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Smartphone talk: it's all about the apps.

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August 16, 2011 04:29PM
For those out there rockin' smartphones....whether it be an iPhone, Android, Bold, Storm, Samsung, Motorola Triumph., MyTouch - whatever....


...what's your favorite apps (that you're currently using)?





For me, it's mostly about the games, but i have a few that I use...


Non-Games:

- Shazam: Shazam uses a mobile phone's built-in microphone to gather a brief sample of music being played. An acoustic fingerprint is created based on the sample, and is compared against a central database for a match. If a match is found, information such as the artist, song title, and album are relayed back to the user. Relevant links to services such as iTunes, YouTube, or Zune are incorporated into some implementations of Shazam.

ESPN Scorecenter: ESPN ScoreCenter brings you scores, news, and standings from hundreds of sports leagues around the world

Flixster: Movies by Flixster is the #1 movie app for the iPhone & iPod Touch and has helped millions of people figure out what they want to see. With Movies, you can...

Watch high quality trailers and video clips for almost any movie
See the top box office, hot upcoming movies, and new DVD releases
Get info on any movie in theater or on DVD
Get local showtimes and buy tickets from theaters that sell tickets online
Read critic reviews from RottenTomatoes and user reviews from Flixster.com
Connect with Facebook to save your ratings and share them with your friends
View and manage your Netflix queue
Rent or buy movies on iTunes

AroundMe: AroundMe is a popular iPhone OS application that allows users to quickly find nearby Point Of Interest (POI) such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, parking, hospitals and much more.

Babyscratch: Introducing Baby Scratch: the first iPhone DJ Turntable with a built in sampler! Scratch your own voice! Annoy your friends!

Features:
• sampler (if you can hear it, you can scratch it!)
• the Flare Scratch engine
• battle record with classic DJ samples
• 3 built-in beat loops
• level fader
• transformer button


(Wolfgang's) Concert Vault: Concert Vault for the iPhone gives you free access to the world’s largest collection of live concert recordings right in your pocket. Brought to you by Wolfgang’s Vault, Concert Vault for the iPhone and iPod Touch lets you listen to the Vault's latest additions, most popular concerts, and any of our radio stations playing hundreds of songs from thousands of concerts spanning the 1960s through today.


Redbox: The official redbox iPhone app lets you browse and reserve movies, games, watch trailers, plus find the nearest redbox kiosk from wherever you are.





Games:

NBA Jam: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! Jam with a friend in Local Multiplayer and rock your iPhone or iPod touch with all the over-the-top, high-flying, 2-on-2 arcade basketball action just like you remember it – and like you’ve never seen before! Go to the hole. Go strong. Go for the monster jam. KABOOM!

Flik Kick Field Goal: Flick Kick Field Goal is a simple arcade game that has you kicking a football through field goal posts from increasing distances with more and more aggressive winds. You simply swipe to kick the ball with the direction, speed and length of your stroke determining the ball’s flight path. Wind blowing to the right? Swipe to the left, etc. Several gameplay options keep it fresh with an Arcade style high-score mode, a Sudden Death limited lives mode and several others. There’s also a ton of achievements to be had to keep you trying including some pretty tricky stuff like hitting an upright but still scoring.

Gangstar: Miami Vindication: Enjoy the most immersive full-3D crime simulation ever on iPhone/iPod touch! Gangstar: Miami Vindication has a new, unique feel that delivers a deep storyline of revenge: plunge into Miami gang life and live a fast-paced adventure to liberate your little brother who has been kidnapped by the Armada gang for unknown reasons…
***just like, GTA: Vice City***


Contract Killer: Pulled into a world of bounty hunters, mobsters and criminals, you must check in with your contacts and accept SECRET MISSIONS that only you can handle. Select your WEAPON OF CHOICE from an inventory of sniper rifles, assault rifles and machine guns. Locate your target, zoom in, take aim and GO FOR THE HEADSHOT to earn cold hard cash. You might eliminate a crime boss and escape without being spotted, or you might walk straight into an AMBUSH...

Overkill: In the near future the world has collapsed. You have been hired as a mercenary to fight against the enemy. Be paid for everything you kill and destroy and buy new weapons or upgrade the current ones. 12 weapons (incl. AK-47, M4, SCAR, RPG) with upgradable Scopes, Stocks, Cartridges, Barrels and Frontmouths gives you over 100 combinations! Fight through 100 waves and 5 extra Hell waves in 5 locations.

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: FEEL THE RUSH OF THE ESCAPE & THE THRILL OF THE TAKEDOWN! Outrun the law in supercars like the Pagani Zonda Cinque – or stop racers cold in high-speed police interceptors like the Lamborghini Reventón. Made to maximize the Retina Display, the eye-popping visual quality will put your senses into overdrive! RACE UP TO 20 REAL-WORLD PRODUCTION CARS, INCLUDING 15 COP VERSIONS. Operate high-performance police interceptors or feel the awesome energy of burning up the highway in totally tricked-out supercars. Use nitro and hand brakes. Pull off 180° spins. Grind, nudge, evade, and drift! Accomplish extreme maneuvers and score bounty points!

Predators: Aren’t you tired of always being the good guy in all of these games? In a collaborated effort between Fox Digital Entertainment, Chillingo, and Angry Mob Games the game based off of the upcoming move has hit the app store and instead of being the savior, you play as the hunter! Predators has you ripping, smashing, slicing, and decapitating the humans that have come to kill you. Can you prove yourself worthy? The game will have you playing through 24 intense and action filled missions each with an objective to complete. Different fighting techniques will be used throughout the game making it a mix between a hack n’ slash sort of game and a dual-stick shooter. Environments that you play in vary greatly from dense jungles to other areas with great visuals and a feeling of depth.

Monster Nitro Trucks II: Live out your car crushing dreams with Monster Trucks Nitro II as you drive big-engine, 4-wheel drive beasts over enormous obstacle courses. Monster Trucks Nitro II rolls out advanced game physics, breathtaking 3D graphics, more trucks, all new levels, and global high scores.

Eliminate Gun Range: Fire real world weapons with 3D gyroscopic controls in HD virtual firing ranges!

— G-scope™ virtual aiming control system with 3D gyroscopic precision for iPhone4
— Touch aiming controls for all devices
— 12 high fidelity weapons from the arsenals of today's elite militaries
— 144 target-shooting challenges set in three different HD firing ranges
— Win medals and compare your results with others on global leaderboards

The world's most advanced gun range. Anytime. Anywhere.






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August 16, 2011 10:08PM
Non Games:

Executive Assistant One stop for all communications and note taking. Probably my favorite app as far as usefulness.

Time Recorder - Best free time recording software (for those who bill by the hour) , I can't imagine any way it can be improved.

Retro Camera Turns your phones standard camera into "classic" looking retro photos.

Tricorder Uses all the functions of your smart phone to realistically create a Star Trek tricorder. Super nerdy, super cool. nerd

Google Goggles Take a picture of it, google finds what it is via it's google search. Great for identifying poison ivy etc.

Google My Tracks, Google Places, Google Maps - Combined they tell you everything about where you are, and where you have been.

App Store for Amazon

Get a free paid app every day. This is a great way to try out apps that normally you would have to pay for but each day they put up a new one for free. A Must have. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have my favorite app Executive Assistant because normally it's $6.99, but one day on Amazon it was free so I tried it out. Knowing how good it is, I'd gladly pay $6.99 if I ever lost it.

Convert Pad - Convert metric measurements to standard measurements and back again quickly and easily, essential for the carpenter who's bad at math like me.

also for the carpenter...

Bubble Level Level a shelf or whatever else that needs leveling.



Games:



It's all about the Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio.

^I have lost YEARS of my life playing those games.



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August 16, 2011 10:46PM
I added a few new smileys in honor of the angriest fowl.awk!



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August 29, 2011 08:57PM
^^ i got Angry Birds and Angry Birds Rio....fun game.


I forgot to add anothee app that i use religiously (for the sneakerhead/sneaker freaker in me).

Release Dates: : provides a unique experience for sneaker fans. The latest releases will be featured in this application through detailed descriptions and exclusive images before they hit the blogs. We will even tell you where you can find these shoes once they do hit the streets. You can sort the releases by date, price, brand or rank. You can click on each release for more details and images, to post comments, check out where that release will be available and when, add it to your wish list, or share the release with a friend through email and/or Twitter.




....i know there's other people who contribute on this board (lurkers, even), who have smart phones...c'mon, chime in - what apps are you rockin' on your phone??





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August 31, 2011 01:27AM
Speaking of Angry Birds, I'm calling out any pros here...

I have 3 stars on every single level of Angry Bird Seasons in every season and every level except for Winter Level 17. It is impossible to get 3 stars on that level. Is there anyone in internet land that got 3 stars in Winter Level 17 that can offer a solution???

Do you bust out the bottom egg-stealing hog first or last or what?? Usually I take red bird, awk! slam out the upper level of hogs first, then I chip away at the bell line overhang with an airborn attack using the remaining blue birds. Even after clearing the level numerous times I end up with 2 stars. WTF!angry smiley



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