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Well, I my phone is only semi-intelligent so I don’t have a lot of the cool stuff that most people do.

I do enjoy Angry Birds, Weight Tracker, and Fill-in Philosopher

I love FlipBoard! And Stitchers automatically gets every new podcast, without having to synch your phone to your computer, so you always have the latest broadcast. I have to drive a lot and it’s great to listen while I go.

I need to learn about apps myself. I have an iPad but I’m kind of tired of the apps that are on it. I really only use it to read my email and surf the web from bed. I also stream episodes of Monk on Netflix. I do like the art app I have for doodling, called ArtStudio.

i dont have a cell phone (gasp!) so i have to tell my favorites from things i see on other peoples phone….the flashlight one, thats it! i know i was amazed when my son used it!

I love playing word game apps – Scramble, Wordpopper, Word Weaver, Chicktionary, Words with Friends.

I have a few apps that I like, but really the calendar is my most used feature to keep track of my kids’ schedules!

I don’t have a smart phone but it’s on my Christmas list, maybe if I’ve been good enough I can upgrade. My biggest reason for wanting one is the mobile apps that let you listen to you satellite radio subscriptions. I would love to be able to take my radio everywhere instead of driving around the block to listen to just a few more minutes of Cosmo Radio.

My phone is not so smart, but I do like Poynt when I travel.

Home Routines, Words With Friends, ZipList, EverNote

Can’t live without them! They are the only things that stand between my disorganized slob of a self and total chaos.

I don’t have a smartphone (sob!) — but do love Instagram.

I am only a brand new smart phone owner, so I do not have any apps to recommend at this point, unless you count Angry Birds (I do NOT)! :o) My daughter loves it.

I love Google Maps, Kindle, Instagram, Stitcher Radio and Angry Birds.

I’m a huge Pandora fan. I can hook my phone up to my Bose dock while I’m working or use it in the kitchen. Anywhere. I also love my Pedometer app, it magically makes a map of where I’m walking/running. Other than that I love that if my youngest, 7 yo boy, is especially antsy and we are out and about I can hand the phone to him and he can play games. He must have 47 free games on there right now.

I love Gas Buddy. It has saved me 40 cents a gallon before!

I love Ziplist and the Epicurious app. I can search for a meal by subject, or by ingredient. The recipes are rated and have comments, and it even makes a shopping list for you.

I’m addicted to Scrabble. Useful only as a stress reducer but who can’t use that?!

I don’t have a smart phone – if I did I’d probably use only Angry Birds (for my kids) or Pandora. Does texting count?

I have an android and have never paid for an app. Nothing ever seemed worth it. Might be different if I switched to iPhone but I’m waiting for 4G. Either way, I’m with another commenter who said the flashlight app. I use it for 4am breastfeeding sessions so I can see what the heck I’m doing! I also love Pulse.

Words With Friends! It keeps my mind sharp and connects me to friends I don’t get to see often. How wonderful is that?!

I live without mobile apps, am I weird?

I recently took a trip to a new city and found the Yelp app to be super super helpful!

None of these are new to you, or apply to you, but I love the BabyCenter app for tracking my pregnancy (I can’t remember anything these days, especially when someone asks me how far I am in my pregnancy!), and I am a regular user of the Facebook app, as well as Instagram and other photo apps. I didn’t know about the Super8 app, so thanks! I’ll be heading over to my phone now to search and download that one!

1)Kindle for Android
2) Fast anatomy (great teaching game)
3) Angry birds
4) Soundhound

LOVE these apps.

Don’t have a smartphone, so haven’t entered the world of apps. Maybe someday….

It’s not an app, I guess, but a game…Sporcle. You can take hundreds of trivia quizzes on tons of different topics. It’s great for killing time in a waiting room situation.

I have GOT to get that Find My Car app that Leslie suggests :-)

Instagram & My Fitness Pal and Words With Friends!

Great post! I love getting new ideas for apps. I will have to read through this tonight on my iPad and get a bunch. YOU got me hooked on Plastic Bullet. I love that one. The one I am using the most right now though, that I love to play is W.E.L.D.E.R. It is a one person word game that is a cross between Tetris and Scrabble. I can play it for HOURS. There are 12 levels and in the last 2-3 months since I have had it I have not gotten past level 8. It is NOT a game that you will fly through.

Because I work with breastfeeding mothers, the Lactmed app is on my phone and often very helpful (it allows me to look up medications and see if they are compatible with breastfeeding). And because I am vegan, the Happy Cow app is much appreciated – it shows me the vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants near my location.

I don’t get a lot of downtime or time to waste but when I do, one of the things I love to do is play Words with Friends! It is so relaxing and my competitive side gets to come out:) I love it when someone sends me that little notice requesting to play with me:) It’s something you can do in your spare (?) time so that’s nice. Now that I have seen your Christmas List app I am going to get it today! What a great idea.

I do not have a smart phone but if I did Spotify would be my first app!

I don’t have a smartphone, so no apps! A Dell Inspiron would be nice, though.

Besides the ones mentioned – PageOnce (financial/bills/etc), Bump (file sharing),Netflix, Passdroid (passwords), Shazam, TheRyman (cool app if you go there often for concerts), TuneIn Radio, and Color Flashlight

I also feel completely dependent on my iPhone! Mostly the email, calendar, maps, and notes have made everything more convenient, but I’m also a fan of other apps: Words with Friends, iBooks, Kindle, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and just a bunch of other fun games! It’s a blessing and a curse at the same time. ;-)

box.net and Drew works there! Data share app and company.

Instagram & words with friends!

My son has fine motor difficulties. His frustration over his inability to wield a writing instrument was getting in the way of his learning. The app “123s ABCs Handwriting Fun” lets him trace numbers, letters and shapes w/ his finger. His confidence has increased SO MUCH! Now he’s transferring his learning to traditional pencil and paper. This app helped bridge a significant gap for us and I’m sooo grateful for this technology.

I have all kinds of interesting apps loaded on my phone–many that I’ve found through your blog–but I really don’t find myself using them much. I text, I use the map, I look things up online, but the only apps that see daily use are Instagram, Facebook, Foursquare, and Words with Friends. I want the Christmas List for next year though!

I love the app suggestions – especially “better christmas list”. I still stay organized via pen and paper and it sure is a pain :)

Fingers crossed!

1. Evernote. Would be totally lost without it. Not only do I use it for shopping lists and to-do lists, I make notes when I hear about a book I want to read, a movie I want to see, a song I want to hear again…I am an addict.
2. Gas Buddy.
3. NPR app.
4. Where. Very cool app that shows you restaurants, things to do, and special offers where you are. Great for road trips.
5. Panera Bread App. We travel by car a lot. We don’t eat “fast food.” We NEED to know where the closest Panera Bread is. I know, I’m a nerd.
6. Shazam. LOVE IT.

I can only dream about being hip enough to have any ‘Mobile Apps’, as I don’t think the phone I have can do all that ‘App-Stuff’ any way. Reckon if I had the massively-cool ‘DELL’ laptop thang, then I’d be on my way to being cool-enough. Heres me praying for God’s own blessing on all of mankind that we survive through the next age and beyond, I pray especially for all my friends and our families. Love Always.

Although I don’t use it as much now that my daughter is older, I’d have been lost without the Total Baby app when she was a newborn.

1. Word with Friends / Scrabble – 2 similar apps so I am bundling them.

2. Instagram – I just love this app. LOVE IT!

3. Evernote – I have a book list, a movie list, my grocery and various other lists, and an entire book book of just recipes on Evernote.

4. Bundling again here all my shopping apps: Etsy, Amazon, Target, eBay, Kroger (I can make a list and them match coupons to it!), PayPal to pay for all the stuff from my shopping apps.

5. Flashlight. It comes in handy.

Angry birds! Not a productivity app of course, but fun, fun, fun.

For productivity: I like Remember the Milk and Evernote.

I am just starting to use Instagram due to all of your fabulous pictures!

Love the Spotify App!

I use Shazam app way more than any others on my phone (a couple-years-old HTC)! Love, love, love it. Hear a song on the radio, start the app, Shazam listens and tells you the name of the song and the artist. It’s mostly rock music, but every now and again I try it on something classical I hear on public radio and it works. I also like Vignette (the Android version of Instagram) and Google Maps. I use Google Maps enough to make me want a GPS for my car. I don’t think I can get Words With Friends since I don’t have an iPhone, but I have the Scrabble app on my Nook e-reader and LOVE it.

Gas Buddy. With a 12 passenger van that sucks gas, I use it faithfully.

My most used apps are:
Instagram
Camera+
Facebook
Words with Friends
I LOVE Pinterest but it never seems to work.
As you can see, my iPhone does not keep me productive. Quite the opposite actually!

No smartphone, so no apps. But I know my husband loves his GasBuddy app for Blackberry.

Santa is supposed to be bringing me an iphone for Christmas. But when i can steal my husband’s Angry Birds wins over anything else every time!

I love the Twitter app while waiting in lines. I also constantly check six e-mail addresses. The map feature is priceless

I have had my Android…. Motorola Electrify for a few short months. I will definitely be checking out your app recommendations. So far I am enjoying MyDailyBible and ColorNote apps…. because God knows how much I need organizing myself! Thanks for all you do Katie… and Merry Christmas to you and your adorable family.

Angry birds!!! I can’t stop playing!

I am a Words With Friends fan! I also couldn’t get through the day without my Android Agenda Widget.

My favorite all time of course is Facebook, its so nice to keep up with family and friends on the go. Talking Tom is hilarious my 3 yr old loves it. I have had so many apps but needed space on phone so would delete and install new ones but these 2 have to be my favorite, oh yes almost forgot the “flashlight” is a great app almost as good as a regular flashlight. :) Android are the best after having one I dont think I could do without.

Evernote – I have come to depend on it more and more

Don’t have a smart phone!

i love my tumblr app, words with friends and my banking app! im seriously addicted to my iphone.

Muppet TapTap (because, hey, it’s the Muppets)
Talking Carl (for the kids)
Hungry Monster (for the kids, really great learning app)
Maps (because I always get lost)
Evernote (because I never know when I’m going to want to note something!)

And finally, Twitter. I’m addicted.

us magazine. guilty pleasure

Our friend created “Go Nuts”. The kids and my husband are addicted.

My fave apps for Android are:

Pandora
Engadget
Google Maps/Navigation
Yelp
Zilch

My newest favorite app is Spotify. I love that I can create a playlist of songs I like but don’t want to buy.

The app that’s the most help to me is lists. To be able to write things down when I remember them and actually be able to find the list later is fantastic. ( Sadly, I make lists and tend to lose them when it’s most critical and find them once it’s too late. )

Angry Birds is my favorite.

I don’t have a smartphone or a tablet. What I’ve got is a very old computer so I could really use this Dell!

we do not have one, but if we did i would be reall;y happy.

I don’t have a smartphone. My sister-in-law’s iPad, though, made me think that Angry Bird’s is freaking awesome.

I would like to reccommend one to you…but I use a dumb phone…so I am of no help! The new Dell would be awesome! My youngest daughter is going away to Africa – she joined the Peace Corps and since I spilled coffee on my computer and am having to borrow one now. It would be awesome to have to communicate with her.

I have a problem. And that problem is Words With Friends. I sometimes have 15 games going at once. I cannot handle it. I love it. I want to play it now.

LaceyJane4138

…that’s my WWF name. In case anyone wants to bring it on.

I love my Klondike app. For some reason, it seems to release stress each time I play it.

I love Shazam. I can find out who the band is playing a crazy old song that I love while I’m walking around the grocery then instantly find it on iTunes. Great for finding one hit wonder songs again.

Fruit Ninjas and Words with Friends – much needed breaks from daily stress

Shazam. I find it completely amazing.

In our house it’s all about Angry Birds and other games or NFL apps. Seriously, sometimes I want to grab my husband’s phone and throw it out the window. I actually gave up my smartphone – between working full time behind a computer and caring for 2 babies, I was too connected and forgetting the simpler things.

My phone is not that cool.

I have an Android style phone and I have to say the Cozi Calendar App is AMAZING!! My husband and I are able to track both of our work calendars, our family calendar, and track my son’s schedule all on one master calendar that is color coded!! It keeps our busy family from double-booking and missing events and meetings constantly!

Tetris – I’m addicted.

I couldn’t live without my Wikipedia, solitaire, Netflix, Pandora or Reddit apps!

Can you tell I must be constantly entertained? :p

I love Pandora! My kiddos love PocketGod!

Angry Birds keeps me entertained at the gym.

The *only* thing that keeps my baby from screaming in his carseat after dark is the Fisher Price apps – little game and songs that keep him calm on the few (special) occasions he is out after 6.

I can’t pass on any mobile apps tips — I have multiple laptops but no phones or tablets — but I’m glad you’re finding more tools to help with work and life and all that.

There are a few apps that I find indispensable, but I’m not sure they’d be universal since they are regional: Park Mobile to pay parking by credit card from the phone, and, because I don’t actually drive that much, Next Bus, Circulator (bus) and metro train apps (there are a bunch of options, I’m waiting for the truly one stop-shopping-transit ap for DC). I’m never left wondering if I wait for the bus or just walk or hop a train because the next one isn’t for 20 min.

I’ve been negotiating with my husband for months to get a smart phone. I’m hoping for one for Christmas.

I will say that I wish there was a way to make people realize that the movie theatre is NOT the place to use their stinking flashlight app!

If I’m being honest, the app I use most frequently is the one from Yahoo to manage my fantasy football team :)

My (kids’) favorite app is Angry Birds! I like the educational ones like the States that quizes with a map of the US – great way to help learn the states and their capitals and it is fun, too.

I’ve become my dad…one of my favorite apps is accuweather, my other favorite app – pandora

Ok, I have to admit, I really like the Nike Running GPS app. I have always wondered how far I run and this tracks everything, plus gives me motivating markers. Another one I like is Couch25K. This one walks you through training from being a couch potato to be able to run a 5K. It has a different training schedule each day and it literally tells you “run” then “walk.” As far as a personal trainer, you cannot get more literal than that! Happy Holidays!

Twitter app! I always find good stuff to read

Teux Deux (get it, To Do?) is a very simple but effective to do list app. :)

I don’t have a smartphone, but I use Spotify on my computer, and I made my own Google Docs spreadsheet with a festive form that acts just like Christmas List. Great idea if I do say so myself. ;)

I use my Astrid Task app the most, but its not very much fun. I love words with friends and pinterest and of course I check facebook many times during the day.

My favorite apps are Sudoku by finger arts and iPeriod.

I mostly use facebook and twitter but I also like the gtalk app and of course Angry Birds and words with friends!

I-books! Being able to read almost anything almost anywhere keeps me sane during travel!

I love my Whiz google reader app. It’s free and it’s a nice presentation for all of my favorite websites and bloggers.

My five would be: Instagram, Starbucks, Flipboard, Cooking Dash and Pintrest :)

My favorite is my pinterest app. It’s buggy, but I love it anyway.

no iphone but I LOVE my ipad. My favorite apps are Pandora, words with friends, you tube, facebook and Trulia

I love the Instagram app, I am so happy to see it made the list. I use it on a just about daily basis.

The only negative to a Windows Phone is being the last to get these awesome apps. I, very unfortunately, cannot get Spotify. My favorite game is Plants Vs. Zombies though.

I sure wish I’d seen the Christmas List one earlier! My go-to app is an oldie, but goodie: Around Me

I think Square, where you can swipe credit cards from your smartphone, is completely brilliant.

I love Google Maps, hands down.

For me it’s all about Fruit Ninja.

I like Pandora. Music is good. Well at least the music I listen to.

I also love instagram and I also love the weight watchers mobile app, becaus it’s the only way I can track stuff on the go. And media apps : NY Times, NPR, the Nation.

I could not function without Pocket Informant. It tells me where I need to be and where each of my kids need to be. I share appts with my husband and we all know what’s going on.

Twitter Facebook and four square are also apps I use every day.

i’m insanely envious of everyone who has access to Pandora.

Having just acquired an Andriod phone late this year, after years of a Palm Centro, I would have to say that my favorite app to date is my Calendar. I use Google Calendar and have separate calendars for each child and each hat I wear. Being able to see my calendar in full color is amazing!
Laura

My Hours — because WBIR makes me turn in my timecard two days before the time period ends, and I don’t get one until the middle of the next week. My Hours allows me to keep track of every time I’m on call or out late on a live shot. Indispensable! (iOS only, as far as I know)

I can’t wait to get one of these kinds of phones but until then I will look like a fool trying to text on this tiny thing.

I don’t have a smartphone and barely know what an app is. But I would love to win the Dell computer

I don’t have a smartphone YET, so I have no favorite apps. But, once I remedy that situation, I will let you know!

I have a lot of favorite apps but here’s a list of those I use on a daily basis: The Weather Channel, Bank of America, Facebook, MobileRSS, and Google.

For coolness factor, try Google Sky

I’m quickly falling in love with Google Currents, which is a much more enjoyable way to read magazine and news content on a phone.

For music, I can’t live without Rdio ($10 a month) and the Amazon MP3 app, which lets you stream music from your Amazon Cloud Drive. I love them both.

I have an iPod touch, does everything except make phone calls. My favorite apps are Cozi calendar, Words with Friends, Facebook, Pandora, Tune in Radio, and Target.

For new baby my fave was Baby ESP. Now I love myConsultant for my 31 business, Netflix to entertain the toddler when I need to do something, and all financial apps for bill paying etc.

Love all these app ideas.. Pandora and Netflicks are highly used on my phone! Crossing fingers for such a great give away!

I enjoy the Facebook app, Scrabble and Adobe Ideas.

I’ll tell you what app I hate – Hipsteramaphoto (or whatever it’s called) and its various knockoffs, Seriously, people, there’s a reason we don’t use Super 8 and slide film anymore. Believe me, I was there.

I am looking forward to reading the other comments as I’m always on the lookout for new and great apps. The app I use daily is Runkeeper. It keeps track of my runs or walks. It also lets me know the pace and calories burned. Love it!

I love my smartphone but I don’t use the apps as much as I should, particularly because I got a Droid and wish I had gotten the iPhone instead because it has better apps. The apps I DO use on my Droid, however, are the Maps (love the turn-by-turn directions, but its a battery hog!), Words with Friends and Angry Birds. I need someone to recommend some good apps for Droid that I can download!

I know there are tons of great apps but my favorite is still Shazam. I love being able to figure out what a random song I’m hearing on the radio or on TV is without having to catch some of the lyrics and google the heck of it. I so also love the Daily Plate app from Livestrong when I remember to keep up with it. Sometimes I’m a slacker…

My favorite mobile app is definitely Skype. Ever since my fiancé was deployed in October for a year, it has been our only form of communication. He has 2 boys, ages 10 & 7 and it’s a lifesaver for them to get to see their dad. We miss him so much.

Would love to win the computer!

When I get a smart phone
I’ll definitely get me some apps.
I love me some apps.

I am a lover of Google Sky, Kindle, and EasyMoney.

I STILL don’t have a smartphone. I’m very leery of becoming one of those people always walking around with his head down over his phone! But my phone does have a calendar on it that I use a lot. I’m intrigued by the Siri business with the new iPhone. I’ve got to admit that sounds kind of cool!

Angry Birds, Foursquare, Facebook, Gmail, and Sudoku do it for me.

Tend to agree great Apps

This would be cool!

I use my Weight Watcher app a LOT and I WROTE the Essential Charlotte app, so I love love LOVE that. Of course.

I do alot of travel, so TurboScan is essential for me. I can scan all of my receipts and other important travel documents to make my expense report a breeze. Even better, it saves these documents as a .pdf, which makes them easier to read, print, and store.

Hmmm of the list the super 8 app was the one that pretty much well caught my attention. Then since I’m very much into photography that is a given.

My Droid X loves its Kindle app and the Maps

Just got an Evo 3D, but I don’t really have any favorite apps yet. Or rather, I haven’t had it long enough to find a favorite. I’ll have to check these out.

Angry Birds. It’s addictive & fun! Crazy addictive.

My family is also hooked on Angry Birds. Some Christmas presents may give us more opportunity to explore mobile apps and come up with new favorites.

I don’t currently have a smartphone or a tablet… so behind the times and living in the dark ages. I have seen some amazing learning apps though and would love to have something that my kiddo could do for a second while I am getting dinner on. Something that I wouldn’t feel too guilty about using a digital babysitter for!!

My most used app is YELP because I can find decent food even in horrible neighborhoods where I would never know to look for good eats. I use Handcent for my SMS, Google Music to stream my entire mp3 collection to my phone, and Netflix on my droid to keep up with whatever I am watching no matter where I am.

You’re not using your gadgets to their full potential unless you have game apps.

My car is a 1984 Volvo.
My phone is a Pay-As-You-Go Verizon, hardly a Smart Phone, but it has great reception/signal out in the boonies where I reside.
My computer is a 6 or 7 year old iMac on its last legs.
Sure would enjoy a new computer!

I don’t have a smartphone. I wish that I did so that I could use some of the super neat apps.

I really like Dropbox which also has an app for your mobile devices. It’s free. You can automatically sync your files between you various computers and mobile devices. It’s also easy to use and set up.

Is there a blogger app for the Droid? (shameless comment for free comp)

Hey, I’m all in favor of fruit ninja. Second choice is something actually useful like gas buddy. Typing on a smartphone must be a genetic trait.

I am going with Google Currents.

The Chase banking app is a handy tool.

My Fitness Pal app and web site. Sure, Angry Birds is fun, but does it help you lose weight?

Cardcam is great for organizing contacts.

Well, I didn’t have time to peruse all the comments but I’m partial to the Pandora app and Audible. Of course, I’m a newcomer to the app world and have it on my Kindle Fire. My phone is a bit old school in that it makes calls well but little else. My wife’s phone, newer that it is, does everything else but doesn’t make calls worth a darn.

Americans are celebrating religious freedom daily as our allies rely on our strength on a moments notice! Merry Christmas

I have a couple of favorite apps! My newest one is the Couch to 5K app. It’s pretty awesome. I can NOT live with out my LOL pics, FML, FailBlog, Parentstext. They are the best ones to either say to your self “Seriously there are people out there like that?!?!” or just make you chuckle to yourself. LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!!!

The best apps hands down are the ones that you use to root your smart phone. They take a semi-powerful machine and put all the control into your hands to do with them what you will.

I got a boring old free Lg Optimus S by renewing my phone contract. After rooting it, I can tether and have complete control over my battery life etc.

I don’t own a smartphone — I’m too cheap — but if I had one, my primary app would be the browser, since I’m a web addict.

Smartphone, schmartphone. I’m barely texting.

Would you believe I’m still using my Palm Treo, which by modern standards is not a smart phone it’s a very dumb phone with no “apps” at all?

I don’t or ever owned a cellphone or smartphone or tablets or any Apple devices so I can only read what others say about apps. This article made interesting read for me. Thanks. (yes, I’m commenting to enter the Dell drawing:) )

Walkmeter – it keeps track of my walks and tells me how far I’ve gone, my pace per mile, how many calories I’ve burned and a few other things. Well worth the price of (as I remember) $4.99.

Lose It! is my favorite for counting my calories and letting me know when to cut myself off…

Merry Christmas Katie!

Well timed, I upgraded my phone, but none of my contacts or apps transferred over. I am back at square one, adding apps all weekend,

I use Twitbird a lot on my phone. But I get more out of apps on the iPad, where my favorites are Animoog, NanoStudio, Sunrizer Synth, Addictive Synth, and IMS-20. Music production is a great way to spend my 40 minute train commute each way.

The things I like on my smart phone are my ringtones maker and my photo editing software.

Angry Birds like everyone else. I also like CamCard. I only have the free version, but it loads business card info into my contacts like mad.

I don’t have money for a tablet or smartphone.

An app I discovered just this year was Trip Adviser. We were in Key West on vacation and used it to find just about anything we wanted, whether it was a restaurant, a deep sea fishing boat or finding the right local night life spot. I didn’t disappoint. An old stand by, and my favorite, is Pandora. Hook my droid to a nice speaker system and I’m happy.

GarageBand for iPad.

angry birds FTW. EPIC

I LOVE my Pandora app. That and Facebook are my two top uses.

The wordpress mobile app sounds great.

I wanted to try Spotify, but I didn’t like at all that they forced you to register through Facebook. Because I know Facebook then lets friends know what others are listening to at that moment on Spotify, which I find bizarre and intrusive. I prefer Pandora.

The apps I (think) I couldn’t live without are the Facebook app, Pinterest (keeps me entertained while I’m waiting somewhere) and Hipstamatic. I need/want to figure out Instagram because I love your photos, Katie!

On the Android platform I have sets of apps that I like that really work well together. On twitter I follow a large number of sources that provide links to news and political commentary. Here’s a nice group of twitter related apps:

* Tweetcaster Pro (mobile client for Twitter)
* InstaFetch (mobile client for Instapaper)
* URLy (a configurable, link-shorening service)

So I’ll be reading tweets on Tweetcaster, then when I want to follow a link to a news source, I am given a choice of either opening the link with my browser or sending the article to my Instapaper account. I typically send the articles to Instapaper. Then when I’ve collected a dozen or so articles, I open up InstaFetch which syncs to my Instapaper account. I can either read the articles using InstaFetch, or if I’m commuting or walking the dog, I can listen to them using the same app’s text-to-speech feature. Going the other direction, if I want to share a news or analysis article with my followers, I’ll “share” the article from my web browser with URLy. Once I’ve shortened the URL, I’ll “share” the result with Tweetcaster Pro.

Another great group of apps for web browsing is:

* KeePassDroid, which saves my passwords in encrypted form (and has desktop versions for Windows, Mac and Linux)
* Dropbox, which allows me to store and access encrypted file in the Cloud

I entered all my passwords on the desktop app, and now I can access/modify these passwords anywhere using my mobile device.

Thanks for the WordPress & CHristmas List App suggestions. They have been great!

My favorite apps for my kiddo are Scoops, Glow Draw, Spanish Flash Cards and of course Angry Birds.

My favorite apps for myself are PaperToss, Textropolis and Pandora.

I just have a plain Jane cell phone as I do not do a lot of calling. Watching my friends use all their apps on their much fancier phones is tempting me though. I already spend way too much time on my laptop. I am afraid if I got a smart phone I would never get anything else done.

My favorite iPhone apps are:
Wunderlist – Getting Things Done list manager
Pro HDR – a High Dynamic Range photo application
TweetDeck – social media manager

I’m a big fan of the Carcassonne game app, and it just got updated, too!

True confession: I’ve never downloaded an app for anything except WordPress.

Have I missed something?

Barcode Scanner and the companion Amazon.com! Helps me get the best price always.

I have gone Android this year and am not going back. Love it. But I like to tinker so maybe not for everyone.

don’t have a smartphone; I haven’t yet been convinced I need to get a data plan!

I love Yelp, and my employer uses NetSuite, so the NS mobile app keeps me connected 24/7. Nothing like getting some business kicked out while you are in line at the grocery store….

I like Dropbox and KeePass.

I’m the sort of terrible friend who only comments on your blog when he wants to win a prize.

Oooh oooh pick me!

I might have to try the WordPress app again.

So many I use every day – Sonos for whole house stereo, Google translate, and Lookout to find my lost phone!

Well, I came over just to enter, but actually found the article enjoyable. I, too, am dependent on my phone. Good read.

I love the Kindle app!

I can’t live without my USA Today app. Best cure for boredom in any waiting situation.

I just discovered the Evernote Food app – it’s so cool – a great social app to remember those wonderful meals shared with family and friends.

Don;t have a smartphone yet. Keep losing the not so smart phones I have.

graffiti – as a former palm user with big hands, this app lets me use the palm stroke based method for text input. No more tiny keyboards!!!!

gasbuddy – finds the lowest gas price in your area
sudoku daily – to keep the mind limber
3G watchdog – keeps me from going over my data limit.
google tasks – task organizer thats automatically backed up on my google account

I love the spotify app and I’ll have to check out the super 8

Angry birds still has a firm grip on my soul!

NPR News, Twitter, and Sleep Machine (noise machine for sleep). All great apps…and quite indispensable.

The facebook app is the worst thing I could have added to my phone…utterly addictive!

Along with Maps and Navigation, I find Radar Now helpful when traveling. Gives a quick view of current weather and trends,

Then there is Scanner now that you can monitor various radio bands, like the police, fire and emergency.

And, Gas Buddy, to give you an idea where the best gas prices are. I hate to pull in to the first exit in a town and get gas to find out that it is way less expensive at a station at the NEXT exit!

I don’t have a smart phone, and to be honest, the whole “app” thing mystifies me. Someone needs to explain it so it makes sense to us non-techy types.

I have the old iphone. It works well for me. (AT&T less so) Why should I change? Better photos maybe?

Flashlight! The day I got my smartphone, we were without power for 8 hours. My kids told me how to get a flashlight app and it was very handy.

Hi Katie! Thanks for offering this amazing giveaway! My kids (especially my homeschooled son) would love a new computer. They are often bickering over the one old, crappy one they share.
My favorite apps are craigslist Pro, facebook, Pinterest, maps, Safari, IMDB, Hipstamatic, and a bunch of word games like Scramble, Wordsworth, wurdle, Words with Friends.

Pandora, Facebook and Scrabble are my favorite iPhone apps

I’ve got a Blackberry (via work), but I haven’t really bothered to get any apps for it…

No smart phone, no tablet…

I’m not just a historian….I’m in the technological dark ages.

Barcode scanner!

If you have an android, I like the Amazon Marketplace. They have free apps every day.

Thanks.

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I don’t have a smartphone, but I do have a Nook. The kids love playing with the drawing app and reading books on it. I must say, they can work it better than I…I’d love an app for saving money though, if I was cool enough for a smartphone!

I use my Facebook, Google mail, and maps.

Very nice

I have no smart phone. Or cell phone. Although, I think an app that tells people about charities that line up with their interests, and also tells them how to donate, would be cool.

Pandora and Scrabble. I love them both.

Most used – and favorite app – is iBreviary TS!

Friends call me a contrarian, but I see myself as a free thinker. Most of the US is moving over to cell phones. I don’t own a cell phone or a land line. I guess my reluctance to get a cell phone is that I see them as pacifiers. I work at a university and between the faculty and students, it seems everyone is more focused on their phones that on one-to-one contact. Cell phones are like a baby’s pacifier–take it away the child (or adult) starts crying. Apps? I don’t need no stinkin’ apps.

Words with friends, hands down.

Oh, does FaceBook count? I love FaceBook. It is my pacifier…lol

There are many apps on my iPhone, but the three I use most are:

Tweetbot to keep in touch with twitter friends

The online banking app for my bank. Checkbook? Who needs a checkbook?

iTriage. I don’t use it very often, but when I need some quick medical or first aid knowledge, it’s worth its weight in app gold!

I like my mobile google reader app a whole lot

I have seen this weather radar app that I would love to have on a smartphone…someday…when a smartphone and data plan are in the budget…when the last one in through school, maybe….

Hmm. I’ve only had my iPhone for a couple of weeks but so far, I’d say KeyRing, which has freed me from lugging around all those ridiculous store loyalty cards; Red Laser, which allows me to scan barcodes and get an immediate price check of local and online stores; Facebook; and Pandora, Pandora, Pandora. Spotify is great but Pandora is FREEEEEEEEE!

Loving all the fine motor apps for my daughters iPad. It also has opened up the world to let her do her worksheets with scan to pdf & pdf filler

I have had a “smart phone” for nearly a year and have no clue about “apps”. My son had to show me the basics and I haven’t learned anything other than the texting and calling. I have so much to learn!

Wish I would have known about the christmas list sooner…could have come in handy…maybe use it next year. Thanks

What do I know about smartphones- I’ve got a Blackberry.

Lots of great suggestions in the comments. I am going to pull up several of them to try.

Favorite Apps:

1. Cut the Rope – cool physics of motion and my son will clean his room to play it for 30 min.

2. CNN Live – great quality live streaming on ipad . . .

3. Food Network – In the kitchen .. . . .

Happy Holidays

I completely agree about Spotify, but for my list making, I’ll stick with Remember the Milk. It synchs across all my devices and is tops in my book for list making/organizing.

Needless to say, I’m a happy and obsessive user of the Facebook app. Also addicted to many of the photography ones. I think I use my phone as a camera more than anything else.

No smartphone, and no tablet, yet.

I could really use one. Uses would include access to our Cozi calendar schedule, to-do-lists, various bits homeschooling info, ability to update the Netflix queue, games to keep the kids occupied in the van, Google Maps and local traffic reports…the list goes on.

I feel like I need a “App Coach” to help me determine what apps I would enjoy and would improve my life. The only Apps on my phone are one to check the weather and facebook.

I frequent discussion forums that focus on my interests, and appreciate those that have developed free apps for their easy use with smartphones. I wish all web forums would do this. They will, won’t they?

Angry Birds. So addictive.

Evernote, OmniFocus and Keynote are essential apps for me.

Opera mini is my favorite.

My fiancee came home from her office as a high school counselor here in New Jersey two nights ago and told me she had a student who was struggling very hard. He is being raised by his grandparents who have little or no money. The school expects the boy to access his teachers’ webpages to keep up with his class assignments. When my fiancee told him to follow those instructions, he was embarrassed to confess there is no computer in his home and no funds to buy one. We’re arranging for him to have a part-time job to pay for internet access.

If I could win this Dell computer, he’ll have one.

“Must have?” Well, there are these niche apps that I really, really like. A couple of them hardly anyone else will need, but:

iPhone, iPod Touch: Woodworkers Fraction Calculator – it’s a calculator that does arithmetic in fractions, just like they’re read off the tape measure. I’m not a professional carpenter, but I find myself doing fixit and home projects just often enough to make this worthwhile, and not often enough to do fraction arithmetic in my head very quickly. So I really like this one.

iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad: Distant Suns – I have finally begun to seriously watch the stars and not just learn the names of the constellations, but recognize them in the sky.

Chief complaint: the new Reminders app on their new IOS won’t sync with the ToDo’s, now renamed Reminders, on OS X Lion.

I don’t have a smart phone, so no apps to suggest, but we do have an iPad an my son has downloaded tons of apps. I like the star gazing one (don’t remember the name). Well… I’m keeping my fingers crossed that maybe I can win the Dell!

My phone sends and receives phone calls. It’s the Amish cell phone, so to speak. However, my phone bill is miniscule, so I’m okay with it.

I wouldn’t want to be without my slacker or google music apps.

A testament to how popular an app is angry birds is its sheer ubiquity. One need not even have a smart phone. It can be played on the computer and I believe, on Facebook. Talk about demand! And I am addicted along with the rest. The app stays alive and maintains its relevance because of it’s frequent updates of new levels – for no extra charge. Talk about a good deal!

I can’t live without Craigslist pro!!! How did I ever shop before it??

Titanium Backup Pro and Angry Birds are my two favorite apps…can’t live without ‘em…;)

Chess for Friends.

/geek

Opera Mini also was nicer than expected; Googlemaps has been handy; iHandy level (hanging pictures).

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