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iPod touch What Apps are you hoping for?

It'll never happen, but I'd love some console emulators without having to JB
 
I think a Spanish-English dictionary would be great

What do you guys think of a flashcard app? Write out notes on your computer (or on touch/iPhone) and be able to use different fonts and colors, maybe copy and paste graphics (diagrams, etc), swipe your finger across the screen to "flip" to the other side of the flashcard...
 
Improvement all around!

I see this as the number one issue. That is improve/fix/debug the apps that are already there. This can mean simple things like horizontal keyboard support to a vastly improved feature set in Mail. I just want the core to be a bit faster and a lot more stable. Lastly syncing could use some improvements.

In any event:
1
Beyond that a To Do system integrated with a Mac application.
2
Developer acceptance - I got ideas for Apps I'd like to get on line with AppStore.
3
Apple needs to fall off the horse that says no interpreters. I'd like to see a Mac Ruby or Mac Python interpreter with a bias towards Python. The approach would be to tie it to and IDE of some sort to form an execution environment.
4
Web server. This of course has to run in background. It does provide an alternative method of delivering small user apps. With Apples improvements to Java Script it might make a reasonable alternative to Python.
5
An old school terminal emulator. This is something Apple should be supporting honestly.
6
Mah-jong. Especially if the guys that wrote Gnome Mah-jong could port it over. Make it multi player compatible/capable to boot.
7
A movie theatre app. That is something that keeps itself up to date with respect to what the local movie theatres are playing. The big problem here is that background apps don't seem to make Apple happy and the times I'm most likely to want to use the data I'm not near a wifi connection. This brings me to my biggest grip about version 2 software, background apps are key to making portable hardware really shine.
8
Same thing here with a stock tracking app. It would be great if it could run in back ground and make intelligent notifications in the foreground. Hopefully Apple will correct this limitation.
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The list here could be endless. I consider this a good platform for many things done on a laptop and just as many people would never do on a laptop.

Thanks
Dave
 
  • Leopard's dictionary (Including the Jp/Eng translator). Since the iPhone is being launched in Japan, it would be incredibly stupid not to include this app, or at least allow people to buy it: combine a phone, ipod and an electronic dictionary.
  • I hope we see a lot of development from the Japanese community, with lots of cool games, but also language learning tools that can be bought for the DS.
  • Ebook Reader!
  • Text Editor.
 
peapody said:
Is there a google talk one yet? Would like that and one for AIM.

I dunno, I just got my touch, so I am new to the worlds of 3rd party apps.
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Yeah, Google recently made a Web App for Google Talk, so you can use that right away. Also, the AIM one is going to be a free download at the launch of the App Store, so yeah, you got both Google Talk and AIM on your iPod.
 
When it comes down to it, I need to have replacements for a few specific things on my 1.1.4 unlocked touch, whether it comes through official apps or through other means... - VoIP. I already use my touch (+ a mic) somewhat for this, and in a little over a month I'm ditching my cell while I'm 1/2 way around the world for a semester, so this would be one of the easiest ways for me to stay in touch on the cheap. - A translation dictionary for Japanese and English. There's an app I have that has been a savior too many times for me to just abandon it without a sufficient replacement. - An app (or way) to sync my touch calendar with Google calendars. There are a bunch of other things I could ask for, (I have ~35 unofficial apps right now) but as long as I have those three somehow accessible, I can easily exchange the losses for the gains of the app store, and some of the random new features. (one specific change/addition in how the iPod handles kanji, and I might just take the 2.0 update without those above apps)
 
anti-microsoft said:
Mine in no order at all:

1. Adium
2. Super Monkey Ball
3. Car Racing Game
4. Chess
5. Tetris
6. iTunes Remote
7. Firefox
8. Bejeweled
9. Office:touch '08:rolleyes:
10. Blogging App
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I definitely would love Adium as well - one of my all-time favourite Mac apps!
 
anti-microsoft said:
Mine in no order at all:

1. Adium
2. Super Monkey Ball
3. Car Racing Game
4. Chess
5. Tetris
6. iTunes Remote
7. Firefox
8. Bejeweled
9. Office:touch '08:rolleyes:
10. Blogging App
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Super Monkey Ball and the iTunes Remote are both confirmed, and both should be available on launch day.
 
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