10 Apps to Enhance Your Offline Experience

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    • 6. 20 Minute Meals – Jamie Oliver

        Platform: iPhone

        Cost: $7.99

    6.JamieOliver.jpgThough there are currently only 60 recipes in this app, Jamie makes cooking a wonderful experience with his high quality photos and videos. Inside you’ll find cooking tips, techniques, an interactive shopping list and even voice-prompts from famous chef and health food activist Jamie Oliver himself.

    7. Yelp Mobile

        Platforms: iPhone, Android, Palm Pre, Blackberry

        Cost: Free 9

    7.YelpMobile.jpgYelp Mobile is a great app that uses location-aware technology to help you discover new restaurants, bars, and more. Sort by highest rated to find the best restaurants in your area. Yelp also has an augmented reality feature called Monacle which uses your camera to virtually show places around your area.

    8. Google Goggles

        Platforms: iPhone, Android

        Cost: Free

    8.GoogleGoggles.jpgWithin Google’s Mobile App you’ll find Google Goggles, an app that lets you visually learn more about objects like landmarks, logos and book covers by just taking a photo of it. Launched as an Android app last year, this handy app recently became available on the iPhone. Use it when traveling around the city to learn more about what’s around you or snap a picture of a business card to add that person directly into your Google Contacts database.

    9. Google Sky Map

        Platform: Android

        Cost: Free

    9.GoogleSkyMap.jpgUsing your phone’s camera, this augmented reality app will give you a great appreciation for your universe by showing you, in real-time, what stars, planets and constellations are above you. You can also search for a planet or star and the app will guide you to it. Currently, this app is only available on the Android platform.

    10. Wikitude World Browser
          Platforms: iPhone, Android, Symbian, Bada

          Cost:     Free

    10.Wikitude.jpgThis augmented reality app uses your camera to scan your surroundings and then brings up relevant data. This includes useful Wikipedia information that could enhance your travel experiences by giving you a deeper understanding of important points of interest. Great for traveling or for getting to know your city a little bit more.

    What app would you add to the list? Let us know below.

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    Alice Yoo is the founder and editor in chief of My Modern Metropolis, a place where trendspotters and art enthusiasts come to connect over creative ideas. After graduating from UCLA with a Bachelor’s in Economics, Alice received her MBA, worked in advertising for MTV and Outdoor Channel and then started My Modern Met in 2008. With over 2.5 million page views per month, My Modern Met has become an art, culture and lifestyle destination for the modern man and woman.

    Alice Yoo
    Alice Yoo
    Alice Yoo is the founder and editor in chief of My Modern Metropolis, a place where trendspotters and art enthusiasts come to connect over creative ideas. After graduating from UCLA with a Bachelor's in Economics, Alice received her MBA, worked in advertising for MTV and Outdoor Channel and then started My Modern Met in 2008. With over 2.5 million page views per month, My Modern Met has become an art, culture and lifestyle destination for the modern man and woman.

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    • http://profile.typepad.com/eugenekim1 Eugene Kim

      Great list! So many great ways to utilize smartphones!

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406368035 Ana

        i like both types. it also depends.. if im piynag 60 bucks for a game i like it to be online so i can keep playing it and playing with friends. i personally love online co-op campaign games like halo, gears, resident evil, fable, they give u a challenge so you can beat them on like legendary for achievements or trophys. offline games are also good. i normally buy them if there cheaper, i dont think its worth 60 bucks for you to play it once and go oh alright well what now . you get to trade it in for 20 bucks and lose 40 bucks. the best games are games that are original, like you feel like it a movie with a really good plot and stuff, also old games i used to play are awesome. nothing like going back and beating lord of the rings and all those old games.

    • http://profile.typepad.com/gjemmott Gjemmott

      Nice!

      Now how about, for when 3G is too slow or unavailable (and especially for people like me who are too cheap/poor to pay for 3G service), 10 Apps to enhance your offline *capabilities*… Examples:
      - DropBox, sync your files across PC, Mac, Linux, and phones, and even have them web-accessible from a public computer. Offline bonus? You have all your most important documents/spreadsheets/music/photos/whatever with you. First 2Gb free.
      - offline G-mail, all your e-mail, searchable even offline. I’m not sure if it’s for iPhone or Droid yet, but the N900 does it great.
      - podcasts? news downloaders-so-you-can-read-it-later?

      Others?

      This would also be great for people who can only spend a certain amount of *time* on-line on their phones. Sync up everything, download important updates and voila, you are more capable offline.

      ~George J.

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406388357 Martine

        What’s funny is that the iPhone 3GS had Augmented Reality apps demo’ing far before now in peclas like New York and Berlin. This page makes it seem like the Android platform is something elite and special

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003406387019 Aliah

        to get that theme and catagories you need to jaearbilk your iphone/ipod its simple to do and gets you loads of free apps or themes as hes got