Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Apps I Want

As you can see, I have a lot of love for this phone already, but I am definitely missing some apps that I use either on my iPod Touch or my BlackBerry Storm.

NFL Superfan
An essential app for any lover of football. Last weekend, I was in the DC airport watching the Saints game until they closed the doors to the plane and forced me to shut off my phone. As soon as we hit the ground, I fired it up again and caught the entire 3rd quarter between taxiing to the gate and the cab ride home. Amazing. This weekend, I will be on a train for most of the game against the Rams and I wish I had an app I could use!

MLB.tv
Same idea, but the season is over. Maybe they'll have one by the time spring training rolls around. Go Braves!

Google Reader
I have no idea how this is not already a native app. I use Google Reader religiously to keep up with probably over 1000 posts a day from tons of different sites. The mobile website is good, but a native app that would let you cache stuff for offline reads (like on an airplane!) would just rock so, so hard.

Tripit
The iPod Touch app is great. I have most of this info shared and synced with my calendar, but having the app just makes all this info better organized which is essential on any sort of trip, especially POAs! For now, the mobile website is OK.

NetFlix
The mobile website is actually pretty good, but a native app would be really, really nice for quickly adding things to your queue, looking up info, etc...

Daily Burn
Again, the mobile website is decent, but there is already an iPod app that is great. When you are in the gym and cannot remember how much weight you need to use in your next exercise, it'd be nice to have it right there. I have a 15 minute walk home from the gym too, so I could log it all instead of having to remember to do it later. Don't judge me. If I don't go to the gym I get fat, plain and simple. Logging all this crap keeps me motivated.