Top 10 Most Useful Free Apps for iPod Touch
With the new 2.0 firmware and the new App Store on iTunes you can get most of the functionality that you need without jailbreaking.
The following list are the apps that I use daily and can’t live without. As an added benefit, all of these are also free apps available from the iTunes Music Store.
Enough talking…here is my list of the iTouch Apps you simply can’t live without! You must download these apps!
1 – Remote
This application is an absolute must have. It turns your iTouch into an absolutely amazing remote control for your iTunes PC. Since it runs on Wifi, no line of sight needed to change the current playlist.
2 – Twitterrific
If you use Twitter, then you MUST have this application. I’ve tried the other Twitter apps and in my opinion, this one tops them all in terms of ease of use, and polish.
3 – MySpace Mobile
I actually like using MySpace with MySpace Mobile more than I do with the MySpace website. The app is cleaner and less cluttered. What do you think?
4 – Facebook Mobile
This is the only Facebook app out there (free) but it doesn’t fall short in any way. This is one of those cases where you get more than you pay for.
5 – Movies
You have to know what movies are out and the showtimes. There are several apps for this but this one is the best. Don’t even bother with the others.
6 – Paypal
I use paypal even more often than I use ebay. The convenience factor is too high for sending payments over the Internet. This app gives me even more access to paypal by allowing me to check my balance and send payments directly from my iTouch.
7 – Mobile News
I started out downloading all of the mobile news apps but I find myself using this one the most. Even the NYTimes news app doesn’t hold a candle to this one. Let me know if you agree.
8 – Last.fm
There is a free Pandora app but I was never able to get into it. Last.fm is my favorite Social Music site and this app brings the site features to my iTouch. Too cool!
9 – Ebay Mobile
With this app you can track everything that you can see on your “My Ebay” page including open bids, watched auctions and items that you are selling.
10 – Weatherbug
I never liked WeatherBug on a PC but this app is perfect! I check it every morning.
Comment below to let me know which iTouch apps you can’t live without.
I downloaded jailbreak for my 1st gen itouch, and somehow it it stuck in a loop of run code (simular to dos line code)itunes will not recognize it anymore so that i can do a restore, I NEED MAJOR ASSISTANCE!
try this: hold down the home button on ur i touch then connect it to ur computer and restore if this dosen’t work call an apple expert and tell them u need to forcibly restore ur itouch
You might also try this article on our site: http://abwaters.com/2008/06/02/itouch-emergency-medical-procedures-manual/
How does the Itouch find its location? It has no GPS and the only connection is to the wireless in my house. How does it know where it is?
I searched on the Internet and found no believable answer.
Good question Gary. The only possibility is ip address. While it is not always accurate, it can be amazingly close…you ever wonder how those ads know what city you are in?
Try going here and let me know what happens: http://www.maxmind.com/app/locate_my_ip
abwaters – you should put your contact email on this site so we can send you questions like this that are not really related to a post.
I have the google earth application on Itouch and it used my current location.
Here is the scary result. It found me to a resolution of 3 houses and this was based in my IP address alone. Do people realize that this level of IP to location mapping is possible? I did not.
I use DSL for the internet and the pin point location on the Google map looks like an obviouly place of some telephony equipment in my neighborhood that would serve a small number of houses.
So, bottom line – the ability of Itouch to find location based on telephony equipment or cable equipment used to provide internet service to your house and NOT rely on GPS is scary accurate.
Gary
Well, maybe, for some people. My cable modem provider has the router in a different county, and MaxMind did not report an address. My iPod Touch cannot find me, doesn’t report any location. The GPS coordinates on MaxMind are off by 71 miles.