The Official Ipod/iOS Apps Thread

[Chris]

Uh...OK...Do you have a bad habit of smashing up your car to keep something such as that installed at all times?

Oh man, I've had quite a history of needing car repairs. I inherited an 89 Oldsmobile as my first car and it seemed like everything that could go wrong with that car went wrong.

Then for my first "new" car, I bought a pre-owned 2000 Nissan Maxima with 30,000 miles on it (as an aside, I will NEVER BUY PREOWNED AGAIN). The engine light came on the first week I owned it but I was assured that it was just the "computer" that is in the car. We never did figure out what was causing the light to come on, but I owned that car for 5 years and had almost nothing but problems. Eventually I was told the catalytic converter needed to be replaced and guess who makes the only cat converter that goes in that car? Nissan of course! And at a premium! So much so that it was worth more to me to sell the Maxima (the good thing is that I got a very pretty penny for that car, it was surprising).

And of course I'm sure you know that PA law dictates that a car cannot pass its yearly inspection if there is an engine light on. So, I became really skilled with how to use "diagnostic tools", if you catch my drift. So every year at inspection, I'd turn the light off, drive it just enough to keep the sensors from registering again, drop it off at the mechanic, and hope on hope that it passes without that light coming back on.

I now drive our "crap" car, the 99 Nissan Sentra (my wife gets the new Santa Fe because that's actually a reliable car and the kid rides in that one so it is the safest). My Sentra is currently without a working AC (which makes the summers reeeeal niiiice) and my heater isn't exactly making the car toasty during this cold winter either. It's leaking refrigerant or something, it'll cost me like $500 to do it when I have that much dough laying around.......

[Chris]

http://iphoneapplicationlist.com/200...1/ishoot-lite/

If anyone was ever a fan of the old game Cannon Fodder (that was the name, right?), ishoot is basically Cannon Fodder 2.0. Quite a variety of weapons to choose from. If I remember correctly, the "full" version is $1.99 and the "Lite" version is, well, free. I have the free version. You essentially touch the cannon to move the gun and then you tap on the tank to "charge" up the shot. The longer you hold it down, the more "charged" the shot is. It worked quite well, I'm always a bit leery of these touch controls in general.

[Womp]

Just got this in the mail yesterday...



http://www.buy.com/prod/sandisk-sans...208353408.html

$12.99 shipped? Can't beat that. Only 1 gig of space but I can upgrade it with at least a 2 gig MicroSD for what? The price of a box of Cracker Jack? Turns out if I Rockbox it I can increase that limitation but I am not sure I am sold on Rockbox yet.

The only snag I had was that out of the box it was in MTS mode which means I'd need WMP or some other app to sync music etc to it. F that! Not wanting to have to do that is WHY I wanted this thing in the first place. Luckily a quick google search helped me have Vista rediscover it as an MSC drag and drop device and now all is good. Of course I found out after the fact that sansa had a firmware update that had switchable MSC support but no big loss. I shoved four days of Stern, the past three episodes of Retronauts and the audiobook version of The Road (Which I've owned as a book for almost a year and have been meaning to read) on it with room to spare. Boom done. Listened on the way to work, resumes upon boot up and plays great so far.

Awesome, cheap and simple.

Meanwhile my Zune can be my full library music player.

[compacho]

Good buy dude. I looked at that player too but ultimately bought the Clip because I thought it looked better.....and had a clip :P If only it had a microSD slot it would then be perfect. Rockbox is also in development for the clip. Can't wait.

On another note, I was messing with the Windows 7 beta the other day and discovered that it had built-in support for the Clip. When connected, you see the Clip's picture in My Computer and a customized page showing links to online manual, firmware updates, accessories, memory left, and other links. I'll take a screenie one day.

PS - Sorry for hijacking this thread

[Womp]

Good buy dude. I looked at that player too but ultimately bought the Clip because I thought it looked better.....and had a clip :P If only it had a microSD slot it would then be perfect. Rockbox is also in development for the clip. Can't wait.

On another note, I was messing with the Windows 7 beta the other day and discovered that it had built-in support for the Clip. When connected, you see the Clip's picture in My Computer and a customized page showing links to online manual, firmware updates, accessories, memory left, and other links. I'll take a screenie one day.

PS - Sorry for hijacking this thread

Yeah the Clip looks cool but I could afford $13, not $40-60. Plus the MicroSD upgrade was too enticing.

[y0ungb0b]

Pinball Dreams. Enough said

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...301200965&mt=8

[Chris]

Pinball Dreams. Enough said

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...301200965&mt=8

Wow, I'm kind of intrigued. At $5.99 though, that's moderately expensive for the App Store. How do you control the flippers?

[y0ungb0b]

Wow, I'm kind of intrigued. At $5.99 though, that's moderately expensive for the App Store. How do you control the flippers?

Tap the side of the display for each flipper, shake to push the table. You can play in portrait to see more of the table or for a more classic view, landscape.

[BJWanlund]

I just downloaded the Super Monkey Ball Lite application (the freebie version of the infamous SMB app), so I'll give you guys a rundown.

BJ

[Chris]

I just downloaded the Super Monkey Ball Lite application (the freebie version of the infamous SMB app), so I'll give you guys a rundown.

BJ

I didn't care much for it. I'm glad there was a demo.