For Christmas this year I got an Apple iPod Touch. This device, I have recently realized, is much more capable and versitile than I originally thought. It boggles me my people don't pay the extra money to upgrade from a Nano to an iTouch. Since it is a 2G Apple iPod Touch, you cannot jailbreak it...yet. So with that, I am forced to download from the App Store and choose from the assortment of free Apps since I don't usually like paying for things I don't have to.
Sudoku
I'm a big fan of Sudoku and I hate erasing my notes and it really gets messy. So with this App, you can play Sudoku with "Smart Notes" which automatically get erased when you can no longer put that number there.
As you can see it also gives you the option of putting numbers in red when they are wrong. This is the best Sudoku App you can get and it's free. It's gotten me interested in Sudoku once again and you usually can't keep me off of this.
Big Oven
What to cook is always a big question but with over 160 000 recipes located on this database you'll never go hungry again. Shake your Touch or iPhone and it will give you a random recipe or enter some keywords into the search engine and you will get a bunch of different recipes. Having a huge recipe book in the palm of your hands is great.
Topple
This is one of the largest downloaded games on the AppStore because it is fun, challenging, and has a creative twist on Tetris. I personally haven't gotten past the 5th level but it still is fun to try. There are challenges and regular levels for you to play and it definitely doesn't seem like a free app to me.
TapDefense
This game is absolutely amazing. You can play without going online and it is just like the games developed on online sites like Flash Element TD and Canyon Defense on Miniclip. This game is much more challenging than these two and it will provide hours of entertainment. I do believe though it drains a bit more battery than normal but it's well worth it.
AroundMe/Where
These two apps are very closely related and I just can't seem to decide which one is better. They both basically as they seem, are apps that tell you what is around you such as gas stations, restaurants, and other things. It can be fully taken advantage of with the iPhone but it definitely has its uses. I find the Where app has more unique things whereas AroundMe is more traditional.
Honourable Mention: OntheGo
This app tells you the gas prices for the places in your area. It uses the database of gasbuddy.com to populate the numbers for gas price. This tool is definitely handy when you are just about to go out. Again, it's even better with a data plan for the iPhone so you can access it all the time and "on the go".
