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	<title>Kastang &#187; iPhone Apps</title>
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		<title>iPhone Apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had my iPhone for about three months now. The first few weeks I had my phone I found myself constantly trying new applications. I had a hard time decided which apps were the best. Now, three months after getting my phone, I have noticed that I rarely add new applications, I find myself [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have had my iPhone for about three months now. The first few weeks I had my phone I found myself constantly trying new applications. I had a hard time decided which apps were the best. Now, three months after getting my phone, I have noticed that I rarely add new applications, I find myself more then often deleting unused apps. I am curious to see what others are using for their iPhone apps. I am sure there are some great apps out there that I missed!</p>
<p>Here is what I currently use:</p>
<p><a href="http://kastang.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_0011.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-166" title="img_0011" src="http://kastang.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_0011-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>The first page consists of the applications I tend to use on an almost daily basis. The usual culprits are here: Safari, Phone, Mail, App Store(Haven't used this much lately, but it still deserves a spot on the front page), Settings(Constantly turning on/off Wifi and other services. I wish Apple would have made it easier to enable or disable services on the fly), and Text. I use these mainly because there are limited other options to use without Jailbreaking my iPhone.</p>
<p>Three of my absolute favorite apps are on this page: Facebook, Stanza and Twitterfon apps. I use these three extensively on a near daily basis. The Facebook app is self explanatory, if you have a Facebook account you probably already have the iPhone Facebook app.</p>
<p>Twitterfon on the other hand took me a while to find. I originally started out with the free version of the Twitterific app. The ads got to me after a short while, so I switched over to Twinkle. I never cared for the layout of Twinkle, but it was ad-free and worked very well for a month or so until one of the updates caused the application to crash constantly. From a recommendation of someone on Twitter, I tried Twitterfon and never looked back. The layout of Twitterfon is perfect. It has every feature I need.</p>
<p>Stanza is the app that persuaded me not to buy an Amazon Kindle. The thing I absolutely LOVE about Stanza is that it has a desktop app that allows me to sync my current eBook collection on my computer with my iPhone. Other eBook readers I tried before Stanza would not allow this. They would only allow books to be purchased via the iPhone.</p>
<p>Lose It! is a calorie monitoring weight tracking app. I was a bit skeptical when I started using this app, but I have lost seven pounds using this app so far. I am on a &lt;1900 calorie diet and it is really showing results. Lose It has a large library of different foods and their nutrition value. It takes seconds to look up.  It was a real eye opener to see how some of my favorite foods are extremely high calories.</p>
<p>Shovel is the best application for Digg I have found. Digg is one of my favorite news websites. Shovel allows me to access Digg without going through Safari. My only complaint is I cannot 'Digg' articles through this app. Evidently the Digg API does not allow this. Weird huh?</p>
<p>The only game I have on my iPhone is iMob. I am not really sure if you can even consider it a game. It is more like a good way to waste five minutes. It does get addicting after a while though. If you also play iMob, feel free to add me: 148-152-001. I have yet to find any games that really have made me want to download them. Any suggestions?</p>
<p><a href="http://kastang.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_0012.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-167" title="img_0012" src="http://kastang.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_0012-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>Page two is a little less exciting then page one. These applications I use on a weekly/monthly basis. They are not used enough to warrant being put on the front page. The highlight of this page is Things. Things is a GTD app for the iPhone. I originally bought this app to manage my college homework and projects. I found it was too much of a hassle to add all my small assignments into Things. I chose to hang an eight foot whiteboard from my wall in my bedroom instead. While it may not  be as organized as Things, it certainly gets the job done. I currently use Things for larger projects I have planned for We Know's website along with other larger college related projects I am working on. Things also has a OSX desktop app available that will sync with the Things app. The app is extremely simple to use and syncing is easy. if you are looking for a GTD app for the iPhone, I suggest taking a look at Things.</p>
<p>I currently have three World of Warcraft applications on this page. WarcraftStat shows the status of all realms. I find this app handy at times. I frequent this app on Tuesdays maintenance. I use WoWTalents when I have free time or when I am thinking about modifying my current talent tree. Characters is an app that pulls armory data for selected characters. It is a nice app to look up details on a character or multiple characters on the go.</p>
<p><a href="http://kastang.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_0013.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-168" title="img_0013" src="http://kastang.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img_0013-200x300.png" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>I guess the proper name for page three would be the graveyard. These are applications I either cannot remove/hide(Thanks, Apple.) or hardly ever use. Not much to say about this page sadly.</p>
<p>Backgrounds is a neat little app, I like to change my unlock screen background every few weeks, or when I am feeling particularly bored. I suppose that is the only reason I keep the app on my phone.</p>
<p>Surprisingly, I have never used the Google app. My GMail account goes through Mail, I use iCal rather then Google Calender, etc etc... I keep it there because I know better then to under estimate Google. I am confident that one day I will need to use it.</p>
<p>I still carry my old 30g iPod with me, I only have a few audio books on my iPhone at the moment. I like keeping my music and phone separate.</p>
<p>There is a look at my iPhone. What applications do you use on a daily or weekly basis?</p>
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