iPhone apps S/D

So can I stream something to my phone in another state (assuming I left my computer on and running at home)?

Or do they have to be sharing the same wifi connection?

is anyone else's NYTimes app totally fucked recently? Ever since the upgrade to OS4, it crashes the first time you load it, and usually the 2nd, 3rd and 4th times too. I have a 3GS running OS4.

i think mine is fine tho i don't use it often

apple putting its weight in with fox news

what's with this new ugly shadow gradient on the unlock screen

I am not seeing that. Maybe bc my desktop background is dark.

Looks like the Groupon app will be useful, as it allows you to redeem the Groupon paperlessly.

Just got Find iPhone. Havent tried it yet and hope I never actually need it.

I've used find my phone many times when I can't find my phone at home. You can make it beep which makes it pretty easy to track down.

Jenny also used it to track me when I was running the marathon.

Ha. Find husband.

FM3 Buddha Machine for FREE

niiiice

Also just got the WFMU app I didn't realize existed. What other essential free music apps should I get?

My friend runs Jelli, which has a cool app for crowdsourced music.

i can't download anything, it always says "this item is being modified." anyone else get that?

yep

what should i do

fmu has an app? didn't apple just announce that single-station apps are verboten?

FMU IS NOT A "SINGLE-STATION" IT IS A WAY OF LIFE

The FMU app has been around for over a year, maybe it was grandfathered in. also, Stevie D otm

Yah, the FMU app is terrific. Thought everyone was aware of it (it's on WFMU's home page).

Also recommended: East Village Radio's app.

That FM3 buddha box is nice but honestly a lesser app compared to the other one on there... tempting at $2.99 but it looks like the holy grail of buddha boxology.

what other one??

search "Buddha" and it comes up. tempted to get it tbh

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/buddha-box-meditation-timer/id309046852?mt=8

they are different things. Does this other one actually have sounds for meditation. The original one is a boring implementation of the physical box, which is as much for meditation as it is for people who like Merzbow.

Well yes, but how would you suggest making it an interesting implementation of the original box?

The original box lets you change the pitch/speed of the loops.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9kWIPF7yrk

my buddha machine never let me change pitch or anything?

the original version doesn't have teh pitchshifter, it's a later version

o maybe you meant "original" abstractly, like the physical vers

ah

this other one is like the fancy red in shasta's video, and is actual chants, btw

i meant the physical box---my sis got me one for xmas years ago.

didn't know/remember the first one didn't let you change pitch. Mine does and it's crucial for enjoyment.

sooo Word Lens? worth a DL or yet another app that will be filed away and never used again.

both

pretty much. i DL'd, tried it on my book shelfs and posters, deleted it

should we start another thread for late adopters like me? something like "apps with LEGGGGS"?

or are apps something that are only supposed to hold your attention for an hour max and i just don't get it.

Well pretty much Instapaper and ilx are the only ones I've used long-term regularly. Oh, reeder and news apps. But yeah, rest isn't really used enough to justify purchase really. Wd love to say I use iBooks & stanza for books/poetry but doesn't happen as much as my science-fiction self wd like.

I predict in 2011 there will be a show on youtube called "app hoarders".

like you're going to open a long-neglected folder years later and find dead tamagotchis everywhere

haha

I STILL have no RSS reader :/ anything good and free both or is it p much just Reeder or bust!

for me the app w/ the most legs is Air Sharing so that I can use my touch as a key drive / pdf viewer; I guess in iOS 4 you can use the ibooks app to view pdfs maybe? but o/w this is super-useful to me.

I guess in iOS 4 you can use the ibooks app to view pdfs maybe?

Yes

i find viewing pdfs in ibooks kind of cumbersome and un-fun (although an improvement on trying to view them in... whatever i was using before) - has anyone here used both Air Sharing and ibooks & has a preference?

"I guess in iOS 4 you can use the ibooks app to view pdfs maybe?"

And save PDFs as well! I like it actually although it does get wearying for a really long book.

yeah I don't read anything long on it, just articles that I need to read on the train or on a flight, or when I want to bring a guidebook or maps I've marked up, & have them in pdfs & don't want to lug the paper around.

Pleco does pretty much the same thing as Word Lens but without the on-the-go translation, and specifically with Chinese characters. Really useful tech.

oh hi AA

欢迎!