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tombrownzz

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#71654 14-Nov-2010 22:08

So far I have found every app I have ever wanted for the iPhone. Are there any apps you want for the iPhone that are not currently available and what are they?

Lilly

208 posts

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#404658 14-Nov-2010 22:44

Since I bought mine I've found a few but I can't remember them all now so I shall add as I remember.

Dragon Dictation

antant

115 posts

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#404669 14-Nov-2010 23:25

in terms of ones that aren't available on the NZ store ..

there's also another (perhaps similar) one that does speech to text sms - ShoutOut ... but I guess that could be an accent issue!

and i think a couple of others too ... the thing is, you don't know about them unless you happen to find them on a different site (e.g. appshouter)

BuffyNZ

241 posts

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#404699 15-Nov-2010 07:44

ASB banking App
An app that lets me see the raw NMEA from the GPS.
Minecraft app (heh)
Flash
A good sailign app that works as a log and gives you a log for each leg of a trip as well as current naval charts. Best I have found is Motion-X GPS
An app that lets me go into 'night mode' vs 'day mode'. Every night I disable notifications, disable push and turn the brightness down, then reverse the procedure each morning.

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steve98

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#404708 15-Nov-2010 08:19

A "real" TradeMe app
A MySky remote record app
Video calling via Skype that works over 3G

...Then we're good.

steve98

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#404710 15-Nov-2010 08:21

BuffyNZ:
A good sailign app that works as a log and gives you a log for each leg of a trip as well as current naval charts. Best I have found is Motion-X GPS

Have you seen Marine New Zealand from Navionics?

BuffyNZ

241 posts

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#404717 15-Nov-2010 08:52

steve98:
BuffyNZ:
A good sailign app that works as a log and gives you a log for each leg of a trip as well as current naval charts. Best I have found is Motion-X GPS

Have you seen Marine New Zealand from Navionics?

Yes, I have it, it does the charts and current location but does not give you any course or speed information.

steve98

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#404725 15-Nov-2010 09:22

Ah ok. I know squat about boating / sailing but thought I'd mention it

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mattbush

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#404734 15-Nov-2010 09:47

Lilly: Since I bought mine I've found a few but I can't remember them all now so I shall add as I remember.

Dragon Dictation

I tried to get that app as well and not allowed in NZ.

TheLastLemming

99 posts

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#406457 18-Nov-2010 21:50

I'd like a Battletech digital ccg app lol

jonherries

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#406995 20-Nov-2010 08:05

You can get a US account quite easily. Sign out of your NZ account in iTunes.

Then go to the US store and buy a free app. Tell them you want to create a new account (you need a US address and another email account).

Someone I know really well used a US hotel address.

You can buy itunes cards for the US store online.

Hope this helps.

Jon

johnr

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#406998 20-Nov-2010 08:36

ASB app

jmacg

45 posts

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#416708 13-Dec-2010 20:02

jonherries: You can get a US account quite easily. Sign out of your NZ account in iTunes.

Then go to the US store and buy a free app. Tell them you want to create a new account (you need a US address and another email account).

Someone I know really well used a US hotel address.

You can buy itunes cards for the US store online.

Hope this helps.

Jon?

What happens when you sign back into your NZ account? Will my US account-acquired Dragon Dictation remain on my iPad or get sucked off when I next sync? I'm pretty new to this, but I find the syncing thing pretty scary. More than once I've had my iBooks sucked off my iPad and haven't figured out why. I've got them back again, but i'm never comfortable when doing syncing. I down Dragon Dictate, though.

morrisk

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#416715 13-Dec-2010 20:12

No you won't lose your Dragon Dictate. I have had a copy acquired by setting up a US store account. You need to log out of the NZ store and into the US store to get any updates that come through for the apps that you get from the US store but they still sync normally and don't disappear.

manta

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#417222 14-Dec-2010 19:42

BuffyNZ:
steve98:
BuffyNZ:
A good sailign app that works as a log and gives you a log for each leg of a trip as well as current naval charts. Best I have found is Motion-X GPS

Have you seen Marine New Zealand from Navionics?

Yes, I have it, it does the charts and current location but does not give you any course or speed information.

It does whilst you're moving so I found out!

jmacg

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#417522 15-Dec-2010 10:49

morrisk: No you won't lose your Dragon Dictate. I have had a copy acquired by setting up a US store account. You need to log out of the NZ store and into the US store to get any updates that come through for the apps that you get from the US store but they still sync normally and don't disappear.

Thanks for your comments.

I've since come across a nice how-to for this at Iphone World: http://www.iphoneworld.ca/iphone-guides/2009/02/22/how-to-create-a-us-itunes-store-account-from-outside-the-us-without-a-credit-card/

Haven't tried it myself yet, but hope to this weekend.