Comments on: iPhone and iPod Touch Apps to use in Ireland

By: Pete Mahon

Pete Mahon — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:20:24 +0000

i’m new to ipod, just received one as a present. wife was trying t o upgrade my phone to iphone but was unalbe as i am account holder on bill. just wondering is there an APP which will allow me gain internet access.

By: Justin Mason

Justin Mason — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:34:45 +0000

Another great one is Dublin Buster, which is _really_ useful if you use busses in Dublin regularly, as I’ve been doing since I broke my elbow. It can discover the nearest bus stop to your current location, display the routes that go through it, and click through to the timetables. It can also display each route on a Google map. It can even path-find bus connections that travel from one location to another.

There’s another bus app, Dublin Bus, which attempts to compute guesses at when a bus might be travelling through that stop, but I haven’t had any luck getting that to come up with anything remotely resembling reality. So it’s not as useful as Dublin Buster

The Georgina Campbell “IrelandGuide” app is great for finding places to eat nearby — it’s been quite reliable for me in finding good spots I hadn’t tried before at the drop of a hat…

PatrickC’s wikipedia app was very useful when I was on holliers in Sicily and unable to use data roaming to access the site itself. However, the app’s database is *incredibly* painful to download. I’ve had to dl it twice now, and each time it’s taken a *week* of leaving the iPhone plugged in, lock turned off, data trickling in from some sluggish server over wifi. Given how expensive it is, I’m not sure I’d recommend it to be honest.

PS: If we’re not just talking about apps — as you’ve noted before in your Fluffy Links, I came up with a version of the Met.ie forecasts customised for the iPhone. That makes for a great springboard link if I say so myself.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:59:13 +0000

Hi Damien, I caught some of your interview with Dave Fanning on 2fm last night and you mentioned an app that could read barcodes and let you know if a product is available cheaper else where, can you remind me of the name of this app please?

By: Mr T

Mr T — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:36:59 +0000

No 1 should be Dessid

By: Kevin O'Regan

Kevin O'Regan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:10:05 +0000

RoadWeather shows road contitions for 52 locations around the country updated hourly by the NRA.

http://o-regan.org/2009/11/26/road-weather-see-road-conditions-on-major-routes/

http://bit.ly/roadweather (itunes link)

By: Stephen O'Reilly

Stephen O'Reilly — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:56:41 +0000

for what it’s worth i think the jelly sms app is pretty great for sending free texts on the iPhone