Robert Scoble iPhone 4 home screen

My iPhone 4 home screen, originally uploaded by Robert Scoble.

Já alguma vez tivemos tantas aplicações instaladas nos nossos telefones?

O Sr. Robert Scoble, não é o melhor exemplo em termos de razoabilidade na questão da quantidade de aplicações instaladas, neste caso no seu iPhone.

Senão vejam:

1. Social

• Buzz (Web). Google Buzz, I love that social network.
• Twitter. The official Twitter app. I find I use this more than others. Originally Tweetie.
• Facebook. The official Facebook app.
• LinkedIn. The official LinkedIn app.
• Scobleizer. Did you know I have an app? Mobile Roadie created this for me and it’s great.
• Gist. Great for tracking your favorite contacts.
• HootSuiteLite. Aimed at corporate Twitterers. Still trying to fit this one into my usage.
• Summizer. A Twitter search app. I don’t use it much since those features are built into other apps.
• Twitterrific. I mostly got this for the iPad since most of the Twitter apps haven’t been ported to the iPad yet.
• Buzzie. An app for reading Google Buzz. I find I just usually use the Web page above, though.
• Seesmic. Lets you post to a bunch of different social networks. That’s why I keep using it.
• TweetDeck. I used to use this more before Tweetie, er, Twitter came out with an official app.

2. Utilities

• Settings (Apple)
• Compass (Apple)
• Calculator (Apple)
• Clock (Apple)
• Google Voice (Web, but very well done)
• LogMeIn, lets me log into my home computers and control them, I mostly use this on my iPad.
• textPlus, I don’t use this much, gotta play with it.
• Weather (Apple)
• Flashlight, turns your iPhone 4’s flash into a flashlight.
• appsfire, syncs my apps and lets my friends compare which ones I have with which ones they have.

3. News

• NPR News
• CNN
• SkyGrid, great aggregator of news. Use it a lot to read mainstream news.
• NYTimes
• Huff Post
• BBC News
• TUAW
• Memeorandum (Web)
• Google News (Web)
• Digg
• Techmeme (Web)
• Hacker News (Web)

4. Travel

• TripIt, my most-used travel app, tracks my flights, hotels, rental cars, and more. Very useful.
• WorldMate, playing with this to see how it compares to TripIt.
• Layar, augmented reality app for finding stuff in strange places.
• TripAdvisor, we love their community and found where to stay on vacation with this.
• Kayak Pro, my favorite way to buy flights.
• TripTik (AAA). Playing with this, but Google Maps seems to be how we got around on our road trip.
• TripTracker, another competitor to TripIt.
• Expedia, buy travel stuff, airlines, hotels, etc.
• TripDeck
• GateGuru
• Roadside (AAA)
• FlightTrack

5. Maps

• Maps (Apple)
• waze, I use this to show other drivers what’s going on on the road. Cops, accidents, etc.
• Trapster, see where the cops are hanging out.
• Goby, find stuff to do near you.
• AroundMe, find stuff near you, like restaurants, hospitals, gas stations, etc.
• Google Earth
• UpNext, cool 3D maps of some cities.
• Find iPhone (Apple, find your iPhone if you use MobileMe, useful if you lose your iPhone or it gets stolen)
• ifFoundPlus (message to people who find your iPhone)
• junaio (Augmented reality app, cool, but still trying to figure out how it fits in my life)

6. Food

• Foodspotting (see pictures of food near you, great way to find new restaurants).
• fiddme (I love sharing great food on this with other foodies)
• Yelp (the standard way we find businesses near us)
• OpenTable (make a reservation at a better restaurant near you).
• Epicurious (recipes for making your own food)
• In-N-Out (in California, find an In-N-Out near you).
• Urbanspoon (shake your phone, get an idea for a restaurant).

7. Location

• foursquare (serendipity around location, find friends near you, and find better experiences via tips near you).
• Gowalla, share your favorite things about your favorite places.
• Whrrl, make a story about where you are.
• Glympse, running late to meet someone? Send them a Glympse so they can see where you are.
• Loopt, offers from brands near you.
• DeHood, I’m still trying to figure this out out.
• MyTown, a location-based game. I’m not into it, but millions are.
• Latitude (Web). Google Latitude lets you share your location with your friends.
• ArcGIS, get tons of info about the location you’re at.

8. Shopping

• Amazon.com
• eBay
• Best Buy
• Square, take credit cards from your friends so you can sell them stuff.
• RedLaser, aim your camera at a bar code and this will show you stuff about that product, like where to buy it cheaper.
• Groupon, a deal a day.
• Gift Card Exchange, make those gift cards you get more useful.
• StupHub, find concert tickets.
• CardStar, I use this for those loyalty programs. Like Toys-R-Us has.
• PayPal, pay for stuff online.
• Shopping.com (price comparison).
• Apple store (find stuff about apple stores near you).

9. Photo/Video

• Best Camera, nice app for processing photos a bit before you upload them. Done by pro photog Chase Jarvis.
• Photos (Apple’s standard app)
• Camera (Apple’s standard app)
• Justin.tv, lets me watch live streams from Justin.tv.
• iMovie, lets me edit my videos. From Apple.
• Viewer (Ustream), lets me watch live streams from Ustream.tv.
• YouTube (Apple standard app)
• Pano, lets me stitch together photos to make panaoramic photos.
• PhotoCard, lets me create cards from my photos.
• Light Table 2, I haven’t used this much, mostly for my iPad for letting me drag around photos
• YouTube (Web, better than Apple’s app)
• Autostitch, better than Pano for doing panoramic photos.

Este artigo sobre que aplicações têm o Robert Scoble no home screen do seu iPhone 4 é apenas a desculpa para uma boa discussão sobre aplicações!

Em média quantas aplicações possuem instaladas e quantas usam a sério?

Sobre

Robert Scoble é um blogger americano de tecnologia e escritor. Ganhou visibilidade quando começou a trabalhar para a Microsoft, foi depois para a Fast Company, Rackspace e esteve até Junho de 2020 na Infinite Retina como Chief Strategy Officer.