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iPhone: If playing a game wins out      points). When you cross an item
over crossing items off your to-do      off your to-do list, you also gain
list every time, consider EpicWin,      the accompanying XP points. Making
a new iPhone app that turns your        sense? (Oh, and the best way to
to-do list into a full-on role-         complete a task involves pressing
playing game, complete with to-do       and holding on a rosette [the
driven XP and level ups.                badge containing the XP], which    

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iOS/Android: Grocery iQ builds and      lists between family members or
manages your grocery shopping list      roommates, you both have to sign
with an impressive feature set.         up for the service and you both
You can search and add items to         need a device you can run the app
your list manually or by scanning       on. Meaning if you've got more
barcodes, share lists with family       than one Android or iOS device in
members or roommates, sort items        your household, you're good to go. 

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While web site Jailbreakme.com          your iOS device. While not
offers a one-click jailbreak for        endorsing it, security company F-
your iOS devices via mobile Safari,     Secure's blog suggests a jailbreak
it also exposes a major security        app called PDF Loading Warner
vulnerability. As it turns out,         (search for it in Cydia if you're
jailbreaking your iDevice may           jailbroken) will alert you when
provide additional security             PDFs are loading to help protect   

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iPhone: Campfire is a popular web-      free, as Campfire.
based group chat application            After a rather clunky login
(we've been known to use it around      process (it loads a web page that
Lifehacker HQ from time to time),       for some reason ran really slowly
and starting today, it's available      for me), Campfire for iPhone does
as a free native iPhone                 pretty much everything you'd want
application.                            from it. You can chat, upload      

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Apple's premium web service and-        your phone on Google Maps, can
then-some, MobileMe, updates today      remotely lock your phone, play a
with a new Find My iPhone app for       sound at full volume, set a
tracking down your lost gadget          passcode lock (even if you don't
from another iOS device. They've        already have one enabled),
also pushed out a significant           and—if worst comes to
update to their MobileMe Mail           worst—it can remotely wipe   

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If you've been stricken with            you to entire the street number
Android-envy thanks to Google's         and street name in different text
fantastic and free turn-by-turn         fields. Because you enter the
Maps Navigation—well,             address backwards (zip code,
Skobbler isn't the cure. But it is      street name, street number) I
a decent free option for                found myself repeatedly deleting
directionally-challenged iPhone         the street number from the street  

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iPhone OS: Boxcar is a push             address. That means that in Gmail,
notification app for iPhones and        for example, you could set up
iPads that works with your email        pretty specific filters so you're
account(s), Twitter, Facebook, RSS      only notified of the most
feeds, and more. It's one app, and      important messages.
a whole lot of possibilities for        You can also set preferred actions
instant alerts that'll keep you         for what Boxcar will do when you   

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iPhone: OffMaps downloads regional      connection.
maps for offline map access on          The maps are often huge downloads
your iPhone, great for finding          (they can vary from 100 to 200 MB
your way when you don't have a          per base map), so it's best to
data connection or avoiding data        download the maps when you have
roaming charges if you're               some time to set aside. The app
traveling abroad.                       also lets access Wikipedia entries 

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iPhone: If you're an iPhone user        but if you live in an area with
who's jealous of Android's awesome      good coverage, that won't be a
free, turn-by-turn, voice-guided        regular problem.
Google Maps Navigation GPS app,         The not so good: MapQuest 4 Mobile
here's some good news: MapQuest         isn't close to as polished as
just released its own free voice        Google Maps Navigation. It doesn't
navigation app for the iPhone.          rotate the map based on the        

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iPhone/iPod touch: If you're            the light and sharpness of the
interested in getting beyond            photo, and you can fire either up
automatic mode on your camera but       any time you're out and about with
don't have a lot of time, the free      your camera and need a refresher.
versions of Photo Tutor Module          In addition to these two settings,
Lite 1 and 2 explain the finer          the apps will teach you the
points of aperture and shutter          "recipe" of how certain effects    

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