Apps for iphone (& other smartphones)

[elma]

got myself a new toy, an iphone 4 can anyone recommend bushcraft related apps

Ian

[Zeph]

Animated knots

http://www.animatedknots.com/index.p...matedknots.com

[Shewie]

Star Walk
http://iphoneapplicationlist.com/200...in-your-palms/

Tree ID
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/treei...330025326?mt=8

Funghi ID
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_a...-app_gffj.html

Memory Map
http://www.memory-map.co.uk/iphone/

This thread's going to upset me as work won't let us install any apps on our company iphones

[lostplanet]

Free National Trust App
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/natio...360792792?mt=8

B and B guide if you are travelling around,
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/aa-be...377191082?mt=8

MetOffice weather app
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporat...20100201b.html

Google earth mobile app
http://www.google.com/mobile/earth/

Moon phase App not free but good I think.
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/moonp...287526650?mt=8

[Gailainne]

SAS survivial guide

Grog Knots

Ifirstaid

iplant

birdguide

Treedid

Xcweather

[lostplanet]

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/con...ds-bushcraftuk

You can download all these great PDF's to IBooks as well

[lostplanet]

Double post

[CaptainBeaky]

OS Maps
Apparently I need 10 characters

[elma]

Thanks guys there's a lot here for me to get stuck in to

Ian

[_mark_]

Gridpoint GB

[elma]

my iphone is turning into a pocket library, I think I'll change my signiture to
know more carry less or stick it on an iphone

[xairbourne]

check out ipoo...well it has a map on it not saying anymore than that.

[Fin]

Mods,

There's a huge amount of info out there - not just for iPhone but for the Android OS as well - if the title of this thread could be modified to reflect all smartphone apps then this should be a sticky!

[dave53]

hi all i got an iphone3gs 16 gig last saturday and it broke saturday night so on sunday those nice people at apple gave me a new on and evan downloaded all the stuff that was put on it by me and today i put the sas survival app on it regards dave

[johnnytheboy]

Goose calls for goose shooting, what an app!!!!

[Adze]

Bah... that's nothing! There's an Android app which turns the phone into a whoopee cushion... another which is a train horn, the uses you can put just those two to (chew chew, toot toot etc.) are almost impossible to list!

[Scouter]

"google sky maps" FREE on android

[MSkiba]

Can anyone recommend some apps for blakcberry's?

[Pandabean]

Finally getting my android smartphone tomorrow after a bight of a fight with a company. Long story.

So just wanted to see what else is out there for android or if we could get a list in one post?

[Woodcutter]

For Android users I would suggest a "where to buy an iphone app"

[Adze]

Why would they trade down?

[3bears]

just made the jump from iphone to android, and I'm not looking back!

[Pandabean]

Yay, welcome 3bears.

There are two good apps that I have found, well more games than apps. Angry Birds & alchemy.

As for any other bushy apps I have found google night sky to be good when the gps is working. Other than that its a case of downloading PDFs from here or the web.

[Minotaur]

For Android users I would suggest a "where to buy an iphone app"

Why would they trade down?

ROFL

My personel favorite - All Mathew Wright has done all week is slag his off. A tip any one having trouble with the alarm it is Daylight Saving Time has screwed your phone.

[Ray Britton]

For Iphone

Don't forget the youtube app already included, for all the bushcraft videos you could ever want lol
First aid lite
ecompass (this can be very useful)
Met office
MoonMapLite
3Dcompass
TreesUK
SAS Survival
BirdsUK
BirdGuide
TreeID
Starmap
Memory Map (full GPS)
Fungi
National Trust
Traffic Eye (you have to get where you are going lol)
Wikihood (useful for all sorts of things)
Tankscope (for when you are bored)

Plus all the usual books, programmes and films from Itunes, and don't forget to add an online banking app, for general checking, bill paying and transfers.
If you work shifts, then there are shift apps, so you can easily figure out when you will be free to get outdoors.

Edited to add: If you are thinking of buying a smart phone, and are not sure whether to go android or Iphone, here are a few things to consider.

Iphones are likely to always have more connection options, and most docks in stores will be for iphones, as will dedicated chargers/docks on trains/ships/cars. Iphones will always have the most accessories, and these will be in more shops than other smart phone accesories. Iphones do a lot of things averagely well, but have a short battery life (as they have a very versatile but power hungry LCD screen)

Android phones, will have less dock/connections (as there are so many of them to cater for V 1 x Iphone dock). They have lots of apps, BUT many people all over the world find they can only buy a limited amount of apps for their android phone, before being blocked from further purchases. This is not a problem in the USA, and so their app designers are not putting pressure in to fix the problem (this is reflected on the relatively tiny amount of apps sold for android phones (as in small numbers per app)). On the plus side, although android phones have less versatile screens, this also means that they use a lot less power (much less) than an Iphone, so this is good for outdoor types. Android phones are also very much quicker to load and operate than Iphones. For example, and average Iphone 3Gs can take 19 seconds to load its 'app store' app, while an average android phone can do the same in less than one second. That is a major difference in operating speed! Andoid phones will often have a better signal in any given area than an average IPhone. Another example (on the same network) is a valley that I often go to, where I have no signal, while my son (on an android) not only has phone signal, but can log onto the net too.

I say all this as an Iphone user (it is better for me for work connectivity purposes), while also having a son (an android user) who designs apps for both Iphone and android markets.

[dave53]

hi ray you say your son designs apps for android does he know what happened to the dark keys app as when i was using my g1 phone every so often they would send you a system update i updated the system and lost the dark keys app it gave you the ability to turn the backlight of the keyboard off regards dave

[Ray Britton]

dave53

PM sent

[Adze]

On the plus side, although android phones have less versatile screens

I don't have this problem with my HTC Desire. Better than a 3Gs by a country mile and the only appreciable difference between it and the iPhone 4 appears to be the inability to use it in direct sunlight... which might require you to "turn around" to see the screen. There's no Android app for this yet apparently, which iPhone users claim as a milestone success over Android

...this also means that they use a lot less power (much less) than an Iphone, so this is good for outdoor types.

Mine uses a full battery with moderate use in about 12 hours. You can smoke a full charge in 7 hours without trying too hard and the worst I've had was just under 6 hours with consistently heavy use. It is slightly better than a 3Gs but not enough to shout about to be honest as it's also slightly heavier. There just isn't a big enough difference, in terms of battery life at least, to really call it between either one. I've not had a play with the iPhone 4 yet, so won't comment. Suffice to say the non-removable memory is flaw enough to kill the idea of an iPhone for me.

Android phones are also very much quicker to load and operate than Iphones. For example, and average Iphone 3Gs can take 19 seconds to load its 'app store' app, while an average android phone can do the same in less than one second. That is a major difference in operating speed! Andoid phones will often have a better signal in any given area than an average IPhone. Another example (on the same network) is a valley that I often go to, where I have no signal, while my son (on an android) not only has phone signal, but can log onto the net too.

The seamless integration of your Google account into Android for both contacts and calendar absolutely transforms the user experience. An Android phone without a Google account, even if it's just for the calendar and contacts alone, forgetting Gmail, maps and all the other good stuff, is seriously missing out. My calendar items sync with my desktop mail client in less time than it takes to dial a phone number - it's so close to instant it's indecent. IMAP integration seems better with Android on the Desire than the iPhone too.

There's a lot of hype about app numbers - 300,000+ for the iPhone but only 90,000 odd for Android.

There's a limit to how many useful apps can be developed and how many versions of the same app can realistically be called different. There are at least 6 different die rolling apps for Android which do almost exactly the same thing but with slightly different bells and/or whistles. The same is true of the iPhone. Need an app to tell you how much you should tip your waitress? You'll need an app to go to the toilet next FPS!

If 1% of apps are actually and genuinely useful I'd be very surprised. Certainly it's not been my experience with Android to date, nor that of friends who have iPhones. The majority remain gimmicky and 'fun for a bit' at best - a good example would be my brother in law, who is an exceptional pianist and owns an iPhone and is an incredible Apple phanboi. He doesn't, however, use the iPhone piano keyboard app, he uses a piano.

That said, there are some exceedingly good apps but 300k? Even 90k? Nah... pull the other one

Cheers,

[mart]

View Ranger is good.

http://www.viewranger.com/iphone/

[treefrog]

Star Walk
iBBQ
sMidge Forecast
Peaks
Navfree