With the iPhone taking more flak than a world-war-one bomber we thought we would remind you why the iPhone is so great - the apps. That's right the apps are the main reason why the iPhone has dominated the mobile phone world. We thought we give you the low-down on what you should spend your money on. Whether you're looking to play some games, watch TV, increase your productivity or you just want to show off to your friends. This is what has kept us busy over the wet summer months.
Angry Birds has taken over the world of life-style games recently - the premise is simple. Take 5 different angry birds and launch them into puzzle-based levels to progress to the next level - to say this game has taken over our live is understatement.
Angry Birds has been at the top of the iTunes store in almost every country and has been one biggest selling game's in iTunes history. The game features challenging physics-based castle demolition, and with loads of replay value, and a 165 levels requiring logic, skill and brute force to crush the enemy. And at 59p it's a steal.
Soundcloud is another app that is worth picking up; it allows user to access their Soundcloud account on the move. It lets you seamlessly browse and listen to tracks from people you follow, sent to you from other people or sent directly to your drop box. It's based on the twitter following system so you follow artists and you can listen to their music they have uploaded. And for only 59p it's a steal.
If you're like me you hate it when you hear a song but just can't remember what it's called. Well Shazam looks to answer those questions with their nifty app. Shazam gives you instant satisfaction when you want to know what song is playing. Just point the phone towards the music source to identify and buy the track or share your discovery with friends and family. Yes, sometimes it doesn't work on obscure tracks but it has worked for me a lot of the time. And it's free!
Bloom made quite a splash when it was released last year- Bloom explores unchartered territory in the realm of applications for the iPhone. Part instrument, part composition and part artwork. Bloom's innovative controls allow anyone to create elaborate patterns and unique melodies by simply tapping the screen. Turn the lights off, plug in some headphones and start relaxing all for £2.39.
Since every knows that the iPhone can only play quicktime files, it means that that many people think that they can't watch their favourite files from the their PC or Mac. Well now that's not the case with Air Video, it lets you get the most out of your video library on your iPhone, iPod and or iPad. Air Video is a great solution to watch your AVI, DivX, MKV's and many other formats with no waiting and hardly any buffering. And it is a breeze to setup and work amazingly well and for £1.79 is well worth a purchase.
6. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is the latest installment of the wildly popular sandbox adventure series. In Chinatown Wars you play the role of Huang Lee, spoiled son of a recently murdered Triad boss who just got off the plane in Liberty City to deliver a family heirloom to your uncle "Kenny".
From here you will embark on an epic tale of crime and corruption as you try to try to find your feet in the crime-ridden city and someday avenge your father's death. This is arguably one of the best iPhone games there is, so just go and buy it right now. Or at least get the lite edition to give it a go.
If you're a bit of foody you can't go wrong with the Good Food Guide, which is Britain's best-selling printed restaurant guide and now with this app you can access it right from your iPhone to find the finest hidden culinary delights throughout the UK. In addition to reading the entire guide with full reviews, you can use the GPS to find restaurants near you, visit a restaurant's website directly from the app, write your own reviews and even tweet or email suggestions to your friends. This is really a must if your big foody as it allows to navigate that thousands of restaurants in your local area. It does cost £4.99, but is certainly well regarded and sure to be a big help if you love finding new places to eat.
BBC NEWS app hit the store today and already causing quite a stir, as other corporate companies think it's unfair that the licence fee is being used to make apps. But put this aside as this is one the finest news apps around. You can get the latest breaking news from the BBC and their global network of journalists. Stories are arranged in easy to use categories including; top stories, UK news, World news, Politics, Sport - just about every type of news you can think of and it's free.
TV Catchup - now I know what you are thinking TV Catchup is not a app ! We know but we love it so much we're willing to let it go. And if you add to your homepage it's sure looks like app. TV Catchup allows you to sign up to the service for free and turns your iPhone, iPad or any other salt-of-the-earth device into a freeview TV - allowing you access to all the channels of freeview over 3G or Wi-Fi. For free, now you can't get better than that.
Flick Kick football has been doing the rounds at Gaj-it HQ and is every bit as addictive as our other number one game Angry Birds - this has collected accolades by the boot-load recently, and is all about scoring free-kicks using the accelerometer to place the ball into the goal - very addictive, and it worth every penny of the 59p asking price.
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3 thoughts on “Top 10 Must Have iPhone Apps Recommended by Gaj-it”
When you sign up to tvcatchup it says you need adobe flash. And of course you can’t have adobe flash on the iPhone so how do you view the content on tvcatchup on your iPhone ?
Not sure what your doing wrong, but TV catchup certainly doesn’t need flash. I have used the service most days, If you go to the homepage from your phone or ipad and look at the top right corner it says turn your ipad to a TV, make sure you signup and it will direct you to the mobile version. http://www.tvcatchup.com
Hope this helps.
Andrew Rafter
These are awesome apps but for me I wouldn’t be able to leave something out like SCVNGR or 4Square, at the very least for being able to see what’s around you, get tips at those locations and bundling the whole thing together as a game too.