SPRING IT!

bv Ted Janusz

a\ringstarled outwith just 800 offerings inJuly 2008, there are now approximately l million applications (apps) in the iPhone App Store. These apps can help you find your iPhone, find bargains on travel and nearby gasoline, and learn what the weather will be like for your softball game on Saturday.
To l-relp yoll sort through the multitude of these recently ran an article about the 50 Best iPhone Apps. Scrollingthrough the list (u'ho
olt-erir-rgs, Time magazine
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pes. Each notebook can contain any

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lesist?), I found a free recreational app that jumped

I'r'e bougl.rt clums)r pedometers in the

l,ou might u.ant to reference later. Of course, you coul.i alu.ays bookmark this information on your desktop or laptop, but Springpad can springyou on to an entireh'

out at me: MapMyRun.

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past-I've logged n.rore than 35,000 miles in my running shoes-that never seemed to u.ork right and ended up being returned to the store. But after installing the MapMyRun app u.ith a feri'taps on the screen of my pl-rone, I was 1iteral1y off and runningl My iPhone announces mileage and times as I run. The app also tracks the route covered and calories bulned. MapMyRun even stores this information and allou,s me to share it u,ith friends. Believe it or not, this applies to ),os, even if you on11, run to be first in line at the ice cream shop. You maJr want to consider another handy application that cracked the Top 50 ca1led Springpad that can help you travel more
miles professionally. "Few people actually love organizing their calendars and projects," salrs technology u,riter Alan Hennr "Except for the new Springpad, that is! Unlike most tools of its i1k, Springpad thinks for yor-r, working like a professional assistant to cut down on the time you spend on the less enjoyable aspects of organizing information, meaning vou'll spend less time organizingthings and more time doing them."

Your Personal Assistant

Let's assume there is a nerv product you are thinking ol buying. After you add the iten-r (or "spring it") to yor-r

Springpad account, Springpad's intelligence u,il1 take

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er for you.

"It'11 add links to buy the product at Amazon, check the prices elseu,here, and even look up revieu,s and other information on the prodr-rct so you can make an
edr-icated decision, all u,ithout you spending time looking

it up yourself," salrs Hgn1y. "If you decide to sleep on it, Springpad will even send 1,ou an alert if the price on
your item drops... The same thing applies for music,
movies, ancl books- Springpad automatically organizes them for you and pulls in relevant information so you don't have to." As your new personal assistant, Springpad will save you time, yoll can spend more of your time runningl

How to lnstall an App

Just in case you have never installed an application (or "app") before, knou, that like n-rost activities associated with the iPhone, it's veryr easv to do. Unlike u.ith your PC, there is no disk to purchase or cumbersome software to dorvnload. Just tap on tl-re App Store icon of your iPhone
screen which leads 1,ou to the iPhone App Store. There, t-r,pe in the nan-re of the app (in this case, Springpad) and

How Springpad Works

After you install the Springpad app on .vour Android or iPhone and sign up for an account, Springpad provides 1.ou u,ith organizational tools knou.n as notebooks. In each notebook, you can store notes, articles, tasks, or product barcocles. You can keep a to-do 1ist, manage lrorre and work projects. or even orgrnize your reci-

then tap "Search." When the app appears that yeu 1if,6, tap the "free" or price button. Viola! You've now got yet

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