Utilities Apps

Apple’s iPhone sits on the top perch in overall customer satisfaction among business wireless smartphone users, according to a new study from J.D. Power and Associates.

It isn’t exactly the holidays yet but we can already think of a couple of applications that might be gift worthy. Classics by Andrew Kaz and Phillip Ryu is just that kind of application. Classics is an eReader application that includes full versions of literary favorites from the public domain.

Tagged: Alice in Wonderland, digital library, ereader

An oft-ranted complaint about the iPhone is that users can't access the horizontal keyboard when typing emails. Several developers have tackled the issue including Big Keyboard Email. We love Big Keyboard Email because it's simple, clean and does exactly what it set out to do.

Tagged: keyboard app, typing tool

One of the most popular (and discussed) application uses for the iPhone has been document storage. First there was DataCase and Readdle Docs — two paid apps that allowed you to store files on your iPhone using a very cryptic (and often flawed) synchronization method.

Tagged: cloud service, cloud storage, file storage, MS Excel

Measures Unit and Currency Converter is an iPhone conversion app by German developer Neuwert Media, which includes all of the standard conversion categories but differs from other apps mainly in its interface and usability.

Tagged: currency converter

With so many conversion apps available at the app store it's hard to choose. MyConvert by developer Lu A Oo is based on the earlier iConvert and it includes several user-requested units, which make it slightly different than some other conversion apps out there.

Tagged: currency converter

When I upgrade from an iPod Touch to an iPhone I needed to move my iTunes library from one device to the other.

a2zpro is the successor to a2z from UK iPhone app developer Westernits and it is a truly innovative tool as far as conversion apps are concerned. Upon every opening of a2zpro the exchange rates are updated for the currency converter, which provides 154 categories with live data from Yahoo!.

Tagged: currency converter, Diabetes app, exchange rates

Converter, by developer Unitconvertr, is a simple and easy-to-use conversion tool that supports 172 units across 15 categories and turns out to be a more colorful and elaborate version of the free conversion app Units.

Tagged: currency converter

One of the most useful, and universally loved apps in the App Store is the Apple remote, which allows you to remotely control iTunes from your iPhone.

Tagged: remote control

Units, like its namesake, is a handy conversion app but while the name is the same, the features are very different. First off Units costs $0.99 while the app is free and the price does not equal better quality.

Tagged: currency converter

Units by UK developer TheMacBox is a great and easy-to-use conversion app, which provides most units that anyone who is not a professional engineer would ever need.

Tagged: currency converter

iPhone users are becoming less dependent on their laptops and are relying more on their iPhones to meet their basic communication and productivity needs.  Sadly missing from the iPhone however, is the ability to sync or access remote documents.  That's were Air Sharing comes in.

Tagged: small business apps

I don’t know how many times I’ve needed a level and haven’t had one on hand.  It is one of those thing that is usually too big for the toolbox so I don’t often considering buying one.  I’m usually ask friends if I can borrow theirs.

I’m just going to let the guy speak for himself. From the Coin Toss web site: “I was thinking of a good program to write for my first iPhone application. I thought this idea would be a good intro to the programming for me.