A few weeks ago I bought the iPhone 4S. Seriously, no joke, I kid you not, this has to be one of the best cell phones out there. If you are a Samsung lover, then please don’t beat me up. I said “ONE of the best cell phones”. I don’t want to be offensive. I’m SO kind today – shifty eyes -.
Anyway, everything about the iPhone is just sleek, smooth, pretty and attractive. The display is just whoooooo!!!! Prettyyyyyy!!!
The pictures are STUNNING.
It can do anything I want, except serve me brownies. Other than that it is just perfect. I fell for the iPhone ever since I first held it in my hand. I felt my heart beat like a bass drum, it jumped out of chest and almost hit the ceiling.
Okay, maybe I took that a bit too far.
But here’s the thing … it can do a lot more than I need. I received a message from my provider asking me why I don’t use the internet that much. I kind of raised my eyebrow when I read it and thought, ‘Ehm… I don’t know? Because I’m not 2012 enough? I do Wordfeud, I do WhatsApp, I take pictures and that’s it.’
It got me wondering, what else can I do with this super sleek iPhone?
I started searching the App store for some nice apps. I downloaded a game called ‘Temple Run’. As soon as you hit ‘play’, a guy starts running. It’s like he never stops, until he dies. Poor guy. It’s a really nice game, but I play it once a week and I kill the guy within 23 seconds. I suck at it.
Then there are apps that help you create grocery lists. I don’t need those apps. I still have a pen (I know, right? I’m so archaic). There’s still paper in the house and I can still write. It’s useless.
Moving on. I don’t do Facebook and I don’t do Twitter (trust me, other than that I’m pretty much normal). But it basically means I don’t download those apps, you know?
So what in the world is it that keeps people busy with their cell 24/7?
This morning there was this girl sitting next to me. She kept staring at her phone for an hour straight. Maybe she was playing a game or so, but she was staring at the same screen for an hour straight. An hour. I can’t do that. Must have been a terrifyingly exciting game.
I think I need some help, I need to know about the coolest apps out there. The ones that will make you happy and will make you feel really really good, you know? The special apps that make me go, ‘Oh my gosh!!! This is SOOO ridiculously GOOD! I have been waiting for this ALL MY LIFE!’ Just so you know, apps that make me go, ‘Nice…’ are good to. Just not the grocery list app.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not looking for ways to get addicted to my iPhone. That’s just ugly. And I’m not interested in staring at my phone for an hour straight. The girl needs therapy.
I already feel naked when I forget my cell at home. Forgetting my cell at home is as bad as tea without sugar and as bad as fries without mayonnaise. And don’t go all ‘ew’ on me. Fries and mayonnaise is SO good. It is super Dutch.
So (I tilt my neck to make this look super cute), pretty please tell me what to download from the App store?
January 26th, 2012 at 7:23 pm
If you like pictures you may want to look into the Instagram app. Everyone I know who has an iPhone is obsessed with it. It also won’t require you to stare at your phone for long periods of time
January 26th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Instagram is actually one of the first apps I downloaded! I LoVe it!! I just don’t have any followers because no one I know is using it!
January 26th, 2012 at 7:27 pm
Once you have your credit card set up etc? browse away! the iPhone is great for pictures and editing with apps. All my pictures are taken with it, just be sure to read the reviews first before purchase. Also, be sure it’s something you really want because before long you will be getting more and the cost DOES add up
January 26th, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Oh my gosh, yeah that’s what scares me most!! I really have to be careful with that!!! I definitely need to read the reviews
January 27th, 2012 at 12:35 am
I suggest you buy an iTunes card ‘n set your purchases within it, keeps the purchasing under a lil more control
January 27th, 2012 at 5:57 am
Aahh, why didn’t I think of that! Good one, Andy!
January 27th, 2012 at 5:58 am
You’re very welcome! it’s how >I< keep my purchases under control lol! too much good stuff on there
January 26th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
You totally got me hooked on Temple Run!! And now you’re bored with it?!
Okay some apps I totally love:
C&H lite (it’s free, yes) – you get a sadistic comic once a day. (your humor should be a bit cruel though, like mine is)
Real Racing 2 – but maybe it’s addictive, I don’t know. When I’m bored, I play. BUt it’s a fun way to use your iPhone with all it’s tilting/swiping posibility’s.
Man Bijt Hond – It’s a nice way to observe the Dutchy’s. But the audio is Dutch only. Which shouldn’t be a problem for you right?
The Smurfs – I’m addicted to my village. I need to get further, to the end, even though I’ve been playing it for about 4 months now, so don’t download this game.
January 26th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Hahaha I like temple run, but I sooooo suck at it! I really do! How ’bout you? Haha thanks for the suggestions! The racing thing sounds fuuuun!
January 27th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
The things I use most, not in order: WP, Posterous, MyFitnessPal, Evernote, Google+, Twitter (and T-related apps like Hootsuite), Pinterest, Waze, local weather (KSDK), myATT, DiscoverCard, AMEX, SparkPeople, Nike+GPS, P.D., Fitter, SleepStream 2, Silva Relax, Sephora, QVC, Amazon, TripAdvisor, Pulse News, IMDb, YouTube, FlixLab, iQueue Free, Fotolr PS, Web Albums (makes G+ web albums easier to manage), Instagram, Pandora, PlainText, LabelBox, Postagram (looooooove them!).
January 28th, 2012 at 6:55 am
Wow! I need to look them up! Thanks!!! So you are on Instagram?? Maybe we should connect on Instagram… I don’t have any followers! Poor me!
Sleepstream sounds good. Everything with ‘sleep’ in it sounds good!
Anyway thanks! *happy*
January 28th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
I loved it at first but rarely use it now — I do like it a lot, just it’s hard to find time for all my idiosyncrasies plus creativity? Oy! I’m madtante–as ever
January 27th, 2012 at 8:27 pm
…I don’t play games on mine & I was an Original iPhone gal from 2007 — that’s 5 years staring at a screen
January 28th, 2012 at 12:32 am
For a second i thought you were referring to the iPhone 1
back then that was the coolest phone out there lol
January 28th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Most people around here hadn’t a clue what I had–that’s how remote I live! Yes, back during that last Ice Age, the Original iPhone was the coolest
January 30th, 2012 at 4:50 am
It was massive, but just to wave it around out there? great feeling!
January 29th, 2012 at 6:06 am
I want one too
January 29th, 2012 at 9:03 am
Hahahaha, get one!
It’s really cool!
January 30th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Babe and I used to play a really cool game called Word Womp before the iPhone went bye-bye. And Line Jumper – I was obsessed with it.
Angry Birds is all the rave too.
What about that one where you whistle or just doo-dee-doo-doooo into it, and you can listen to people all over the world making little melodies just like you did. Cool, right?!
January 30th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Haha, wow! That last app sounds really neat! I need to find that! And yeah Angry Birds… I mean, the whole wide world is into Angry Birds, right?! Must be fun!
January 31st, 2012 at 7:05 pm
Ohhh i have a nice one! Do you like puzzling Dutch-girl? I have a terrific app for you! It’s a game that a play for several months now. But, it’s an outdoor game. You have to seek stuff that other people have hide. Sometimes, sometimes they have really really good stuff as present in it. If you find the treasure that is. But, on one condition you may take a present out and that’s replacing the gift with another one.
Already ringing a bell?
Find out here what game i mean. And f you wanna play, I’ll join ya. But, it-has-to-be-warmer-outside.
January 31st, 2012 at 7:42 pm
Haha, are you serious?? So how does that work?? Do you actually go outside to find stuff?? Sounds exciting!! So how do we do it???
January 31st, 2012 at 7:43 pm
And yeah I totally agree…let’s play it when we’re sure we’re not gonna die from walking outside when it’s freezing!