Since the launch of the App Store I have been very busy trying and buying many iPhone applications. I feel that I’ve come to the point where I’ve really found applications that are a must, and some that are..well, perhaps not worth the time. I’m going to begin a series of reviews for the apps that I feel are a must have for iPhone and iPod Touch user runing 2.0 Firmware or higher.
The first three I’m going to review are Facebook, Zenbe Lists, and Twinkle. To find any of these apps just open up iTunes and search for them in the iTunes store. Lets begin.
Facebook
If you’re a Facebook user, this app is a MUST. The mobile Safari version of Facebook is quite nice, but this app is simple, and I really like the way it handles tasks. The default opening page is the “Status” screen where you can answer the question, “What are you doing?”
Below this line are all of your friends most recent status posts. Tapping on their status post brings you to a mini-feed with all of their most recent status posts. In the top right of that screen is the profile button, tapping on that brings you to their profile page where you can then tap on “wall”, “mini-feed”, and “photos”. Near the bottom of that page you can see their birthdate, you can send a message, poke, email, and CHAT. That’s right, you can use the new Facebook chat feature within this iPhone app.
All along the bottom there are other icons “home” “your name (you profile page)”, “friends”, “chat”, and “inbox”.
Although I use this application daily, I do have a couple complaints. First off there is no “events” section to view your upcoming events, or to invite friends to them. Secondly, there is no where to see or confirm new friend requests. This feature I would be certain would be their number one priority in developing the app.
All in all, if you love Facebook, you will love this application.
Zenbe Lists (Robert Kieffer)
This is the best to do list applications out there (in my opinion). First thing you need to do is go to Zenbe Lists and sign up for a free account. From there you can create multiple to do lists, set due dates, share them with others (works great if they have a Zenbe account as well), and best off all, they all sync beautifully with the FREE iPhone app Zenbe Lists.
Zenbe is a pretty interesting site, and in fact there is a main page that you can sign up to utilize the mail aggregator style web app. The web and iPhone interface are similar in style, and the great thing about the iPhone app is you can type in landscape mode. You can see a demo video on HERE.
There is one downside, but it’s really not a downside as you can change this in your settings app (iPhone settings screen, not within the app). When you load Zenbe lists it defaults to sync at load, you can change this in your settings.
Twinkle (Tapulous)
There a couple of Twitter applications in the App store, and I must first of all say that Twitterific is a very slick twitter application, and I do prefer the interface (it’s also on my iPhone). Having said that, the reason I chose Twinkle, is for the “Nearby” feature. With this screen you can see all of the Twitter posts done using Twinkle within a select area. You can choose from 25km (or miles) all the way up to “Everywhere”. There is also a Home screen for your friends/followers only. You can tap on a tweet and see there profile, previous tweets and reply. When you select to reply it automatically puts the @ before there there username and you just type your reply. The interface is not nearly as slick as Twitterific, I’m not a big fan of the starlight background and colour choices. The thing that makes the app stand out from the others is the Nearby functions, it’s just too cool.
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