Favorite iPhone apps and accessories

[govols/cc]

Originally Posted by volthruandthru

XOS Sports Mobile. You can stream virtually any SEC game in the last decade, a lot from the 90's and some from the 80's. Games aren't free though. You can either buy them or rent them. Still its pretty cool to watch an old Vol classic right from my iphone or ipad.

It's also on the ps3.

[volmanbill]

I like the new Maps app much better than the old one.

On another note, this was probably the smoothest update I've had.

[govols/cc]

Looking at the maps app it looks nice. I'll test run it on way to my golf tournament. I like the do not disturb feature too.

[volmanbill]

Agree on the do not disturb.

Just ordered a new Otterbox commuter:


Also ordered 2 "free" (paid 5.99 shipping) cases from iPhone 5 Cases.

[volmanbill]

Has anyone used Square Trade for insurance? Seems similar to Apple care, but with liquid coverage and 4 replacement limit as opposed to 2. I don't typically get insurance, but $849 for a replacement is a bit much.

iPhone Insurance Coverage - iPhone Insurance Plan - iPhone Warranty Service

[vol_in_ar]

Originally Posted by volmanbill

Agree on the do not disturb.

Just ordered a new Otterbox commuter:


Also ordered 2 "free" (paid 5.99 shipping) cases from iPhone 5 Cases.

I usually just pick up cases at TJ Maxx, there always between $6 and $8 bucks

[Obsessed]

I use invoice 2 go for my business. I'm able to email a professional looking invoice while in customers yard.

[volmanbill]

Great news for those with AppleTV.

ESPN app adds AirPlay support for all channels | iLounge News

[VKAman]

Thoughts on apps:

Mailbox (by Orchestra) is the best email app out there and it isn't even close. My friend who helped design it is the son of one of Apple's higher-ups, so there's speculation that it will eventually become the default iOS email app and it absolutely should. It's new now, though, so only supports Gmail.

Sports Scores & Alerts >>>>> ESPN ScoreCenter. I hate the latter with a passion, but Sports Alerts does exactly what it claims to do and exactly what I want it to do.

Songza >>> Pandora.
SoundHound >>> Shazam.
Yahoo! Weather is the best (or at least the best free) weather app around.
Google Maps >>>>> Apple Maps (but everyone knows this)
Flipboard > Pulse for RSS readers or whatever they're called
Chrome > Safari
I also like Flickr slightly better than Instagram, but it's like preferring MySpace to Facebook--you can like it all you want, but the other one is the one that other people actually use.
GasBuddy is a must, but again, I think people know that.

Most addictive games: Robot Unicorn Attack 2 and Candy Crush Saga. I thought Candy Crush looked really stupid and still do, but once you start you can't stop. I close my eyes and see moving pieces of candy.

Finally, the new Google Search (or more specifically, the Google Now aspect) is pretty cool.

[govols/cc]

Don't care much for email or its at least not a big thing for me.

All of the espn apps suck except WatchESPN

Pandora is better if you're jailbroke

Yahoo weather isn't the best app at least not for viewing forecasts but its what the stock weather runs off of. If you're jailbroke it's what the tweaks & widgets use to update.

I haven't had any problems with Apple maps

I've tried to like chrome but can't. Safari is more user friendly

I use google as a web app instead of the actual app because anything you search is gonna be sent to a browser anyway. Maybe chrome could be used but its a pain to use.

[VKAman]

Originally Posted by govols/cc

Don't care much for email or its at least not a big thing for me.

If you just never use email, that's one thing. If you're like me and a lot of other people and just find checking email to be a chore because of all the junk and the sheer amount of emails in your inbox, that's specifically what Mailbox was made to address. One of my favorite apps.

Yahoo weather isn't the best app at least not for viewing forecasts but its what the stock weather runs off of. If you're jailbroke it's what the tweaks & widgets use to update.

Not sure what you mean by this. The new Yahoo Weather app has 12-hour and 5-day forecasts, as well as a time-of-day one (this evening, tonight, etc.), a weather map of your area, a precipitation grid, a wind/pressure chart and a sunrise/sunset chart as well. But if you're addressing its accuracy instead, that's a different discussion obviously.

I should also mention that all of the above apps are free. I don't think there are many paid apps that are worth the money, unless anyone has suggestions. (My phone isn't jailbroken.)

[burntorangeVOLffle]

I have Chrome installed but only use it if I was on a PC and want to pull up something from there. I do like it better on the iPad though.

I've been using Rdio for music lately. I haven't ponied up for the subscription yet. Just keep starting new free trails with 10 min mail.

I'm a little late to the party but I've been hooked on Infity Blade 1 & 2 for the past month. At least on the iPad anyway.

Some other recent games of choice were endless runners pitfall, which I liked better than Temple Run, and Into the Dead.

There is a contest contest to be the one to download to 50 billionth(?) app. It's a $10k iTunes credit. So download away.

[vader]

I installed an app yesterday called Trapster 5.0 where users can report speed traps, red light cameras and the app will warn you within a specified distance.

Seems like it has potential.

[BearCat204]

Originally Posted by govols/cc

Pandora is better if you're jailbroke

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is there something Im missing with Pandora in the jailbroken world? What does jailbreak add to pandora?

[BearCat204]

Originally Posted by BearCat204

is there something Im missing with Pandora in the jailbroken world? What does jailbreak add to pandora?

Nevermind, found it..........cant believe I have never used it