jamie ann

victory is sweet

December 16th, 2008 at 10:25 am . Posted in amazing things, geek things .

I’ve had a Blackberry Pearl for going on two years now. At first it was pretty cool then the iPhone came out and it became ‘old technology’. Okay, it’s not really old but I like to try to stay on top of my game. I mean, using the same phone for almost two years? That is damn near blasphemy!

Then there was the issue of my Blackberry Pearl being a piece of crap. The trackball never wanted to work, it would get stuck, the menu button never wanted to go to menu, dust would get stuck under the screen and the screen would eventually pop up. It was one thing after the other. THEN, there was the other issue of my being with Tmobile and the iPhone being exclusively on AT&T and costing 5 million dollars for an iPhone plan. The boy got an 1st generation iPhone and unlocked it so I figured I’d do the same eventually. When rumors of the 3G came out, I figured I’d wait for that, buy one and crack that shit!

I was about to get me the newest iPhone!

Then Steve Jobs ruined it for me with all this “you have to have a contract to buy an iPhone” shit. Remember, I wrote him an angry letter expressing my displeasure that he wouldn’t help me cheat the system?

Well what do you think about them apples, Mr. Jobs?

It may have taken awhile but I got me an iPhone! Yeah, it’s a second generation and 8GB but it sure isn’t a stupid, busted BlackBerry Pearl.

I actually was going to take pictures of me and the iPhone running through a field of tulips in slow motion and then draw pink hearts all over it but Chicago weather isn’t being very agreeable. Instead you get me with my phone covering my face because it is too damn early to make myself look pretty and I refused to change out of comfy pants and a 3 year old Armor for Sleep hoodie when it is 11 degrees out (I totally just checked the temp on my iPhone!). At least the phone looks pretty, right?

Okay, now I need your help.

What are the must have iPhone apps? I need a fabulous Twitter app to feed my Twitter addiction too!

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Lily
Dec 16, 2008 @ 10:40 am

I got my iPhone (second gen, 8GB) in July, and I still love it. These are my fave apps so far:

Useful – I couldn’t live without Shazam, Twitteriffic, Facebook and the WordPress apps.

Fun: Zippo Lighter, I Can Has Cheezburger (for LOLcats at my disposal)

Let me know what else you find!

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Jenn
Dec 16, 2008 @ 10:44 am

For the love of all that is holy stay away from the Zippo Lighter app. It drives me insane.

My roommate has some pretty awesome apps, but I can’t remember the name of them right now. One is a restaurant finder, which I heart.

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Lily
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:13 am

Oh yeah, UrbanSpoon is a good restaurant finder!

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Erin
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:19 am

I am a little jealous. I told myself that when I get a grown up job I could get a fancy phone that does more than call (okay, mine also takes pictures/videos and plays music, but that’s beside the point), but alas, I need to find a full-time job still to achieve that dream.
I am also a little disappointed about the lack of tulip-filled fields, step it up Chicago!

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Astharis
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:21 am

Pandora has a free app for radio suited for your personal tastes.

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Renee
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:24 am

I love Twitterific. I also use the facebook app and Shazam pretty regularly. Oh, and Pandora! The Google app is cool, you can get to your reader pretty easily without using Safari. Wikipanion is mini wikipedia. Lastly, Yelp has a good app! Oh yeah, these are all free of course!

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Stealthnerd
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:27 am

Okay, don’t judge me but you MUST get Cowabunga! I made Boo put in on his iPhone and it’s beyond fun. Those silly cows hahaha….

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Meghan
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:27 am

Now that, is a sexy phone. Congrats on the new one. Jamie-1. Mr. Jobs 0.Can you take the picture in the spring?

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Michelle
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:33 am

Proof that I am old: I’ve had my Razr for 3+ years and am still perfectly happy with it. Although my hubby is older and has had 3 phones in the same span of time so maybe I’m just to lazy to learn how to use a new phone?

Anyway – enjoy your iphone!

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emily
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:46 am

I’m jealous! (although I still love my BB Curve)

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raych
Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:59 am

i don’t own an iPhone, but I say grab shazam. (it’s free for your phone!)

also, there’s this pretty fun bowling game .. kind of like wii bowling.

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dmb5_libra
Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:02 pm

i’ve got a POS Samsung Blackjack…..i can’t even insult other PDA’s by calling it a PDA. i want the iPhone so bad!

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the almost right word
Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:08 pm

Congrats! I’m jealous! I’m just about to get my first Blackberry ever. I think I’m going for the Curve. Do you think this is a bad decision, considering YOUR experiences??

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Mermanda
Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:23 pm

Enjoy it! Andrew loves his. As for applications, a lot of them are totally cheesy and a waste of money, but if you are going to pimp out your phone, be sure you get icanhascheezeburger!

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Matt
Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:42 pm

My opinions (because they matter)…

Twitterrific- best twitter app…free.

Facebook.

Shazam

and I have a poker game thats really great but…I’ll understand if thats not your thing.

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Elizabeth
Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

I love AroundMe. It lets you punch in a category and then it gives you a list of places near you, along with map functionality.

I also use and love Twitterific!

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Ray
Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:50 pm

OH MY I am jelous. My phone is the suxor. Terrible.

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Kyla Bea
Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:53 pm

I 4th or 5th the votes for Twitterific & Facebook – but I also use the Livestrong Calorie tracker app. I use The Daily Plate via. Livestrong to track calories/exercise and the iPhone app is a great extension of that. So I know how much cheesecake I can eat without feeling guilty = )

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Vanessa
Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:56 pm

Congrats on the new iPhone! I have no advice on the apps except the urbanspoon and the other one that finds music. I forget what it’s called but you can hold up the phone, it listens to the song then tells you the name of it.

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poodlegoose
Dec 16, 2008 @ 1:01 pm

Yay! Congrats I’m so glad you don’t have to worry about your stupid Pearl anymore. Be sure to Twitter it up

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poodlegoose
Dec 16, 2008 @ 1:02 pm

Oh, and there’s totally an app that lets you play the guitar, uke, etc on your phone. It’s supah cool.

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tia
Dec 16, 2008 @ 1:02 pm

Shazam, pandora, google, amazon, yelp, myspace, facebook, AIM, twitterific, urban spoon, evernote, project Polaroid, now playing, style.com

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katelin
Dec 16, 2008 @ 1:19 pm

woo woo for the iphone. i keep debating whether or not i want one too. ah.

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Tim Jahn
Dec 16, 2008 @ 1:34 pm

I use the Yelp app all the time around Chicago to find bars, restaurants, Walgreens (even though we all know they’re every 2.5 blocks). Very useful.

Evernote is a great service (with a great iPhone app) for syncing notes (text,image,video,etc) all over.

Definitely get Remote..control your music from your phone!!

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Jeanne
Dec 16, 2008 @ 1:41 pm

I have Urbanspoon, Twitterific and Twitterfone, Facebook, WordPress, Yelp, LOLcats, Midomi (hum a tune into the phone/hold up your phone to a speaker and it’ll tell you what song it is), Stitcher, Pandora, Kanji Flip (because I’m a Japanese major nerd), and CityTransit, which was awesome when I was in New York because it’s a NYC Subway map, basically.

I’m also a Bank of America member, and since they’re iPhone-friendly, I bookmarked the ATM finder and sent it to the main page. Ditto for all of my public transit stuff — instead of bookmarking them in Safari, I send the bookmark to the main page so I can just hit it from the main page and it’ll pop in Safari.

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Rachie
Dec 16, 2008 @ 2:03 pm

The twitter app that I have for my iphone is twitterific. I don’t like it as much as just going to the site on safari tho. You NEED urbanspoon. It’s a restaurant thing. Just trust me and get it. Here are some others: Pandora (music), Shazam (music), Showtimes (movies), iTalk (recorder), Minipiano (a mini piano, duh), and Tap Tap Revenge (kind of like guitar hero for your fingers).

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EmilyPie
Dec 16, 2008 @ 3:14 pm

congrats! Welcome to iPhone-World.

Check out this blog: http://www.mrjerz.org/blog/the-great-iphone-app-rundown

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Carrie
Dec 16, 2008 @ 3:38 pm

I’m in complete love with my iPhone. The top apps for me so far are:

#1 Pocket Closet – 99 cents & it lets me keep track with photos of my wardrobe, and categorize my clothing. It’s completely stopped me from buying pointless clothing pieces because I can look at my phone and see I already have 5 blue shirts so why would I need another one! Best $1 Ever.

#2 Pandora Radio

#3 Facebook

#4 Cube Runner

#6 Amazon

#7 Bigoven

#8 Mandelbrot

#9 Quick Graph

#10 Useless… but amusing Bubblewrap

I use Twittelator and prefer it over Twitterific

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katie c
Dec 16, 2008 @ 5:30 pm

congratulations! and i’m jealous. i wish i had an iphone so i could tell you 23489534 ways to spend your time playing on your phone….

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bFlat
Dec 16, 2008 @ 8:59 pm

Congrats! I’m so jealous of your iPhone. Once boyfriend and my Verizon contracts are up we are switching.

I think my favorite apps are Tap Tap revolution and iBowl. Both are free and highly entertaining and addicting. Just don’t iBowl in public….

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erin
Dec 16, 2008 @ 9:03 pm

now i will feel like the blackberry loser at the chicago blogger meetups. all of you have iphones now…

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Jessica
Dec 16, 2008 @ 10:36 pm

Hmm we need to talk about unlocking that because my dad wants one but doesn’t want to leave Sprint. I’m sad I can’t BB messenger you now

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tiffany
Dec 17, 2008 @ 1:42 am

twitterific obvs, i love the flixster one for movies, i have urbanspoon, fb, the google gadget which is great for free 411the celeb gossip one is great, livestrong calorie counter, i have a scientific calculator and periodic table for school, mazefinger and islots and dots and wordwarp and suduko and vegas pool are fun games. they vlingo for voice twittering, thefind for products and amazing.com, i love the bulls so i have an nba app and one for jenn and nfl scores too. somehting cute is ipet pets. lol thats a bunch i love anyways. congrats. i have the 8g new 3g one and i love it!! make sure you get a case!!

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Pam
Dec 17, 2008 @ 8:53 am

Oh so fun! You’ll have to let me know tips, tricks, great apps, etc about the iphone when you get used to it. I think I’m getting one for Christmas…even though AT&T was being a huge jerk to my Mom. They were trying to charge her $400 for the $200 phone because we are ALREADY AT&T customers. How annoying.

Oh and I hear Shazam is amazing.

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Marie
Dec 17, 2008 @ 11:35 am

I was super close to getting a Blackberry Pearl but thankfully didn’t. I’ve heard so much bad stuff about it. I’d love an iPhone, but I’m probably the odd ball out since I like my phone and iPod separate from each other since the latter drains the battery of the former. Plus I don’t like to be interrupted when I’m listening to my music.

I know, I’m a picky girl!

Congrats on the new phone!

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LindzML
Dec 17, 2008 @ 11:49 am

Oooh, I’m so jealous!! It’s funny, I actually haven’t ever had a phone for LESS than two years (sometimes more), but I have been coveting the iPhone. Maybe in a year, when my old plan runs out.

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Alias Grace
Dec 17, 2008 @ 1:30 pm

I just got an iPhone a couple weeks ago too. My fave apps so far are Twitterific and Stanza.

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Larissa
Dec 17, 2008 @ 3:58 pm

Welcome to the sweet life of the iPhone! I love mine like it’s my child.

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E.P.
Dec 17, 2008 @ 4:51 pm

How fun! Congrats! I hope you’re loving yours as much as I love mine!

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alexa
Dec 17, 2008 @ 6:00 pm

now that is a beautiful piece of machinery! i wish i could get one, but i have the have my bb curve for at least another year. being w verizons i’m kind of stuck for now, although that new touch screen bberry does look pretty spiffy.

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Lauren
Dec 17, 2008 @ 10:40 pm

Congrats on the phone, I love mine! I love the facebook app and twittelator and shoZo. Good luck with it and don’t let it take over your life!!!

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