relax
Top 10 Free iPhone Apps to Lose Weight
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[xenon]

Don't know this Jailbreaking stuff but from my very occasional monkeying around in unix filesystems, I know some files won't show up with a standard list command. In the shell try typing command.
-ls -la

That should list everything, including hidden file types. You can then chmod (change file permissions) for the one you need if it shows up.

 

[Hassan I Sabha]

What I do is simply download the .ipa files from those websites or links that they provide, drop them in my iTunes and sync!

Actually, after I upgraded to the latest firmware I needed to download a patch via Cydia because some protection against **acked apps was present in the new firmware. But that's the maximum hassle I had to go through.

I don't use SSH at all.

Cheers - that worked.

Took a little google work to get over the sync errors. Had to add a source to Cydia and download a package to get iTunes to sync.

 

[nightowl]

i'm using the targetweight thingy as part of my new year health resolution. focusses the mind seeing it on screen every day