Apple Computer’s iPhone apps are hot at college, as they are just about everywhere else. But with the tens of thousands of choices, which are the best? We asked our friend Bonnie Eisenman, staff writer at 148Apps.com (a primo review site), to offer her top picks. Here’s what she recommends:
1. Dictionary.com. With over 275,000 words as well as a built-in thesaurus, this free dictionary is far more comprehensive than others at the App Store that demand your cash. Audio pronunciation and similarly spelled words are offered while you’ve got an Internet connection. Minimalist and attractive, it simply does its job—and who doesn’t need a dictionary from time to time, especially if you’re digesting hefty textbooks? This one’s a no-brainer.
2. Kindle for iPhone. Despite the name, it also works on the iPod Touch. Amazon’s official Kindle app gives you access to the entire Kindle library, sans a few perks like blogs and newspapers. It syncs with Amazon’s Whispernet, too, which makes it a must-have for Kindle owners. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, easy (and discreet) access to your favorite books will lighten your load and can help you keep up to date on assigned readings. What’s not to love? While books still have to be purchased (many priced at $9.95), the app itself is free.
3. Pi Cubed. OK, so it won’t replace your Texas Instruments TI-89, but Pi Cubed is still a powerful calculator. It can handle logarithms, trigonometry, roots, factorials, and exponents, and it gives you real-time answers as you form equations. You can store custom equations, and it ships with over 150 annotated equations in subjects ranging from statistics to chemistry. Best of all, equations are written chalkboard-style instead of line-by-line calculator gibberish. At a mere $9.99, it’s a strong complement to your ordinary calculator. Meanwhile, take a look at Graphite ($2.99) if you want a solution for graphing equations.
4. Periodic Table and Chemistry Calculator. Talk about a bargain! This periodic table includes a wealth of information, including category, atomic mass, specific heat capacity, electronegativity, density, and many other attributes. The calculator, meanwhile, can be used to quickly find the mass of a mole of a compound. It’s a cheap reference app that’s sure to benefit any chemistry student, and the $0.99 price tag will surely fit your budget.
5. Read It Later. Much as the name suggests, the Read It Later app is used for marking pages to, well, read later. Intended to be used for flagging interesting websites, it lets you download websites for offline reading. It’s great if you’re doing research for a project and don’t want to clutter up your main bookmarks, or if you simply want to download some online notes and read them on the subway or the treadmill. Plus, it syncs with the (free!) browser version. There’s a free version available, but the Pro version sells for a meager $2.99.
6. Put Things Off. Yeah, procrastination’s bad … but it happens! This mockery of a “to-do list” app doesn’t have much in the way of complexity, focusing on speed and simplicity instead. If you just need a quick, simple to-do application that lets you jot down notes and “put them off” to a later date—this one’s for you. It sells for $2.99 in the App Store.
7. Things. Putting things off is all very well, but sometimes you need a more complete solution. “Things” balances ease of use with a wealth of features. It sorts your tasks into different folders—”Today,” for pressing tasks, “Someday” for undated ones, and so on—and also lets you set up multistep projects. Staying organized is suddenly less of a daunting task. Maybe this time you’ll remember to write that essay! At $9.99, it’s on the pricier side, but you pay for quality.
8. News Fuse. Being up to date is almost a must, but browsing for mobile news sites and downloading dedicated apps can be a hassle. News Fuse pulls 18 different news sites into one app. While it doesn’t have many features—you can’t download pages for offline reading, for example—it is a sleekly packaged, simple app that gets out of the way and just delivers the news. It’ll set you back by $0.99.
9. Tweetie (or another Twitter app). Who said that all of your apps have to be productive? Suggesting a particular Twitter app is difficult, but Tweetie is the reigning champion, with support for multiple accounts, the ability to post links and pictures, trend viewing, and a whole suite of other features, as well as rabid fans. It costs $2.99. Other favorites include Tweetdeck (free), Twitterfic ($3.99), and Twitterfon ($4.99). Make sure to browse the light versions to find the one that’s right for you.
10. Real Racing. I couldn’t resist throwing in one game, OK? Sometimes you need to let off steam and take a break from studying; other times you need to show off. Firemint’s Real Racing is great for both. Widely heralded as the best racing game for the iPhone, Real Racing brings an unparalleled experience that beats branded titles like Need for Speed. With incredible graphics and a bitterly competitive artificial intelligence as well as competitive local multiplayer, Real Racing is worth every cent of its price tag; $9.99 makes it a bargain compared with similar PSP titles.
Tags: 10 Best iPhone Apps for College Students, Dictionary.com, Kindle for iPhone, News Fuse, Periodic Table and Chemistry Calculator, Pi Cubed, Put Things Off, Read It Later, Real Racing, Things, Tweetie
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