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I have a new toy phone to replace my overheated Nokia. It’s called iPhone, and I’m temporarily addicted to it. In order to make this addiction feel slightly productive, I write this post…

USEFUL APPS FOR ARCHITECTS
(once you submit Apple’s need to know everything about you and your credit card) Amounts are all USD. I haven’t tried any of these (yet) so some may be crap.

COMPASS – on the new 3G S phones by default.

SPIRIT LEVEL – guess what this does. $1

CADTOUCH – why daydream on the tram when you could be editing CAD files. $17.99

RULER Pretty simple, this is a pic of a ruler that is to scale on an iPhone. FREE

ALTITUDE Find out how high you are, if you’re not sure. Or get this for your LatLon too. $1.19

DISTANCE CAM Point your cam and the autofocus will give you a rough distance. $1.19

DISTANCE Forgotten your tape measure, hold your phone to the wall instead. Then map it if you’re feeling geeky. $1.19

FILE SHARING Use your phone as a portable drive and view PDFs, word documents etc. $2.49

SPREADSHEET View and edit XLS files. $7.99

BUSINESS CARD READER Take pics of business cards and import to your contacts. $2.49

SCANR Scan things to PDF and email or print via fax. FREE

TramTracker Know where your tram is before you see it. FREE

Posted by Peter on 24.12.09 in computing