ITT you suggest cool iphone applications for me

Okay, here goes.

Stanza is an absolute necessity, if you like to read. It's a great ebook reader by Amazon, and it hooks up seamlessly to many free sources for books. Right now, I'm reading the Thrawn trilogy on my iPhone. It's free.

SleepCycle is a very nifty concept. I find it does a decent job of tracking my sleep cycle and waking me up in a non-obtrusive way. It's about $2.

Skype is a great app if you use that for an instant messenger like I do. It's free, and it lets iPod touches make calls to other skype users if they have a mic.

If you've never tried SimpleNote, I highly recommend it -- you can write notes on that app, and it automatically syncs to the Simplenote website, which you can then access with your computer. Also, it doesn't use the stupid Marker Felt font, so it's bearable, unlike the built-in Notes app. It's free.

If you use IRC, Colloquy is an absolute necessity. It runs about $3-4, I think.

The Facebook app is pretty awesome, though there are some holes in its coverage. Still, worth getting, and free.

As far as games go, I like Paper Toss for a free game. It's absolutely infuriating, but still fun to play.

Non-free, I have Rockband, which runs $10, but I find is often too processor-intensive for me to want to use too often. Still, it's a nice distraction, and there's no denying there's a lot of gameplay in there for $10. Frankly, though, I think you'd be far better spending $2 and picking up Angry Birds, which is just a fantastic game in a lot of ways.

That's mostly what I have and use on a daily basis.

 

If you've got iBooks, then go for that. Up here in Canada, the iBookStore isn't open yet, so it's pretty unusable.

 

I forgot to say: I already got the Facebook app but thanks for the rest of the suggestions. That SleepCycle sounds interesting.

 

LucasArts released a new Star Wars game app, kind of like a tower defense game. Pretty slick so far.

 

Hipstamatic(pay) Zombie Farm(free) and Words with Friends(2 versions, the pay version is of course better)

 

I can't believe no-one mentioned Angry Birds (unless I missed it). Also get Plants vs Zombies, the Facebook app, Echofon Twtter app (the official Twitter app used to be good, but then they went in put in the stupid trending bar at the top), Star Walk and FlickStackr.

 

I completely agree about Angry Birds. Haven't gotten to the sequel, Seasons, yet though. I also like the NPR News and Music apps.

 

Star Walk is awesome, even if you have an iPod Touch without a camera.

 

I get to spend 5 hours on a plane on Tuesday and am looking for games, because apparently I only brought Harry Potter movies and the last few discs of Battlestar Galactica to watch on my laptop. Any suggestions? I have Angry Birds, but it won't hold my attention that long.

EDIT: Lego Harry Potter?!?!? I may have found my answer, but other suggestions will still be appreciated.

 

I would say Lego Harry Potter, it is very easy to play it for hours and not realize you're doing it(at least, it is with the Wii version)

 

The trip to the bookstore is tomorrow. I have Guns, Germs, and Steel with me, but it reads like a doctoral thesis. I just can't take it. I like to have options.

 

For those of you who may be interested, a formerly unreleased Arcade Game was put onto the App Store yesterday. The interesting thing is that it is bundled with MAME, so if you like your Retro arcade games, grab it before Apple pull it.

http://toucharcade.com/2013/01/26/mame-is-back-in-the-app-store-for-now-with-gridlee/