3 Ways I use my iPhone other than as a phone
April 17, 2010
It's not a shock to anyone that the iPhone can be used in a variety of different ways. With over 100,000 apps in the app store you can find an app for just about anything that you want. It really is true "There's an app for that!" That being said, outside of some of the normal uses for the iphone, I've started using my iphone in 3 ways that I would have never dreamed of even 2 years ago.
1. Remote Control
Maybe you've heard of Boxee, maybe you haven't. If not let me introduce you to your new best friend. Boxee is a free program that allows you to pull movies, tv shows, and music from all over the web. It runs on MAC and PC, or through your apple TV box, or through the new Boxee Box coming out some time this year. Currently I am running Boxee on my MAC Mini hooked up to my tv, and I can use the mouse, the apple remote, or my iPhone for a remote. That's right...I said iPhone. By downloading the Boxee iPhone app I launch Boxee and use my iPhone to control the program. Since I don't use cable anymore because of Boxee it's nice to just use my phone as my remote since I always have it with me.
2. Radio
I'm not sure when it happened, but I became that guy who only wants to listen to talk radio. I like the political stuff, but mainly stick to the sports talk. I used to have XM radio solely for the purpose of having ESPN radio anywhere that I went, but the price just kept going up, so I finally cancelled and had to start dealing with bad local sports talk. That is until ESPN released the ESPN Radio App, now by playing my iPod through an FM transmitter I've got my sports talk everywhere that I go, and it only cost me a one time $2.99 price. You can't beat that! Not to mention that you can get the Dan Patrick Show App for Free and you've got all the ESPN guys plus Dan Patrick, and no monthly fees!
3. Bible
If you are a Christian than chances are you have a Bible app on your phone, and most likely it's the Youversion Bible App from Lifechurch.tv. I actually have 2 Bible apps on my phone: Youversion and the ESV Bible app from Crossway. I love all of the variety that Youversion gives with reading plans, contributions, and bible versions, but when I need to pull up a verse really quickly sometimes the load time and book filtering in Youversion can take a little long which is why I love the ESV app. First of all, the design interface is BEAUTIFUL! And the load time is really fast. You can go in and out of books in no time, so it's my quick read bible of choice. I still use a "real" bible for my sermon study, but all my other reading comes from my iPhone.
