.com Review This catalog of iPhone gems is an authoritative guide to the best, most useful, and most entertaining iPhone apps. Full of colorful and helpful illustrations, Best iPhone Apps gives you the lowdown on each app, with brief tips on how to use it. Best App for Sharing Your Adventures by Josh Clark Whrrl v2.0 Free; Version: 2.0.0; Pelago Turn your outing—or anything you do—into a slideshow to share with others. Whrrl bundles photos and text messages into “stories.” Friends can add to the tale from their phones, too. Anything’s fair game: Your kid’s birthday, a paintball match, a night out, a conference, whatever. Take photos, post messages, and when you’re done, sign into whrrl.com to edit your story into a slideshow to share on the Web, on Facebook, or on Twitter. Storytellers: Whrrl’s main screen shows a rundown of “featured stories”: a mix of slideshows posted by you and your friends, along with publicly shared slideshows selected for greatness by the Whrrl staff. Tap a story to see the slideshow, or start your own by tapping “Say where you are.” Announcing your location creates a new story where you post photos and messages. Location, location, location: Stories are pegged to places. If other Whrrl-toting friends are in the same place, they can join the story and add their own photos and messages. You control who can see the story as it’s happening, changing the privacy settings anytime. You might share the story with more people, for example, after you get home and edit it into shape. The story ends when everyone leaves the location. Feed me: Stories have two layouts, “feed view” and “story view.” Feed view shows the blow-by-blow events that construct the story, listing the messages, photos, arrivals, departures, and comments that float through the location as the story happens. In either view, visitors can add a comment by tapping the speech-bubble icon next to messages and photos. Tap a profile photo to see more about a person, including their stories. Story view: This is the slideshow of the event. Photos and messages are each individual slides; the effect is like a silent movie where images and dialogue weave together. The front “card” shows who was there as well as visitor comments. When you’re done making the story, the slideshow remains on the Web, and you can edit it, share it, keep it private, or toss it out. (You have to sign into whrrl.com to edit or delete your stories). Share with anyone: Friends, family, and coworkers don’t have to use Whrrl in order to see your adventures. Post stories on Facebook or Twitter while they’re in progress. (After a story is finished, you can still share it, but you have to do it from the website.) You can also have Whrrl create a photo album on Facebook for every story you create, copying your story photos automatically to your Facebook account. Read more Review I had a blast browsing through this full-color, 228-page book about the very best iPhone applications. -- Mark Frauenfelder, (Mark Frauenfelder)...a good guide to a new iPhone user or one who hasn’t yet jumped into the App Store with both feet. -- Ross Rojek, (Ross Rojek)A great help to sort through this iPhone app phenomena... -- Gregg Ellman, (Gregg Ellman) Read more See all Editorial Reviews
M**G
May be good for newbies
I was looking for a book to locate specialized apps in foreign language, human biology and anatomy and other academic topics. This was not the book. It's OK for everyday apps in areas like games(though it leaves out my favorites) and entertainment (though I come up with next to nothing for my location-people who live in places like SF or NYC would blame my location). If you're looking for general purpose apps, and you're new to the iPhone, this would be a good choice. If you've had your iPhone/iPod Touch for a while, you probably have what you want and/or know how to find it. Contrary to another review, the book does have an index, but it is woefully inadequate. It is, however, a visually attractive book. If you like looking at illustrations of iPhone screens, this is the book for you.
F**E
Good book, but a bit dated
This is a great book. It give a good description of the recommended iPhone apps and in most cases refers you to a website for more information. However, some of the material is outdated. It's not that the book is old, it's just that this information changes daily and honestly, it does not lend itself well to a book format. You are probably better off visiting the updated reviews of these kinds of apps on the MacLife or MacWorld websites. Still, if you prefer getting this sort of info from a book, you will find that 90% of the material is still valid and relevant. I don't regret the purchase, I'm just not sure I would do it the same way again.
K**E
I love apps
Anything that can make my life easier or make me more productive is a smaller amount of time gets my vote. I have downloaded several of the apps and love them. I wish he would follow up with a newletter to keep us abreast of the latest and greatest.
A**E
Review of Best IPhone Apps
Great Book for those of us who are just starting on the IPhone Journey. Since I am relatively new, I don't really have a comparison, but this book worked for me
B**B
iPhone Apps Book
Ordered this in advance and received it from Amazon. It is chock full of apps and will fit anyone's needs. I know apps change daily but this book gives you a good foundation. Well written, and easy to understand. Also gives details which helps to decide which apps to download. Recommend it. Probably boring for iphone experts but not for non-experts.
S**R
One Star
I didn't find it helpful
J**S
I really like this book
This was fun experience to explore the different apps in this book. I felt that the apps recommended were of high quality. A fun and easy read for iPhone lovers.
P**R
Best iphone Apps
You can get reviews like this for free on the internet. The book is good because you can browse the pages, however, there are very few apps to look at. Overall, it is well written and has good pictures.
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