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Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Steph L. - Mar 17, 2011 4:02:32 pm PDT #16333 of 25501

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

My sista in disdain for the built-in weather app!

I mean, what is the POINT? It's just the old Tiger-based (or Panther?) dashboard widget, turned into an app. BFD.

I have CNN's and AP News' apps, but I'm not overwhelmed with love for them. I also have The Onion's app, and it, too, is not that great.

The Adult Swim app, however? Rocks my socks.

And the $2.99 I paid for Bejeweled might be the best money I have ever spent.

DC Comics' app is nifty, and I like the way the comic pages navigate, but I could never read comics long-term on an iPod Touch. If I had an iPad, I would switch to all-electronic comic reading, I think.

Kroger has an app that lets you load coupons onto your shopper's card. So if (1) you live in a region with Kroger, (b) you shop at Kroger, and (iii) you use a shopper card (some people disdain them b/c of privacy issues), it's a nifty little app.

In conclusion, I love my iPod Touch. I worked all day today listening to episodes of Veronica Mars as I typeset stuff.

Steph L. - Mar 17, 2011 4:03:38 pm PDT #16334 of 25501

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I know others use the livestrong one?

I use Daily Plate online to track my food and exercise, and I like it a lot b/c of its huge database of food, but I've read a lot of criticism on their forums for the iPhone app. I don't know if the Android app is any better. I keep waffling on buying it.

Jessica - Mar 17, 2011 4:06:08 pm PDT #16335 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I use Weatherbug. It's pretty crappy, but it's better than the built-in app, and it was free.

SuziQ - Mar 17, 2011 4:10:37 pm PDT #16336 of 25501

Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Is the Kroger app called Kroger? We have King Soopers here, which is a subsidiary of Kroger's and that sounds cool.

Steph L. - Mar 17, 2011 4:11:40 pm PDT #16337 of 25501

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Is the Kroger app called Kroger?

I think I just searched on Kroger, yeah. Give it a shot. Or the King Soopers Web site might point you towards the app; a lot of Web sites do that to pimp their apps.

Cass - Mar 17, 2011 4:16:33 pm PDT #16338 of 25501

Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I use Weatherbug. It's pretty crappy

They "upgraded" it a while back. I used to love it. Now, not so much...

-t - Mar 17, 2011 4:21:19 pm PDT #16339 of 25501

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Thanks, I'll take a look at those.

Tom Scola - Mar 17, 2011 4:46:47 pm PDT #16340 of 25501

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I use My Cast Weather. It has the best radar.

Consuela - Mar 17, 2011 6:45:12 pm PDT #16341 of 25501

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I don't know if the Android app is any better.

When I got my smartphone I went to Livestrong to get the My Daily Plate app--and found dozens and dozens of people angry at the fact that the DP app is two years out of date, doesn't work with the latest version of Android, and hasn't been debugged or updated. I was very disappointed because I have a Gold membership at Livestrong.

So I ended up with the Android app for MyFitnessPal, which is okay, but not awesome (for one thing it sometimes keeps running in the background and runs down my battery).

Kathy A - Mar 18, 2011 6:29:52 am PDT #16342 of 25501

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Oooh, thanks for all the recs!!!

beyond this...what kinds of things do you need or are into? I have a lot of apps.

Games are great, and the nutrition and weather recs will definitely come in handy, as will the iBattery one.

I bought the iPod because my old cheapo mp3 player just frustrated me (I didn't like the way it organized my music), and I wanted wifi access (tommyrot used his gizmo to get us the address for the Goodman two weeks ago, and I thought, "I gotta get me one of those!"). The apps were just a big plus I didn't consider until later in the decision-making process.

I'm going to be reading through the online manual this afternoon to see what all I can do with the thing.

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