life, the universe, and donna

…and I’d like to review it.

So far? I love Steve. Steve is the best phone I’ve ever owned. Admittedly, this is also my first smart phone, so most of you are probably all “whatevs, that’s old hat.” Not to me, it isn’t!

I’m trying to go easy on apps. I don’t want to hunt around for things, and I’m not really much for just installing things for the sake of installing them — I hate clutter — so I’ve only installed things I actually want and will use regularly, preferably to be useful. Sorry, no boob jiggling apps here. Admittedly, that is a useful thing, but … yeah, no. If I want to see boobs jiggle, I’ll jump up and down and pretend I’m endowed enough for that to work.

Thus far, I have a few reviews:

Plants vs. Zombies: This was the first paid app I bought, and I love it. I’ve had it on my desktop since it first came out, and it’s a stellar game. I don’t play it often anymore, because I’ve beaten everything there is to beat, but it’s still fun every now and then I get a hankering to kill some zombies. The iPhone version isn’t quite as good as the desktop version. I love the achievements, but I really miss all the different minigames. Still, well worth the couple of bucks it cost me, and fun to play on the bus. Note: Make sure your headphones are plugged all the way in, or be prepared to wonder why people are looking at you funny for your zombie-killing noises. Sorry, other people on the 7.

Translink: I’m a heavy transit user, so this is basically a must-have, and one of the reasons I was really looking forward to getting an iPhone. Previously, I could spend 15 cents to text message their system, or (more likely) I could call and go through their automated system to find out when the next bus was coming… this is better. It uses GPS to figure out what stops are near you and lets you pick which one you want. It also saves your common bus stops/routes (I’ve saved the two stops/four routes next to my home) as favorites so I can check when the bus is coming on my way to the stop without having to know the number, or fight their system. Downside: It’s ridiculously slow. Still faster than calling in, but seriously Translink… if you could improve your servers JUST A BIT, we’d all appreciate it.

Hipstamatic: I’ve been wanting this one pretty much since Kimli started posting all of her on-the-go pictures with it. It’s basically just a camera filter, but it’s an awesome camera filter. It’s also dog-slow, to the point of being a little ridiculous, but I’m not actually super impressed with the default camera even on the iPhone4, so this helps make it better.

Civilization Revolution: I admit to not being a HUGE fan of the Civ games, although I will give them props for their full on Holy Shit This Is Addicting mojo. Case In Point: I spent 3 hours playing it last night. In my defense, I felt really sick and couldn’t do much else other than Lie On The Floor Taking Over The World, but still. I could easily have done this sitting in a chair, too. But I’d feel worse about wasting so much time playing a stupid game. Also, it’s free right now, so go grab it while you can. (I’m also no longer irritated with Nick for playing it during the ENTIRE drive to & from Sooke for an SCA event last year, because seriously, it’s really, really addicting.)

FourSquare: I just installed this one yesterday. I admit, I don’t really get the whole 4sq thing. But, I didn’t get the whole Twitter thing before I tried it out, and now I can’t live without it. So I’ll give it a try. Some real estate agent is the mayor of my condo, so at the very least I need to bump him out.

Tribute: Movie listings from Tribute. Nick & I tend to see a lot of movies, and … well, it’s nice to know what’s playing. On Sunday, he needed movie times, and rather than let him look it up himself online, I had to pull out the iPhone, install the app, and look it up for him. Oh sure, he could have been done getting the times and ON HIS WAY to the theatre by the time I found it and got it installed, but that’s not the point. Of course, I’m not sure what the point is, but I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that I’m awesome.

Anyway. That’s all for now. I have a few other apps (Echofon for Twitter, Facebook, a couple of other games, a Google Reader app, Flickr, etc) but I’m bored of writing about them and I should get back to work. But what’s really important is that the iPhone is awesome, and I’m so sad that I didn’t have a Smartphone until now. I really, really hate talking on the phone if I can avoid it… and now I CAN!

…and most importantly, iPhone users get more sex. So really, that’s a good reason right there to have an iPhone.