Utilities

Developer: Gary Fung
Category: Utilities
Version: 1.0
Released Date: July 24, 2009
Size: 2.0 MB
Price: Free
Rating 10/10

It is very frustrating when your iPhone starts running slowly or crashes, and it usually happens when you're doing something important which uses a lot of memory. This is especially true for owners of 2G and 3G models. Recently the app Free Memory was pulled from the App Store, the decision was completely made by Apple and had nothing to do with the developer, iStat. There's a jailbreak app that frees up some memory, but if you are not using a jailbroken phone you are out of luck, and stuck with re-starts and re-springs to speed up your phone, which takes a while. There is a great app available to speed your phone up in a jiffy.

Developer: TapFactory
Category: Utilities
Version: 2.0
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Size: 4.6 MB
Price: $0.99
Rating: 10/10

My desk is covered in Post-Its. There are Post-Its covering every inch of space on the body of my iMac. If my MacBook stays still long enough it gathers Post-Its like moss. Both my iMac and MacBook screens are buried in Stickies at least three layers deep. I keep a pad of Post-Its next to my bed. They are stuck on my bedroom mirror and in my bathroom. On my fishtank. I'd put them on my dog if they'd stick. There are forests in the North West that I have consumed and turned into meaningless notes.

Developer: Max Meier/Alarmed Publishing
Category: Utilities/Lifestyle
Version: 1.0.1
Release Date: May 4, 2009
Size: 0.2 MB
Price: $0.99
Rating: Totally Helpful Bro

I'm back! I haven't done anything about the app idea I told you about back in the iPot review, but I did do some totally cool art of what the big burning fatty could look like, right on the bottom of my longboard, with sharpies and a paint pen. It looks really cool. I didn't move to the Bay Area yet either, but I did become a fan on Facebook of 17 different "dispensaries" out there in Cali. I also learned that here in Roslindale the KB was recently de-criminalized, and that under an o-z is totally copacetic with the cops. I guess if I voted I'd already know that. My bro Scratchy Steve-ee got pulled over on his bike for running a red light and all he got was a citation to show up and pay a fine. Whoa! That's so cool! He even framed the citation and hung it on his wall, plus he took a picture with his iPhone of himself and the cop smiling and flashing peace signs and emailed it to everyone!
 

Developer: Sudobility
Category: Utilities
Version: 1.1.1
Release Date: August 8, 2009
Size: 0.2 MB
Price: Free
Rating 10/10

Do AT+T executives use Verizon and T-Mobile the same way that Ford and Chevy executives drive BMW and Mercedes Benz? Is the 3G Network just like fairies; if you believe in it hard enough then it's real?

While Signals can't answer either of the above questions, it can give you absolute, hard data on the signal strength of the AT+T network that surrounds you.  Depending on wether you are a glass is half empty or a glass is half full person, the data can either be heartening or completely depressing. Either way, it will eliminate all guesswork from trying to find the best signal strengths, you will always know where you will and won't drop out.

Developer: Flicck
Category: Utilities
Version: 1.0
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Size: 1.6 MB
Price: $0.99
Rating 5/10

Those of you feeling bored with or limited by the iPhone's "Favorites" list will appreciate Dial 9, a graphical replacement for calling, texting, or emailing your most frequently used contacts. Dial 9 puts a photo of your contacts on a colorful screen, so calling them is as simple as tapping their photo.

When you tap the photo of your contact, a menu pops up, giving you the option to call, send an SMS or an email, view their contact information, change their photo, or show a map of their address. You can have up to nine contacts per page (hence the name of the app), and up to ten pages, for a potential total of 90 contacts. You can change the background of the application screen by page, from electric blue to corinthian leather, so that you can differentiate your drinking buddies from your church choir, for example.