Killer iPod Touch Apps

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I have decided that an iPod touch could replace my iPod Nano and my Palm Zire 31. It would also allow for me to check my college email account via the web. With the addition of Mail.app I could also check my Yahoo and Gmail accounts as well.

I decided, however, that I must wait until the SDK comes out. I am doing this for a few reasons:

  • Practice waiting. I feel that as a person I am far too impatient with my expensive purchases.
  • Pay off current debt. I need to save up a bit of money first.
  • When the SDK comes out there are going to be some killer apps that I’ll be able to use.

When I have my iPod, I need to be able to do a few things with it, mainly check my calendar, change and add events, as well as add and check off To-Do list items. Until I have this functionality it can’t replace my Zire and it useless to me. I am not sure if the recent software update has fixed these requests, but I’m sure it won’t be long before it works.

What I’m really excited for, however, are the new apps that 3rd party developers start creating. Here’s what I think would be cool. I know some of these already exist, but I’m mentioning them because I’d like to use them when I get my iPod.

  • Skype  App. Turn your iPod Touch into a VOIP phone. I already have $10 toward my Skype account, on the days I forget my cell phone I can still call people. Also the voice over internet chatting is free, so yippee for that!
  • Adium App. If someone could get Adium running on an iPhone that would be sweet.
  • IRC client. I know this one exists.
  • Twitter Client. This one must exist.
  • VNC App. Don’t think this one will happen any time soon, but wouldn’t it be cool to VNC to your computer if you needed access to a file?
  •  Alternative web browsers? How long will it take before FireFox is running on the iPod Touch?

I’m really hoping that the iPod touch will be able to be my computer away from my computer. Right now my Zire is doing a great job syncing up, (it wasn’t a few months back.) But the lack of internet and mail is really the killer. We’ll see in a month when I have my new toy.

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