It’s a known fact that I have gadget lust and now that the iPhone is on the affordable side, I found myself giving in to my desires. This is my first time really sitting down with the thing even though it’s been available for a few years now. I have to say that I’m quite impressed.
Even before my package arrived today, I had a good list of applications that I planned on snagging. Most of them were free but I did pick up a few cheap ones that should be quite useful. Let’s take a look at them…
1. AC-7 by Saitara Software – As I work in my record studio, I sometimes find that I want to be in two places at once. If I’m recording something in my vocal closet, I would often run back and forth between the mic and the computer to start and stop recording. Not only is it a pain but it kind of kills the act of being creative. With the AC-7 software, I can remote control these things from my iPhone. I now no longer need to look into something like the Frontier Tranzport. Definitely worth my $3.99.
2. MotionX GPS Drive – After I heard some of the not so lovely stories about the GPS ‘service’ that AT&T offers, I looked into an alternative piece of software. For $0.99, this covers what I need. Enough said.
3. 8bitone – Being a musician, I like having something that lets me be creative on the go. Since I like creating music with lots of blips and bloops, I looked for something 8-bit like and I came across 8bitone. For $2.99 (their website says $8.99 but it seems to be cheaper in the iTunes store) you get all that you need to put together some chip tunes style music. Very cool stuff.
4. Colloquy – I’ve got to stay in touch with my peeps when I’m on the go! I’ve been using Colloquy on my macs for quite some time and I really like the interface. It was a no brainer to spend the $1.99 for the iPhone version.
Other than those three applications, the rest of the stuff I downloaded was free. There are some other applications that I might grab in the future but I think I’m good for now. I have everything I need to twitter, facebook, AIM and IRC to my hearts content. I won’t list everything I grabbed but you’re more than welcome to tell me about your favorite apps.
