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Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play

  • By Glenn Fleishman
  • Published Nov 2, 2010 by Peachpit Press.
    • Copyright 2011
    • Dimensions: 6" x 9"
    • Pages: 240
    • Edition: 1st
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    • ISBN-10: 0-321-75143-4
    • ISBN-13: 978-0-321-75143-0

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It can be a concierge, camera, flashlight, game console, magazine, photo editor, panorama maker, note taker, travel planner, radio, bookstore, night-sky guide, GPS, music player, music maker, and plenty more…if only you could figure out which of the 250,000 (and counting) apps to put on your iPhone or iPad or iPod touch.

Author Glenn Fleishman set out to discover how to use your device to find a movie, read a book, retrieve a distant file, make a phone call, play a strategy game—to accomplish a host of useful, and sometimes completely unuseful, tasks. Glenn sifted through and road tested thousands of apps to find the nearly 200 programs that fit his criteria for interesting, entertaining, useful—and essential—five-star apps. His clear-eyed selections will surprise and charm you and help you complete tasks, have fun, be creative, and learn something.

Want to read a book or PDF or follow your Twitter, RSS , or Facebook feeds? You’ll find the perfect app for the job.

Ready to find the best action, word, and strategy games—so good, you may never put down your iPhone? We know the ones.

Yearning for Thai food in an unfamiliar neighborhood or looking to reserve a table at a local restaurant? This book points you to the perfect apps.

Need to track the delivery status of a package or turn your device into a barcode reader? Start reading and start scanning.

Want to watch a movie—either from the studios or of your own creation? Glenn can direct you to the perfect app. Plus essential apps that will stream music, make you more productive, keep track of files, and much, much more.

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Really valuable book for app store shoppers., December 1, 2010
This review is from: Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play (Paperback)
Although I love the iTunes App Store it's heavily weighted towards what's new and popular right now.

It's easy for good apps to get lost in the constant stream of new apps, note I said 'new', not 'better'.

What Glenn has done is gone through each category and picked out the best of the best. If you're have are new to the iPhone or iPad this is an indispensable book. It will save you money and more importantly, time. It's also a great way to find out about everything your device can do.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide to the best of the App Store, December 1, 2010
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This review is from: Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play (Paperback)
The App Store has (by my rough estimation) eleven billion apps for the iPhone and iPad. Glenn's approach of highlighting only those that truly exemplify excellence is brilliant. I found numerous gems that I hadn't yet seen. And it's a testament to the author that, because of how well-crafted I found his write-ups, I enjoyed reading his analyses of apps that I already own and love, just to get his take (and tips!).
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks for simplifying such a vast array of choices!, December 1, 2010
This review is from: Five-Star Apps: The best iPhone and iPad apps for work and play (Paperback)
What a great collection of reviews! Some of the apps I already know and love but others were news to me. There seems to be so much out there and sifting through all the information takes way too much time. Thanks for the Cliff Notes version! (Am I dating myself?!) Great job!
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Page xviii, bottom of first column, "dot" in "The dot and extra number..." should be "colon"

Page 87, URL for Jumbline 2 for iPad should be http://5str.us/9ik

 
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