Posts tagged ‘ipod touch’

As far as my experience with the iPod and Iphone goes, I have been inspired to put up a list of my favorite apps on the Apple store, basically for the Iphone and Ipod touch models.

Let’s start with the best paid apps practically suited for my needs as a computer programmer particularly on web development.

1. Touch Term Pro

This is the best Ipod Touch/Iphone App when you talked about SSH client. The interface is really good and it allows you to customize alot of stuff. One prominent feature of this app is the ability to store ssh accounts, so you don’t need to enter username and password over and over again everytime you connect to an SSH server. Also, one important feature is the ability of this app to detect hand gestures. For example you can increase the font size of the console by doing the tap and swipe gesture or you can activate the additional keyboard keys such as the function keys by tapping 3 times on the left edge of the screen. What you can do normally with your desktop ssh client can be mostly done on this cool Ipod Touch/Iphone App. Be warned though that this may cost a bit higher compared to other similar iPhone apps. This costs around 8USD to 9USD as of this writing. So, for those geeks out there who want to access remote boxes even they’re not home, this app is worth checking.

2. Ftpdisc

This is by far the best iPhone/Ipod touch for transferring files between your computer to your iPod/iPhone. You must have a client FTP on your desktop or laptop such as WinSCP in order for you to upload and download files to or from your Ipod/Iphone.

3. Documents

This is somehow an efficient mobile document editor. This Ipod touch/Iphone app is best for creating or editing documents such as text files and excel files. This is worth a try.

4. FTP on the Go

This is a sophisticated iPhone/iPod version of a full-blown FTP client. Take note, a “full-blown” FTP client. There are lots of features that you can check with this app. This costs around 7USD as of this writing, kinda expensive though.

To be continued..

Recently, a friend of mine tried using the Google Adwords interface on my Ipod touch 3G 8gig. He was on the verge of deciding whether he’d buy an Ipod Touch for his own use, particularly for his Adwords campaign. It was a revealing moment and we were excited as the Google Adwords dashboard was starting to render, and everything was still fine. Unfortunately, when he tried to view a particular campaign, suddenly, the Safari browser of the Ipod touch crashed. We were curious about what happened and we even tried to fire up Safari browser again and visited the Google Adwords site, yet, it seemed Safari couldn’t cope with the over-bloated Google Adwords page. We came into conclusion that this could be a bug in the Ipod Touch’s version of Safari. It could be some memory-leaks or merely due to system requirements of the Google Adwords interface. Well, I guess, time can tell or Apple can tell what could be the possible reason.