Posts Tagged Photos
iPhone Apps I Cannot Live Without
iLove iPhone – despite some of its limitations. It is not only the gorgeous interface and the reliable performance I like, but it’s also about the apps which add functionality to the device. The App Store has been a great succeess, with over 25000 apps and over 800 million downloads since its launch in July 2008.

I have about 80 apps on my iPhone. While I use many of these applications on-and-off, there are some which I use daily. These are apps that I love and I would dump the iPhone if these apps were not there!
So, here’s my list:
- ReQall: This is my favorite app for setting reminders and getting things done. ReQall trumps in providing a dead-simple way of adding reminders from the phone – voice. It lets you add reminders by voice by recording a message within the app and ReQall transcribes it for you. It sends back reminders in the form of emails and SMS. They even have some great pro features now. And, did I forget to mention that they have a great “Memory Jog” feature.
- Evernote: Again, a top-notch app. It is a simple note-taking application which takes notes in the form of text, voice and pictures. The great things is that is supports optical character recognition. So, you can search for text right inside the pictures! The package is complete with all the various access options that Evernote provides – it is easily accessible from the web, desktop app and the iPhone app – all in sync. There are many note-taking apps, but none like evernote.
- Nimbuzz: If you are not my grandpa’s grandpa, I would assume you use IM (Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN etc.). Nimbuzz provides an extremely comprehensive IM suite with support for all major IM services, VoIP over wifi and “dial-up VoIP over 3G”.
- Shozu: If you are a shutterbug like me, you have the need to click and post. Shozu releases the pictures on the phone and can upload to multiple websites like Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, Twitpic, Smugmug, Photobucket etc.
- Facebook: Needless to explain!
- Twitterfon: If you are a twit-addict and don’t want to dole out a couple of dollars for a paid app, this is the one for you. Great interface. Great functionality. It supports retweeting, opening of links, follow / unfollow, twitter search, viewing of trending topics and searching of twitter users by location. It also has a great little bookmarklet for the iPhone Safari browser which lets you post links from Safari.
- Brightkite: I use this as an “add-on” twitter app. I use this to share interesting places, restaurants, bars or simply my location with my friends. It detects your location and can post a link to your twitter / facebook about your location on a map, with details about the place you are at.
- Bloomberg: This is my news app of choice. Despite the fact that I love Google Reader for the iPhone, Bloomberg does a great job with business news. You can customize the news section and also take a look at leading indices, stocks, bonds, currencies etc. The app is slick and fast.
- Wikiamo: This simple app lets me search and browse through Wikipedia in a format that’s friendly for the iPhone screen. A must-have.
- Zyb Sync: If you are always worried about losing your contacts in case your phone is lost or gets “bricked”, this is the app for you. Zyb is a great app that can backup your contacts on the Zyb website. You can even edit your contacts on their website and sync back. Zyb was bought over by Vodafone and should be a very reliable service.
A lot of these would change with the launch of iPhone OS 3.0 and its various features. I am waiting patiently for a brand new lineup of apps this summer. What are your current favorite iPhone apps?
2 comments March 26, 2009
2008: Top Photos
2008 was good from me from a “clicking” perspective. Here’s a collage of some of my favourite shots.
For more, do check out my Flickr page. And if you feel like, drop in a line!
Add comment January 1, 2009
2008 Round-up: Most Popular Posts
Wow! Was that 2008 that just zipped past me!! Time flies.
It has been an eventful year for me. I got promoted. I left my job at Gallup India. I got married. Yay! I had a wonderful vacation in Thailand. Yay, Yay!! I joined Towers Perrin in Sing a pore. I went about Singapore. And so on.
Meanwhile, a lot of posts on this blog got quite popular. And, I thought it will be a good idea to do a quick round-up of the various things I wrote about in 2008.
- The concept of “Micro-Boredom” and how the mobile phone has become my saviour.
- My wishlist from the grand-daddy of internet – Google.
- The business case for Employee Engagement. This post got a lot of attention and was eventually published on the front page of Deccan Herald’s Career Supplement DH Avenues.
- I got myself an iPhone 3G and wondered if it is “smart-phone” enough. Subsequent fixes from Apple have resolved some of my issues with the almighty phone.
- I borrowed from some research by my company to think about “deal-structuring” for employees or how we could maximize employee RoI from their relationship with organizations.
- 2008 was the year of economic ‘pain’. I mused about how we could manage differently.
- I am bowled over by the wonderful system of ‘incentives’ in Singapore. But, why are restaurant staff here not incentivized enough to provide great service to customers?
- I became a fan of TED. Fascinating stuff. Kevin Kelly impressed with his talk on the next 5000 days of the web.
- Mumbai will not forget 2008 so easily. Neither will I. I blabbered as Mumbai took the bullets.
- I started thinking about simplifying the interfaces of enterprise applications. I think this is a big big opportunity.
- I stumbled upon an idea to convert the employee benefits system into a ‘marketplace for benefits’. I have completely given up on looking at traditional system thinking on solving this critical problem that so many organizations face. An innovative and experimental approach is more likely to lead to a solution. I am looking for organizations who would like to partner with me on such an experiment.
And, if you think, I have bored you enough with this serious stuff, go straight to my alternate blog at Tumblr to enjoy some really cool pictures, videos, quotes and fun stuff. Or meet the shutter-bug in me at Flickr. Or, just head straight to my FriendFeed page to get a snapshot of all my online activity and networks.
2 comments December 25, 2008
Shot!
IMG_0386, originally uploaded by Aham Yatri.
I clicked this in a botanical garden in Bangalore on a refreshing Sunday morning.
Add comment January 24, 2008
Stunning!
lufthansa light, originally uploaded by rockstro.
Hope to see something as stunning on one of my air-borne travails
Add comment September 30, 2006
Tea Estate in Annamallai
P9190089, originally uploaded by mittalabhishek05.
Add comment September 23, 2006
On the way to Annamallai
P9180083, originally uploaded by mittalabhishek05.
A very scenic journey from Coimbatore to Annamallai
2 comments September 23, 2006
Belly dancer
Belly dancer, originally uploaded by mittalabhishek05.
Vigourous belly-dance after the desert safari in Dubai.
1 comment September 23, 2006
Sunset in the desert
Sunset in the desert, originally uploaded by mittalabhishek05.
Sunset, as viewed from a desert outside Dubai.
Add comment September 23, 2006
Need a break!
Originally uploaded by flopper.
Have been extremely busy this week….even the weekend hasn’t started for me despite hitting Saturday afternoon. Only wish I could relax and stretch out like this guy…
2 comments August 12, 2006












