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iPhone apps: BrainBaths, Ember, Police Scanner

updated 08:40 pm EDT, Tue March 10, 2009

Human Weather, Frugal

  • BrainBaths ($1) contains a series of sound files that are intended to tune a listeners brain into states of relaxation, focus and peak performance. The application is meant to be used with stereo headphones as the sounds files have been recorded in a way that supposedly reproduces the way humans hear. Some of the options of sound files includes: Crickets, Fireworks, Jungle, Waterfall and Waves.

  • Ember ($10) allows users to access Campfire group chat rooms from their iPhone or iPod touch. Users can join and toggle between chat rooms, view shared files and collaborate all while on the go. Ember includes support for inline display of several popular file formats such as Excel, Word and Powerpoint.

  • Police Scanner ($2) is a tool for locating and listening in on police dispatch frequencies. Over 500 EMS operations stream their dispatch communications on the Internet. Police Scanner uses the location-aware technology in the iPhone to locate streams near them which can then be selected and used to stay informed. The application currently has just over 500 city and country broadcasts in its system but more are being added daily and users can submit additional streams via an email to the company.

  • Human Weather (free) is a weather application that includes features that allow users to post their own thoughts and opinions. Users can view weather reports and then leave messages with there personal thoughts on the weather and suggest proper attire for others. The application will then post this data and provide the data for people in the same geographic area.

  • Frugal ($2) is a tool that compares grocery prices hopefully allowing users to find the best deals while shopping. Users can enter an items price and quantity and the application then compares the price of each item per unit to determine the better value. Frugal includes support for both imperial and metric units for comparing items weight, volume and length.

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    There their

    03/11, 08:45am reply

    grammar lesson would be a good app. iPodNN could use it to learn the diff between there, their and they're.

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    Programs mixed up!

    03/11, 12:19pm reply

    Somebody got their programs mixed up! Frugal Family is $2, and, from what I can see, all it does is give a bunch of tips on being green and saving energy, which I didn't need to spend $2 to figure out. Frugal (not Frugal Family) is $.99, and that's the program that allows one to compare grocery prices! I shouldn't have just downloaded it based on this article, but I would think someone would check this before they post what they're "reviewing."

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