Simon Creative » apps http://www.simoncreative.com Design, Web 2.0 Development and Photography Wed, 05 May 2010 02:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 My Favorite Free Apps for iPhone http://www.simoncreative.com/2009/05/06/my-favorite-free-apps-for-iphone/ http://www.simoncreative.com/2009/05/06/my-favorite-free-apps-for-iphone/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 16:29:44 +0000 Simon http://www.simoncreative.com/?p=840 Twitter TweetieMy favorite Twitter application for the iPhone is currently Tweetie from Atebits. There are quite a few of these types of application on Apple's iTune's store at the moment, however, Tweetie is not only free, but also allows you to logon with multiple accounts. WordpressWordpress application from Automattic, Inc. is another great application for maintaining and updating your wordpress blog. It's so feature rich in fact, that I've written this blog entry directly from it. It's also useful for checking up on spam on your blog; I seem to to be getting quite a bit as of late, however, when I'm on the go, it takes me literally just a few seconds to delete it.]]> Sometimes the best apps on Apple’s iTunes Store for the iPhone and the iPod Touch are the free ones. A pattern I’ve began seeing with some of these free applications is that their developers tend to continue their further development, rather then abandon the projects after making a few bucks and moving onto a next get rich quick scheme. The following iPhone apps are all SEO (Search Engine Optimization), SEM (Search Engine Marketing), and (SMO Social Media Optimization) related tools which I use on a daily basis.

Twitter TweetieMy favorite Twitter application for the iPhone is currently Tweetie from Atebits. There are quite a few of these types of application on Apple’s iTune’s store at the moment, however, Tweetie is not only free, but also allows you to logon with multiple accounts.

WordpressWordpress application from Automattic, Inc. is another great application for maintaining and updating your wordpress blog. It’s so feature rich in fact, that I’ve written this blog entry directly from it. It’s also useful for checking up on spam on your blog; I seem to to be getting quite a bit as of late, however, when I’m on the go, it takes me literally just a few seconds to delete it.

skypeSkype from well… Skype allows you to utilize Skype services to IM chat or speak with anyone in the world. The catch? – They have to be part of the Skype network. Also, iPhone’s carrier ATT recently removed the ability of using Skype on their 3G network. You’ll have to utilize a WiFi connection to make any outgoing calls.

]]> http://www.simoncreative.com/2009/05/06/my-favorite-free-apps-for-iphone/feed/ 0 1 Billion Apps downloaded off iTunes http://www.simoncreative.com/2009/04/23/1-billion-apps-downloaded-off-itunes/ http://www.simoncreative.com/2009/04/23/1-billion-apps-downloaded-off-itunes/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:24:06 +0000 Simon http://www.simoncreative.com/?p=752 iPhone 1 Billion appsJust a few minutes ago, 1 billion iPhone/iPod Touch applications were downloaded off of Apple's iTunes. That's pretty impressive considering that the iPhone 2.0 software upgrade enabling developers to build applications for the device only happened 9 months ago. I myself have downloaded quite a few of them, as well as bought a couple which I found either useful or entertaining. I'm still addicted to TouchGrind, which I wrote about a few weeks back.]]> iPhone 1 Billion appsJust a few minutes ago, 1 billion iPhone/iPod Touch applications were downloaded off of Apple’s iTunes. That’s pretty impressive considering that the iPhone 2.0 software upgrade enabling developers to build applications for the device only happened 9 months ago. I myself have downloaded quite a few of them, as well as bought a couple which I found either useful or entertaining. I’m still addicted to TouchGrind, which I wrote about a few weeks back.

Apple’s countdown brought along a contest with prizes including a 10,000 iTunes gift card, a 17″ MacBook Pro, iPod touch and a few others. As with any contest, the actual details are in the small print.

Prizes. One (1) winner will receive one (1) 17” MacBook Pro; one (1) iPod Touch 32GB; one (1) US$10,000 iTunes Gift Certificate; and an Apple Time Capsule. Total US Retail Value of all prizes is US$13,746.

The prizes might be great, but if you managed to download an iPhone / iPod Touch application in the past few weeks, you’re up against everyone else who participated as it seems like there’s only 1 winner. Best of luck to everyone, the results come in 48 hours.

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