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LiveForever

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Dec 13, 2007
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With 10000 apps what are the essential apps you simply can't live without.

I have lots but not many I would describe as ' killer apps'

Maybe onetapdial is something I find genuienly useful but it's not exactly a killer.

Please let me know as there as so many apps I just don't know where to look.

My list
Penytel
Flickfishing

Then I struggle
 

Watabou

macrumors 68040
Feb 10, 2008
3,426
759
United States
Well all the Original ones like Maps and stuff.

But from the app store, its Palringo, Pandora, Shazam, Facebook, Now Playing, Ocarina, Snail Mail, Graph Calc, Mocha VNC and Touchpad.
 

.adam

macrumors regular
Nov 20, 2007
166
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Evernote
Zenbe Lists
Cams Ahoy!
MyRail Lite
Gazette
Nimbuzz
VirtualPool
Enigmo
SimplifyMedia
1Password
 

Gokunama

macrumors 6502a
Sep 13, 2008
958
0
The apps I use daily:

SaiSuke - cluttered looking app, but till SmartTime or RTM gets both month-view calendar and duplicate/copy&paste, SaiSuke's still very necessary.

Facebook

RTM

Splashmoney

Wisdom English <-> Japanese dictionary

Tranquil Alarm

Chess With Friends

Fastlane

Other apps that I wouldn't want to do without:

Beejive

Maildash

Photogene

Funambol & Mobyko

m-box Mail

American Heritage Fourth Edition

Japanese

iEijiro

Fieldrunners

Evernote
 

kas23

macrumors 603
Oct 28, 2007
5,629
288
What I use on a nearly everyday basis:

Google Mobile app
mBox Mail
Melodis Dialer
Accountr
The Weather Channel

Games:
Tiny Freecell
Hamster House
 

MacGeek7

macrumors 6502a
Aug 25, 2007
766
14
AIM, AirSharing, Cube Runner, Dots Free, Facebook, Now Playing, Pandora, Shazam, WeatherBug
 

b.c.

macrumors 6502
Nov 5, 2008
474
56
absolute essentials:

Zenbe Lists
1Password
NetNewsWire

close seconds:

Evernote
WunderRadio
SportsTap
AirSharing
Classic RPN Calculator
i.TV
 

synth3tik

macrumors 68040
Oct 11, 2006
3,951
2
Minneapolis, MN
NumberKey - number pad for all your laptop and short keyboard numbering needs.
A;most sold my phone until I found this.

Urbanspoon - Makes looking for something to eat fun.
 

ikermalli

macrumors 6502a
Aug 9, 2008
691
0
To me whichever apps are free are killer! Oh and

Tunnels
Joost
Shazam
Facebook
Movies
Last.fm
SportsTap

All free, all killer!
 

odelay

macrumors 6502
Oct 21, 2007
324
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Essentials:

Beejive
Remember the Milk
Gazette
Jaadu
Facebook
Remote
MobileFiles
Touchgrind :)
Real Football 2009 :-D

Nice to haves:
EPL Live
Shazam
Google Earth
AroundMe
iMapMyRun
Quickipedia
Bloomberg
eBay
PayPal
MyRail Lite
myTube
Capital FM (to listen to XFM which this app also streams, amoungst other UK stations)
 

QCassidy352

macrumors G5
Mar 20, 2003
12,066
6,107
Bay Area
Top 3:
iXpenseiIt
AirSharing
Stanza

Other great ones:
Movies
Lockbox
What's On
Blackbeard's assault
Sol Free
Sportacular
 

NewMacGirl

macrumors regular
Feb 8, 2007
160
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This should be made a sticky

For me my essential apps are:

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Sorry I really don't have any, there is nothing I can't live without.

The supplied features are what I use most of the time and for me the apps have been a let down -so far.
 

stil

macrumors member
Mar 4, 2008
84
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3rd party apps used everyday

Things (on my dock)
Instapaper
iXpenselt
Dexy
Notebooks
Stanza
Remote (not really 3rd part but you have to add it)
 

spamdumpster

macrumors 6502a
Jan 22, 2008
574
0
Beejive, WeatherRadio, NetNewsWire, Facebook, Fizz Weather.

Games: Motochaser, Topple, Sudoku Unlimited, Lux Touch
 
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