Saturday, October 9, 2010

A+ for Apple

The iPhone4 makes me dizzy during the first week I used it. The rapidly swiping pages up and down, left and right was too fast for my eyes. I also didnt like the computer style keypads as I now sms at least 3 times slower than when I was using dictionary texting on Nokia phones.

However, besides the easy interface for FB and emails, there are a few applications which I really liked:

1. SG NextBus and SG Buses: Predicts the arrival times of buses near where you are or specific buses at an user-input location. But they are not very accurate, usually predicts longer arrival times than actual.

2. ShowNearby: Use it to find nearby ATMs, bus stops, carpark, clinic, hotel, petrol station, and even supermarkets. Can become very useful when I am in need of something urgent.

3. Gothere.sg: I like this the best.. tells you the best way to travel from A to B, the cost and time required, including peak hour traffice considerations, erp charges and waiting time. There are four methods of travelling: By Bus, MRT, Cab and Drive. Shows directions for the cabby drivers too.

4. SG malls: Good for calling up shops to check whether certain stocks are available, prevents one from making a wasted trip.

5. Shazam: Tells you the song wherever you hear it, at shopping malls, on radio, on someone's ipod in the mrt..

Besides being a bit bulky and heavy, I essentially have no complains about the phone. Camera is good and easy to use. I should not be able to get lost anytime as long as I have the iPhone.

In any case, stupid people need smart phones.

1 comment:

Ah Toot said...

have u ever tried using shownearby for bus timings? hahaha. after installing shownearby, i delete off sgbus to save space for my games!

i use that all the time la toot toot toot toot, :P

smart phone are for smart people!