Comments on: First and Last iPhone Apps http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:58:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Thomas http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21871 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:16:03 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21871 In reply to sysrage.

Thanks!

]]> By: sysrage http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21870 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:08:01 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21870 Just gotta post about how awesome the picture for this story is. Cute cat.

]]> By: Thomas http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21816 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:25:05 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21816 Noticing a pattern there..

]]> By: DoubleAron http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21815 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:23:20 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21815 Mail then Reeder in the AM. Mail then Reeder in the PM.

]]> By: Thomas http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21813 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:33:04 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21813 In reply to bghuna.

Now which one do you use? Live or Media? $5 diff between the two…

]]> By: bghuna http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21811 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:27:31 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21811 In reply to Raketemensch.

I love Orb too: I listen to book-on-CD's that I've burned as mp3s from my home station. It does "drop" a lengthy audio if on 3G instead of Wifi though…

]]> By: Arnie Weinstein http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21810 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:42:42 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21810 Mail, & Twitter in the AM. Arcade Bowling or Traffic Rush at night

]]> By: Thomas http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21795 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:54:06 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21795 In reply to Raketemensch.

Hey, that's a great point — I should really get back on the Orbit bandwagon. Danke Raketemensch!

]]> By: Raketemensch http://isource.com/2010/04/02/first-and-last-iphone-apps/#comment-21794 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:43:24 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=16132#comment-21794 I have two apps that finish out my day every day.

90% of the time I fall asleep watching video on Orb. I have a fileserver in the basement full of tv shows and movies, and Orb transcodes them all for my iPhone. Basically, this way I can watch TV or a movie every night without disturbing my wife. Just plug one earphone in, set up the phone on my MovieWedge, and drift off.

My main problem with this is that a recent upgrade of the Orb client for the iPhone allows for playing an entire folder of video. This is a nice feature, but I wish I could turn it off, because if I'm watching one episode of The Office from season 5 to fall asleep, I often wake up to a dead battery in the morning. Which brings me to the other app I use:

ooTunes. There are tons of internet radio applications out there, but ooTunes is by far my favorite, largely because it has a sleep timer. I just tune in to an internet radio station (usually standup comedy), set the thing to shut down in 90 minutes, and relax until I'm dreaming.

The ooTunes developer is also working on a transcoding server like Orb's, however at the moment the video transcoding is somewhat sketchy.

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