I'm joining in again with Shimelle's Ten on the Tenth.
I'm making much better use of both my iPhone and my iPad these days, and thought I'd share some of my favorite apps with you. Some work with both devices.
1. My very favorite iPad app is Flipboard. It reads like a magazine and organizes your Flickr, Facebook, and Google Reader blogs as well as news. I'd actually rather read blogs with Flipboard than on the computer. I also have it on my iPhone which is a bit small, but comes in handy when you've got WiFi and a few minutes to kill waiting for an appointment.
2. I now shoot all my iPhone photos with Camera+. Some day I'll upgrade my phone to the 4S, but for now, this app really improves the quality of my photos before I do any editing. (Adam and I were both taking the same photo with our phones in Oregon, and I was really shocked at how much better the camera is on the newer phone. White balance in particular is so much better.)
3. Both Tracy and I keep track of all our walks (distance and pace) on RunKeeper. I need to get in the habit of recording my workouts with weights now that I'm back at the gym regularly. It tracks walking, running, hiking, ellipticals, just about anything, and then gives you a summary. The end of month summary is very satisfying when the weather is good enough to be out regularly.
4. I looked for a long time for a recipe app that I thought would work for me. I've found it: Paprika. The cost was reasonable for the iPad, but I did splurge and buy the Mac version as well. It has been well worth the money. Thanks to iCloud, anything I add on the Mac (with a browser button that automatically adds the recipe) shows up on my iPad. Matt bought me a little iPad stand for Christmas, and I now cook with it frequently. Sarah and I chose some new slow cooker recipes to try while we were in Oregon.
5. Yelp. Yelp is one reason I bought an iPhone to start with. Several years ago, we were traveling up the coast of California with Sarah. I said I thought we'd be in Morro Bay for dinner. She whipped out her iPhone and started reading restaurant reviews. "Awesome," I thought. Yelp has helped us find many a good restaurant in unfamiliar places. There are also recommendations for what to order, and we've had some great meals because of them.
6. I edit lots of my iPhone photos on the iPhone. Right now my favorite editing app is Photogene 2. I have several others I've yet to spend enough time with to know how they work. Most of them I found by following the iPhonography blog which I love because the Glyn frequently lets the readers know when an app is on special, or better yet, free.. Most I've picked up on days when they were free.
7. Photo 365. Some days the only photo I manage is on my iPhone, but even on days when I use my SLR for Capture Your 365, I always take an iPhone photo and add it to this app.
8. Notica. I just found this app through Kayla on the DigiScrap 101 blog. I've only used it a few times, but I think I'd like to print out a few of them to use on a layout. Kayla's using them in her Project Life. You can take the photo through the app or add a photo from your library and then caption it or tell a brief story on the bottom.
9. Tripit. Tracy found this one, but it's so wonderful when you travel. I have it on both my iPad and my iPhone. You add your itinerary and all your plane and hotel reservations to it, and it keeps it organized and available by the trip. We already have reservations for some of our trip to Oregon in May and I know right where all the information is.
10. Dropbox. Technically I'm not sure it's an app, but I became a huge fan of it on our last trip. Since I'm now working on a desktop at home for the first time, I was wondering how to get all the files I wanted to take with me on my laptop. Dropbox is the answer. I put them in Dropbox on the Mac, and whenever I want them they are also on my phone, my iPad, and my laptop. It's free until you exceed a certain space limit, but I don't think that will be a problem for me.
My newest discovery is Blogsy. One of my biggest frustrations in traveling with the iPad is being unable to post to my TypePad blog. There hasn't been any good app for that, but recently I got an email from TypePad saying that Blogsie would support the Typepad platform. I haven't had time to try it, but I'm hopeful. If it works, that will be the end of traveling with the laptop.
