One of the things that makes the iphone great is the number of apps that are available to download for it. Some are free and some you have to pay for and obviously they range in quality, I thought I’d compile a list of apps that I’ve found to be pretty good.
Remote: a free app that enables you to control your itunes library via wifi. Simple but very well done.
Air mouse : I had to pay £3.49 for this one but it’s well worth it, I can use my iphone to control my mac over wifi. It’s got a touchpad or air-mouse (using iphone accelerometer) and a keyboard.
Twitterrific: free mobile version, for all your twittering needs
Facebook: another free app, it’s a really nicely designed app for accessing your facebook
Around Me: A free app that uses finds the nearest cinema, bars, petrol station, etc automatically
Movies: shows where your local cinema is, upcoming films and dvds, show times and more, all for free
Metronome: a great visual metronome for free, obviously only useful for musicians
Zenbe: There’s loads of to do lists, shopping lists apps available, this is the best, most flexible and free app I’ve
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So this weekend I went to see Tim Minchin, firstly just in case you don’t know who he is or what he does, he is an Australian Comedian/Songwriter, basically his act consists of funny songs, with a bit of stand up thrown in as well. I first heard about him on Colin Murray’s black hole of radio 1, I then went and had a look on You tube and his site where there are some clips and videos. I thought he looked funny so took a punt and went to see him a year ago. I thought he was great so as he was back in my area I went to see him again.
He was equally as good as last time if not better, his stand up bits were more confident than last time and nearly all the songs were new. I like the fact he combines music, as I am a musician (though not a stockbroker! – you’ll only get that if you have heard his song Mitsubishi Colt) and Comedy. It’s great the way he is missing around that then just goes into an amazing piano solo. The only problem was I ended up singing the songs the
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After much debate over which phone to upgrade to I decided on the iphone, I looked at everything on the market and decided it was the best one for me. I’ve had it 3 weeks now and thought I would write my thoughts on it.
First the negatives. There are somethings you can’t do on it, it doesn’t have voice dialing which can sometimes be useful. You can’t customise sms tones or ringtones (I found a work round for the ringtones with a quick bit of googling!) Although it has bluetooth you can’t send and receive files via it which seems a bit odd. I’m sure there are other things as well but there the major ones I’ve found.
What has to be said is those are minor flaws when you start using it. It is just so intuitive to use and it does the basics well, I have found some great little apps as well (most of them free). I’ve actually found adjusting to the keyboard pretty easy and it’s quite fast to type on. Mobile Safari is a joy to use, for the first time I can actually browse the web on the move, rather than just getting
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After much deliberation I have signed up for a years unlimited cinema, this is with Cineworld who happen to run my local cinema, but I can visit any Cineworld (except London West End), it’s worth doing if you go and see 3+ films a month. I’ve already been busy using my card, due to the number of films I am now watching I don’t have time to review them (I’m not very good at it either!). I want to continue making some reference to films on my blog, so I’m currently trying to set up a separate movie section which will have what films I’ve seen plus some kind of rating system – let’s see how long that takes me to put together, don’t hold your breath!
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I really fancied a curry last night and after trying my two local curry houses and not being over impressed, I decided to search further a field, but I was equally unimpressed, so what’s the problem, why can I not get a good curry?
I’m a pretty good cook, nothing special but I know my way around a kitchen fairly well. When I go out for an English meal I know what tastes good and what doesn’t. Over the years of restaurant visiting I’ve noticed a massive change in the quality of food you can now get when eating out and I suppose I’m now fairly choosy when I go out for food as I want something a bit different, otherwise I could have cooked it. This improvement quality has been down to more competition and more public awareness of restaurant food through the media. However there are still a lot of mediocre restaurants out there and I think this is the problem I have with finding a good curry, I expect all India restaurants to be good but why should they be when the English ones are not.
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