10 Great iPhone/ iPod Touch Apps

There maybe iPhone / iPod Touch versions of the apps in the iPad list. The fact the apps do not appear on this list does not diminish the quality of the app.

1. Mint - View your Mint.com account


2. Squarespace - Manage your squarespace hosting account


3. Facebook - Facebook 


4. Nike+iPod - Pedometer app/hardware.  


5. Redbox - Rent movies from Redbox


6. Twitter - Twitter’s own twitter client


7. Doodle Jump - Make a little doodle jump up through a screen of obstacles 


8. Scany  - Analyize your network


9. Dizzy Bee - Good game for kids and adults


10. Monopoly - Monopoly on the go

 

15 Great iPad Apps

1. The Early Edition - Great RSS reader


2. Twittelator - Very good Twitter client


3. Good Reader - PDF and other document reader


4. FileBrowser  - Allows you to browse and stream files from your computer to iPad


5. Plants vs Zombies HD - Plants killing zombies!


6. Dropbox -  Access your documents in your Dropbox account


7. Things - Great task management


8. The Weather Channel Max - The Weather Channel for iPad


9. Pandora - Pandora streaming radio with very nice iPad interface


10. ABC Player - Watch ABC shows right on iPad


11. Netflix - Access your Netflix queue and stream video directly to iPad


12. Dragon Dictation - Dictate memos and have them translated into text


13. TwitPad - Watch the Twit crew and chat along


14. Toy Story - Interactive story book that also allows some pages to be colored and games


15. iBooks / Amazon Kindle - Read your books from your favorite eBook store

Rumor: Next Version Of AppleTV To Run iPhone OS And Cost $99?

Engadget has posted a rumor about the next release of the AppleTV.  They received a tip stating the upcoming release of the home theater product will run the iPhone OS, contain both the A4 processor and 16GB of flash storage.  The big surprise is the cost, $99.  

This rumor is very interesting, hopefully it will have usb ports so you can connect additional storage.  I'm sure the jailbreak community is getting excited about this.  Only time will tell if the rumor is true.

Wired Magazine Releases iPad Edition

Wired has released a new iPad Edition of its monthly magazine.  This version includes animations and other interactive features. While this format looks very interesting, the magazine will cost $4.99 a month.  Subscriptions to the print edition can be easily found for about $10, so the new format represents a $50/yr premium over print. Additionally, each month's release is about 500mb in size.

US Justice Department Examining iTunes Tactics

New York Times columnist Brad Stone is reporting the Justice Department is examining Apple's tactics in the sale of digital music.  This past March, Apple supposedly asked music labels not to participate in Amazon's MP3 Daily Deal program.  The program gave Amazon the right to sell a new release song or album a day before Apple could with special pricing.  Apple asked the labels not to participate in the program and removed any marketing for albums included in the program.

Walmart Drops iPhone 3GS 16GB Models to $97

Walmart has dropped the price of the 16GB iPhone 3GS to $97 (with 2 year contract) ahead of the rumored launch of the next model in June.  

Apple Confirms SteveNote at 2010 WWDC

Today, Apple confirmed that Steve Jobs will present the keynote presentation at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference on Monday, June 7th at 10am PT.  The next version of the iPhone is expected to be announced at that time.  In the past few years, Apple has used the keynote to preview the next version of the iPhone.

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