TheDisturbedOne, on Oct 20 2009, 06:09 PM, said:
The ones you listed aren't bad.
Free ones I'd suggest Cube Runner, Tap Tap 2 (they have some very good songs), Topple, RSS Free (great for updates), and iWoopie (download videos straight to iPod).
Paid ones I'd suggest Bejewled, Topple 2, Police Radio (pretty cool to hear the police radio from your country. Only works in USA I believe).
Don't get Tap Tap 3 unless you want to pay for the premium songs or know of bands that have songs on there for free. The free songs aren't that good. Also do NOT get the paid version of AIM. It isn't any better than the free version.
If you decide to jailbreak, which is a GREAT idea (I've done it), I can give you names of jailbreak apps. There are a ton of good ones out there, and some good emulators (GBC, SNES, NES).
I tried Cube Runner, Tap Tap 2, and Topple. All of them are pretty simple and plenty entertaining. I second TheDisturbedOne's recommendations.
Of course, I've been looking up even more apps to entertain myself as well as make this iPod Touch as useful as it can be, so I did some more research. I haven't gotten a chance yet to try them, but I'll let you guys know if they're good or not. Note that all of these apps are free or are so awesome that it's worth forking the money over. (Mostly free though... I'm a cheapskate.)
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More that I've tried:
USA Today - Basically a news cast. Useful if you want to keep on top of national news.
Jelly Car - A very, very entertaining game with physics and full utilization of the iPod's accelerometer. You can tilt, swipe, zoom, and do whatever you need to do to get a car to its goal... complete with physics.
Apple Remote - Now with Genius, apparently. I couldn't get this to work though. Seems like a nifty idea that really is more of a novelty than anything else. Then again, isn't the iPod Touch more of a novelty? (I'm aiming to change that for myself.)
Tap Tap Revenge 2 - Not very awesome if you are cheap like me and never buy good songs to play with. There aren't a lot of popular songs available for free, but it's still entertaining, nonetheless. Think of Guitar Hero on the iPod Touch and you get TTR2.
Newton's Cradle - Novelty. You can tilt and "swing" the balls wherever you want, and touch to hold a ball or balls in place to achieve your very own cradle tapping away at your desk.
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More that I have yet to try out:
Aardvark Mobile - Sounds like a Yahoo! Answers app, but questions are answered by your friends on Facebook and on Aardvark instead of random strangers.
Last.FM - An alternative to Pandora. Streams music.
Setinel 2: Earth's Defense - A pay tower/desktop defense game. Trailer looks pretty good for what it is.
Ragdoll Blaster - Pay game. It's much like the Flash games online where you blast something out of a cannon and see how far you can get. Ragdoll physics are involved, I imagine.
USAA - For those of you who have USAA accounts (military or military families), this is probably very useful for financial utility. Too bad it only works with the latest firmware, which is $4.95 to update. (Sickening to know how Apple nickels-and-dimes you for everything you have... but in small portions so that you don't mind until you get the total.)
MyPaint2 - Paid paint app. Probably entertaining with being able to "finger-paint" with your iPod Touch.
iNinja Lite - Throw throwing stars like a ninja at targets. C'mon, it's a ninja game!
Doom Resurrection - If I would pay for any app on the iPod Touch, this would be it. This really opened up my eyes to what the iPhone / iPod Touch is really capable of. Watch the trailer and you'll know what I mean.
Tap of War - Stupid simple game that will still take away some of your time. Tap as fast as you can to win your tug of war with a computer opponent or with someone else. It's probably pretty fun, but I'm on the fence with this one.
Good Food - Sounds like a good deal when you don't know where you want to eat in an unfamiliar place or want to try something new without getting gypped. Reviews are from peers.
Wired Product Reviews - Useful to make sure that the neat gadget you're about to get doesn't suck.
Amazon Mobile - If you love Amazon, you'll love this app. Apparently it's so good that you won't miss being able to do it on your PC.
eBay - Again, if you love eBay, you'll love this app. Useful for watching bids, placing bids, and realizing that your impulsive bid to win the auction was way too much.
Instapaper - Sounds very promising. It doesn't need an Internet connection to run, but it does need Internet to download blogs, articles, stories, and other literature for you to read later. This is on my must-try list.
White Pages - Self-explanatory.
Yellow Pages - Self-explanatory.
Wikipanion - Wikipedia on your iPhone / iPod Touch. A must-grab.
Twitterfon - Tweet from your iPhone / iPod Touch. I still don't get Tweeting unless you have something useful to share... which is why I use Twitter more as a tool (with its many useful bots) instead of tweeting myself.
Fring - The Trillian of the iPhone / iPod Touch. It supports a multitude of instant-messaging and communication protocols, including AIM, Skype, Twitter, MSN Messenger, ICQ, SIP, Google Talk, and Yahoo. A must-grab.
Facebook - If you like Facebook, you'll love this app. I am now more of a FB guy so MySpace isn't much of a choice for me. Go figure that they block FaceBook at my work but not MySpace.
MySpace - Same as FaceBook, but for MySpace.
LinkedIn - Same as the above, but for LinkedIn. Honestly, who actually does social networking on LinkedIn? It seems like once you put up all of your information on LinkedIn, you don't touch it. Or maybe that's just me and a hundred other people I know.
WiFinder - App to help you find hotspots and poor, unsuspecting victims that leave their WiFi networks unsecured. Mwahaha.
A2Z Pro - Sounds like a conversion app. I'm sure it's a must-grab.
myLite - Flashlight app with color options. But I already use my cell phone for that.
Units Free Converter - Another conversion app. Probably as versatile as A2Z Pro.
Chess - Free chess app. Not very impressive graphically, but simple is good, right?
WebMD Mobile - For all you hypchondriacs out there.
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Keep the app recommendations coming!
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