AOL Radio iPhone App

AOL Radio for the iPhone has to be one of my favorite apps currently. I try to work out daily and having a good music variety is a must. Listening to the local radio stations is not even an option. The AOL Radio Stations play excellent music. The best part about this app is that it remembers the songs I have listened to. I can then purchase those songs in iTunes. How cool is that? I suggest you get this app. This is a 3G only friendly app, unless you are connected to a WiFi network.

WeatherBug iPhone App Review

Weatherbug puts live, local weather conditions from over 45,000 locations in the world on your iPhone of iPod Touch. I personally have ditched the standard Weather App, to the back screen and wish I could delete it. I love Weatherbug though one of it’s downfalls in my opinion is that it only allows you to save three locations. I do not think I mentioned this in the podcast. Come on Weatherbug, let’s step it up. I want to know the weather of all of my favorite places.

Phone Saber iPhone App Review

Phonesaber is a fun app that mimics the lightsaber from Starwars the movie. It’s a blast if you have another friend with an iPhone, you can battle. Be careful not to actually make contact with each others phones. That would put a quick end to a fun time. The app gives you several colors to chose from to match your fav. character from the movie.

Written by Brian Davis:
Phonesaber is a great app for all the stars wars junkies out there. I am a big fan of star wars myself so to be able at anytime break out my phonesaber and do battle is a blast. You can choose between yellow, pink, red, green or blue laser beams. The greatest part of this app is the fact that if you hold or phone still or move it just slightly it sounds as if you are just holding a light saber. Very well put together app. The sounds are dead on to the movies I would recommend everyone pick up this app.

Tuner iPhone App Review

Listen to 1000’s of internet radio stations on your iPhone of iPod touch. Bookmark your favorites and browse by genre. This is a great that gives you access to a ton of music.

Price: $5.99
Download This App:
Developer Website
Tuner Support

In the tutorial the numbers 98, 128 etc. I refer to are actually the Bitrate of the audio feed which is the quality. The higher the bitrate the better quality the audio. Though the higher the bitrate also creates a bigger file to stream resulting in possible lag. Use your best judgment. I have found that 128 sounds just fine as most mp3’s are encoded at 128.

UPDATE 7/19/08:
Tuner is back in the iTunes App Store. I just received an update to the App and then noticed it is back in the store. This must have been why it was pulled from the app store. I have read that some major upgrades have been done to Tuner app to fix bugs that were causing problems. If you already have the app, look for the update in your iPhone’s App Store. If you were looking to buy this app, it is back in the store for purchase.

Shazam iPhone App Review

When you hear a song and wonder what it is, Shazam is there with the answer. Hold your iphone to the musit and with in seconds Shazam will tell you the artist and track name. You can even download the song through iTunes on your iPhone. This is really cool and a must have free app!

Written by Brian Davis:
Shazam is a very straight forward app. You hear a song and you cant put your finger on who that is. Open Shazam and hold it to the speaker and within a few seconds you have the artist, album and song name. That in it’s self is great. But there’s more you can tag this song and save it in your tags but also preview and buy the song from iTunes and it will also give you a link to the music video on youtube if there is one. So many options for a free app. This is a must have free app and a great way to find that song you always wanted.

Virgin Radio iPhone App Review

This Virgin Radio iPhone App says it is La prima radio con uno stile unico: Style Rock… Whatever that means. My message to Virgin is this: If you are going to let someone use your name, you need to make sure they do a good job with the app. All of the other radio apps blow this one out of the water. I hope to see something cool soon from Virgin as they are a company I admire.

Eventful iPhone App Review

Use Eventful to find local events, see what’s going on at your favorite venues and know which performers are coming soon.

You can track what your friends are interested in doing and share your favorites with them.

AIM iPhone App Review

AIM lets you connect with your AIM buddy list right from your iPhone or iPod Touch. You can send and receive messages over a WiFi, Edge or 3G network. Connect to anyone on the AIM network whether they’re on AOL, AIM, ICQ, .MAC or MobileMe. Managing your buddy list is easy. View expressions and update your away status from your phone.

iPhone 2.0 Update is Available!

Doing a little Google searching I was able to find the iPhone 2.0 Firmware Update a day early. Apple.Com as of Thursday afternoon says that 2.0 is coming but does not provide a link.

To install it you simply download the update.

Open iTunes and attach your iPhone. In iTunes, Option Click or on a pc shift click on “Check for Update.” A window will open and you can select the file you just downloaded. Apply it and it will start the update. Once completed it will ask if you would like to restore from the backup it has of your iPhone. Choose yes, it will do so, then restart your iPhone.

Once it is done you can sync the applications you downloaded from the iTunes Music Store. Don’t forget to set the applications to sync all. I turned off all of my music and podcast updates because I did not want to wait for them to restore. I will deal with that later.

I will write some blogs on some of the apps I have downloaded and installed later today.

Have fun!