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Commuter Delays? iPhone Tube Refund App Pays for Itself

Londoners stuck in the tube now have a handy iPhone app to request ticket refunds.
Tube Refund, which costs $0.99, zaps off the request for riders whose journey is delayed over 15 minutes.
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Way back in 1991, just as Apple was transitioning from 68k to PowerPC chips, the braniacs at Xerox PARC were predicting it’s entire iPod, iPhone and iPad strategy. And next up for the iPad is a blackboard-sized device.
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iPhone App Arms Users With Silent Panic Button

A new app called Silent Bodyguard features a panic button that sends an SOS distress signal with GPS coordinates to potential rescuers without alerting onlookers.
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Early Apple Employees Auction Killer Collectibles

If there’s a good thing about the recession, it seems to be bringing some fine Apple memorabilia out of storerooms and closets.
Cliff and Dick Huston — ex-Apple engineers, for the record employees 27 and 25 — have decided to part with a treasure trove of Cupertino collectibles by auctioning them on eBay.

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Gallery : 10 of the Most Beautiful iPhone & iPod Touch Apps

Star Walk — $4.99

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The award winning astronomy app Star Walk combines stunning maps of the night sky with awesome images of celestial bodies and phenomena taken by some of the latest, most sophisticated satellites in the heavens to bring you a $5 educational tool second to none in its class. It’s even got an infra-red mode that makes using the app in the dark easy and fun and it’s packed with useful information and interesting extras that put the infinite mysteries of our ever expanding universe in the palm of your hand.

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13 comments

    Not Tapbots stuff in there? For shame, Mr Lazar.

    hi
    take a look at opps! artist edition!

    http://www.yellowapp.wordpress.com

    The first couple where good. The rest where pretty crap. should have reduced your list to 5.

    Very nice roundup. I’ve also been impressed with the design behind Keymote, and also iQuarium, although there are a bunch in here (Ancient Frog?) that I think are pretty visually impressive as well.

    Also, I have to tip my hat to putting more than one on a page with some nice lovely screenshots before having to click the next button to move to the next two or so apps. Much better than 10 discrete pages.

    Y O U

    H A V E

    S H I T

    T A S T E ! ! !

    @Craig – I kinda thought the Tapbots have been overdone but when you’re picking 10 out of 75 gazillion, you’re bound to leave a few good ones out.

    @Tallhah – suggestions please.

    @ut matt – yes! that opps! artist edition is way cool; thanks for the tip.

    @phoenix – thanks; trying to get the hang of the gallery thing.

    @me – you’re not very helpful and your caps lock appears to be stuck on ‘engage’.

    More desperate pleas for web page hits by breaking up an article into multiple pages. I’m not going past page one. Fix this!

    I’ll take a well-functioning UI over a pretty-looking UI any day. This is the main problem I have with too many Apple products: Eye candy takes precedence over functionality.

    Why not suggest apps that WORK WELL, rather than those which merely look good? Are you really that easily distracted by bright, shiny stuff?

    @iGenius – if you read the intro and the copy to each entry you’ll notice these apps all also do well what they purport to do. seems to me there’s not a one among the bunch that’s there just as ‘eye candy.’ when you can work well and look good doing it – then you’ve really got it going on.

    I guess the title threw me off: “Ten Shiny and Colorful Toys”, or something like that.

    Had it been entitled “Ten Useful and Well Designed Apps (that happen to Look Good Too)” I may have been more interested.

    Sorry if the look of the apps was not your main criteria. I guess I missed your real intent in selecting these apps to showcase.

    @lonnie – if you’re going to be so bold to call an article “10 of the Most Beautiful iPhone & iPod Touch Apps” and you picks exhibit your acute sense of shit taste, you’re going to get bold responses… especially ones that are capped to show everyone who reads this article your amazing lack of insight.

    I am with OlsonBW on this…nuff said

    > It’s OK you never learned the metric system, it really is

    No it’s not. It’s a sign that you’re part of a history of american cultural imperialism and ignorance.

    The rest of the world is metric. You asses should convert.

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