On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:14:14 -0800, "mgg" wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:30:41 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Although I not only work with high tech but also invent it, I am
somewhat of a luddite having never sent a text message or even looked
at a "tweet" and iphones were far off my personal radar but at
Thanksgiving, my sister showed me her iphone and some apps and I
immediately went into "inventor" mode seeing the possibilities.
Why not an app that helps id fish and keeps up withe the constantly
changing fishin regulations?
Why not an app that turns the GPS equipped phone into a chart plotter
( just found this one exists, it is called "inavx")?


Other possibilities:
For my diabetic daughter: An app to calculate carbs of a meal based
on what you eat.
An app to quickly calculate your cars mpg when you fill up.

A "stethoscope" app using the phone held to your chest.
A birdsong app identifying birds based on the calls it hears from
Fourier Analysis.

You're about three years behind the times - all that stuff is already
on the iPhone apps list.

I would suggest that you invent something other than an iPhone - Apple
is the anti-Christ.

Yeah, how about more "apps" for the Blackberry?

--Mike


Which my niece now refers to as the 'crackberry'. I don't have one,
but I can see they're quite addictive to the young folks. Over
Thanksgiving three of the grandchildren were fighting over my wife's
constantly.
--

John H