{"id":3558,"date":"2010-03-27T12:12:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-27T19:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3558"},"modified":"2010-03-27T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2010-03-27T19:54:51","slug":"amys-ipod-touch-apps-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3558","title":{"rendered":"Amy&#8217;s iPod Touch &#038; Apps Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;ve had myiPod Touch for a few weeks and I&#8217;m LOVING it!\u00c2\u00a0 My Sister, my brother-in-law and my sister-in-law have one too and as soon as we get our taxes, I&#8217;m buying one for Eric for our anniversary in May. (remember, mine was an early anniversary present?)<\/p>\n<p>I feel I should say that I never felt the need for an iPod before.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had a few MP3 players for a few year and loved them.\u00c2\u00a0 And, I had a Palm PDA for MANY years.\u00c2\u00a0 Eventually I turned in my Palm PDA and had a Palm Centro smartphone.\u00c2\u00a0 I loved it.\u00c2\u00a0 It did everything I wanted it to do &#8211; phone, calendar, contacts, ereader and much more!<\/p>\n<p>But then there was the monthly cost.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been a Verizon Wireless customer for many years and very happy with them.\u00c2\u00a0 But with a smartphone they were going to require I pay an extra $30\/month.\u00c2\u00a0 That is $360 per year and I just was not willing to pay that.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead I downsized my phone and spent less than $200 to buy the iPod Touch.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s not my Palm Centro (I miss the camera and video camera) but I&#8217;m very happy with it and love the apps!<\/p>\n<p>Some of my favorite apps are &#8211; in no particular order:<\/p>\n<p>FREE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/feature.html?ie=UTF8&amp;docId=1000301301\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon  Kindle<\/a> &#8211; Free.\u00c2\u00a0 The app is free and there are some free titles  (re-reading Pride &amp; Prejudice right now). I love this app!\u00c2\u00a0 I can  read in bed (in the dark even!) again!\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve bought a book or two and  both were less than $8.\u00c2\u00a0 I made sure I bought titles I want to re-read.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/lose-it\/id297368629?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Lose it!<\/a> &#8211; Free &#8211; A weight management tool.\u00c2\u00a0 Great to track your exercise, food  and weight loss.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/just-light-flashlight\/id302956392?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Just  Light<\/a> &#8211; Free &#8211; Do you use your phone to navigate late at night?\u00c2\u00a0  This is a great app for you!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/pandora-radio\/id284035177?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Pandora <\/a>&#8211; Free &#8211; I can listen to my channel while I work! If\u00c2\u00a0 you haven&#8217;t  discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pandora.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pandora <\/a>yet, check it out!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/facebook\/id284882215?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook <\/a>&#8211; Free &#8211; Makes it easier to stay connected with my friends and family on Facebook. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/bible\/id282935706?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Bible <\/a>&#8211; Free &#8211; There were many options, but this was the one I chose because it had reading plans.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately the first Sunday I found out that I had to have wifi to read it. (Wish my church had wifi, but that&#8217;s a topic for another day).\u00c2\u00a0 But once I was home again, I just downloaded a verion and now I can read the Bible anywhere!\u00c2\u00a0 Very happy with this app!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PAID &#8211; but well worth cost in my opinion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/audiobooks-download-edition\/id324596259?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Audiobooks <\/a>(Download edition &#8211; $.99) There is a free version, but I quickly upgraded when I realized I was only able to listen when I had wifi.\u00c2\u00a0 The books are from <a href=\"http:\/\/librivox.org\" target=\"_blank\">Librivox <\/a>&#8211; one of my favorite places online!\u00c2\u00a0 Great for the knitter who wants to read while they knit!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/calengoo-sync-google-calendar\/id300370871?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">CalenGoo <\/a>&#8211; $6.99 &#8211; By far the most I&#8217;ve spent on an app, but SO worth it!\u00c2\u00a0 The main thing I needed from my iPod was the ability to see my calendar wherever I am.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I use Google calendar that meant I had to have wifi to view it.\u00c2\u00a0 Until I found this program!\u00c2\u00a0 It automatically syncs and updates my Ipod calendar whenever I have wifi.\u00c2\u00a0 Then when I&#8217;m out of wifi range, it simply works as a calendar.\u00c2\u00a0 If I make changes when I&#8217;m away, it simply updates it when I get back home.\u00c2\u00a0 And, by continuing to use Google calendar, I keep my Hubs in the loop on my schedule and can invite him to attend appointments &#8211; anything from a Dr appt to date nights!\u00c2\u00a0 You can see screenshots and learn more about this app on <a href=\"http:\/\/calengoo.dgunia.de\/Start.html\" target=\"_blank\">their website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeroutines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Home Routines<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m going to make a whole post about this one&#8230;edited to add the <a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3562\" target=\"_blank\">link to that review<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/words-with-friends\/id322852954?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Words with Friends<\/a> &#8211; $2.99 &#8211; scrabble with friends!\u00c2\u00a0 I love it! The only game I&#8217;m recommending today &#8211; it&#8217;s THAT good!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/knit-buddy\/id310913948?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Knit Buddy<\/a> &#8211; $2.99 &#8211; this might be the only app I&#8217;ve paid for which I&#8217;ve regretted.\u00c2\u00a0 I was looking and looking for an app for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ravelry<\/a>. When I couldn&#8217;t find one, I bought this app.\u00c2\u00a0 I could not understand why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ravelry <\/a>didn&#8217;t have one yet.\u00c2\u00a0 But then I realized with the included browser, I didn&#8217;t need an app, I can just log into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ravelry<\/a>&#8216;s site and use it with no problem.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, expect that I can&#8217;t use it offline. :(\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But then today I was knitting away on Sissy&#8217;s new Sunday Shrug (more on that later) and was listening to podcasts (I need to update my podcast recommendations too &#8211; later, later!) .\u00c2\u00a0 I realized I needed a counter to help track the 22 rows of seed stitch ruffle (ugh) and remembered this.\u00c2\u00a0 Now I just tap the screen after each row and it keeps track of it for me.\u00c2\u00a0 So I&#8217;ll try to learn more about this app and maybe I will have more to recommend it later.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/id337998484?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Water Your Body<\/a> &#8211; $.99 &#8211; keep track of your water intake and get a grade.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve YET to get over a C for the day! 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