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Originally Posted by wco81
(Post 13094061)
Thanks, didn't know that. Tried it for Madrid, found the directions by car but not by the transit system.
Cross your fingers they add that functionality soon! |
Yeah I found this site, www.ctm-madrid.es.
Not sure if that's affiliated with the transit system. It's a different site than the official Madrid metro or bus site, I believe. That may explain why it's not part of it. |
Originally Posted by wco81
(Post 13093743)
I think another cool app. would be the TFL travel planner engine as an app., provided free by the agency. Same thing for other metro systems which have trip calculation engines (you enter beginning and ending address and they have a step-by-step list of which metros and bus combos to take).
If you're looking for a London public transport app, Malcolm Barclay made some really great apps: Tube Deluxe and London Bus. |
Originally Posted by wco81
(Post 13093743)
I think another cool app. would be the TFL travel planner engine as an app., provided free by the agency. Same thing for other metro systems which have trip calculation engines (you enter beginning and ending address and they have a step-by-step list of which metros and bus combos to take).
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I tend to use these apps a lot when traveling both by car and plane-
XE World Countries Factsheet The Weather Channel Units (conversion) iGasUp FlightTrack Mapquest Chipotle (yummy) Live ATC |
Well, I've been following this thread long enough but haven't actually done what the OP asked. Let me go through my 11 pages of apps ;) and I'll list the ones I enjoy or use.
Assistant (PageOnce) WildWest and TheDeep (pinball games with impressive graphics) AT&T myWireless (convenient for changing features and international data packages while traveling) Google Earth (just cool...and free!) Last Call (no idea if even reasonably accurate, but it gives you an idea of how sober you are ;) LiveATC PS Mobile (can really help clean up dark shots from the iPhone's camera) Wikipanion+ (can queue/cache Wikipedia articles for offline reading...like on a long flight) Dynolicious (did you know a 739 does 0-60 in 11.27 seconds with .52 Gs and 11,964 HP and does the 1/4 mile in 19.32 seconds? ;)) Google (voice search is impressive) OpenTable (useful for reservations for FlyerTalk DOs! :D) KAYAK SoundHound (got it when it was free) AP Mobile Mark the Spot (maybe someday AT&T will actually do something about some of the dead zones if enough people report them...) Pandora Dragon Dictation Shazam (got it when it was free; if I had to choose, I'd pick SoundHound) SuperBall 3 (hey, I have to plug it--my friend wrote it! :D) Urbanspoon TripIt Cheap Gas! (prices are more up-to-date than iGasUp but can sometimes be inaccurate) Last.fm Snooth Kindle (currently reading several free classics like Dracula and Frankenstein [started them around Halloween ;)]) Not sure why I keep the other 134 apps on my phone, since I rarely use them, but whatever... I'm waiting for Apple to make a move on the Oct. 6 announcement by AT&T that VoIP over data (VoIPoD? ;)) is allowed. :rolleyes: One that happens, I'll probably add one of the VoIP apps to the above list. See my review of them here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...t12619797.html |
Well I keep using that ATT network report application at least once a day and so far my coverage around here still sux. I think the info goes into the trash bin.
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Originally Posted by CApreppie
(Post 13104281)
Well I keep using that ATT network report application at least once a day and so far my coverage around here still sux. I think the info goes into the trash bin.
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TSA Survey app
Almost as useful as the ATT app to respond to poor 3g but what the heck:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flying...ot-tsa-survey/ |
Originally Posted by Condition One
(Post 12823788)
Has anybody tried OffMaps? It lets you download city maps, allowing you to use them offline (i.e. when roaming overseas) in conjunction with GPS. Seems pretty useful. I'm looking into getting that, but don't know if there's anything better that I should be using.
http://offmaps.com/ The only thing I had a problem with was getting a GPS fix without using 3G. As a result, I just left it on and things worked fine. However, every time you get a GPS fix, it incurs about 8Kb of data usage. Over the course of each trip, I used about 150Kb, which at $20/MB, is only a few bucks. Well worth it! |
I was looking or a packing list app. Was using a spreadsheet that I printed out and checked off with a pen. Thought maybe you could do it in Google Docs but the spreadsheets on the Google app. look nothing like the web page you see on a computer.
Now there are a bunch of list apps. including specifically packing list apps. But I also wanted something that let you create and edit on a computer and then sync to the iPhone app. and one that worked offline (to avoid international data roaming). So just downloaded Evernote, which is free for the app., free Mac/Windows clients, free web account (they have premium accounts which let you store and do more). Evernote let's you put in checkboxes, which you can touch in the iPhone to check or uncheck. But the formatting doesn't look that great, it just looks like a text documents with checkboxes, whereas when I copied and pasted in the spreadsheet into an Evernote note, it looked like a nice table/spreadsheet. As soon as it was saved, it looked like plain text both on the web and on the iPhone. Premium account promises to handle spreadsheets better but not interested in paying $5 a month for that (don't want to pay anything ;)). One thing interesting is that the app. seems to cache the last one or two notes opened. So you can have a note with pictures, like say of maps which are parts of your itinerary. I uploaded the same PNG files (screen shots of Google Maps and other directions) to TripIt. In the TripIt app., it loads those files each time you want to view it. So without a data connection, you can't see them but with EN, you can see it if you open them before losing the data connection. EN is a general notes thing so it handles lists or to-do lists okay but probably not as well as some dedicated list apps. But the price and other features may make it worthwhile. I will know more after my upcoming trip. |
Originally Posted by wco81
(Post 13146203)
I was looking or a packing list app. Was using a spreadsheet that I printed out and checked off with a pen. Thought maybe you could do it in Google Docs but the spreadsheets on the Google app. look nothing like the web page you see on a computer.
Now there are a bunch of list apps. including specifically packing list apps. But I also wanted something that let you create and edit on a computer and then sync to the iPhone app. and one that worked offline (to avoid international data roaming). So just downloaded Evernote, which is free for the app., free Mac/Windows clients, free web account (they have premium accounts which let you store and do more). Evernote let's you put in checkboxes, which you can touch in the iPhone to check or uncheck. But the formatting doesn't look that great, it just looks like a text documents with checkboxes, whereas when I copied and pasted in the spreadsheet into an Evernote note, it looked like a nice table/spreadsheet. As soon as it was saved, it looked like plain text both on the web and on the iPhone. Premium account promises to handle spreadsheets better but not interested in paying $5 a month for that (don't want to pay anything ;)). One thing interesting is that the app. seems to cache the last one or two notes opened. So you can have a note with pictures, like say of maps which are parts of your itinerary. I uploaded the same PNG files (screen shots of Google Maps and other directions) to TripIt. In the TripIt app., it loads those files each time you want to view it. So without a data connection, you can't see them but with EN, you can see it if you open them before losing the data connection. EN is a general notes thing so it handles lists or to-do lists okay but probably not as well as some dedicated list apps. But the price and other features may make it worthwhile. I will know more after my upcoming trip. I have a paid Evernote account and use it some. But I use SpeedList for packing lists. It is great. It lets you have sublists (I have them for various packing tools such as Eagle Creek folders and pouches carrying things) and copy items or sublists from one list to another. It is really, really nice. I thoroughly recommend it. |
Anyone got a working app that'll act as a clock radio for BBC radio?
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Being Cdn we don't have the great data packages others have - I use Rogers MyAccount and it keeps track of my minutes and data usage each month (don't get close to my 6GBs but on the talk time it matters).
Also, slingplayer (only works on wifi - still love it!) |
Just got an iPhone for Christmas so this thread is helpful! Can't wait to try out the Google voice search! And I'm already loving Pandora!
One that I don't think I saw mentioned that I am trying out is ESPN ScoreCenter...'cause it's free. Does anyone have any app they like better for checking sports scores? Fortunately for me, I'd just be checking NFL, MLB, NBA...though this has lots of other sports teams (like NHL, NCAA football & basketball, WNBA, soccer, even rugby!) you can add as well. |
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