September 17, 2008 7:29 AM PDT
Another five must-have freebies for iPhone, iPod Touch
The free Graphing Calculator app for iPhone/iPod Touch.
(Credit: Gabor Nagy)Tuesday's roundup of killer freebies for Windows reminded me that I haven't covered iPhone/iPod Touch freeware in awhile, so here's another list of must-have apps that won't cost you a penny:
- Air Sharing Turns your device into a portable, wireless hard drive and document viewer. Note: this jewel will eventually be priced at $6.99, but for the next few days you can snag it free.
- Graphing Calculator Why spend big bucks on a graphing calculator when your iPhone/touch can do the job for nada? This uber-handy tool offers functions ranging from absolute value to tangent.
- Hanoi A beautiful rendition of the classic Towers of Hanoi game. The object is simple: move a stack of disks from one side of the board to the other. I couldn't put it down.
- Instapaper Free When you're browsing on your PC and come across a Web site (cough *Cheapskate* cough), blog post, news item, feature, or whatever that you want to read later, just click the Instapaper bookmarklet. Then fire up the Instapaper app on your iPhone, and presto: there's the Web page. Genius!
- White Noise Having trouble getting to sleep? White Noise offers an assortment of ambient sounds--waves, rain, wind chimes, etc.--to help you drift off. And there's a shut-off timer so you don't wake up to a dead battery.
If you like this list, be sure to check out my original roundup of iPhone freebies and the sequel. In the meantime, hit the comments and vote for your favorite no-cost iPhone apps.
Rick Broida, a technology writer for nearly 20 years, is the author of more than a dozen books. In addition to writing CNET's The Cheapskate blog, he oversees BNET's Business Hacks. Rick is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CBS Interactive. Disclosure. Deals found on The Cheapskate are subject to availability, expiration, and other terms determined by sellers. Follow Rick on Twitter at cheapskateblog. 
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- by Leighow October 2, 2008 11:27 AM PDT
- You know the problem for some of us ... i.e ME ...is that we/I need simple explanations. You see, I have read the AirSharing blub (App store and Developer) an d your Wiki links. I am still not 100% clear:
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(10 Comments)* If Air Sharing is an iDisk that requires wi-fi to reach online resources -- albeit saving space on my iTouch -- then I am not interested. I have Google Docs.
* If it is a way of loading stuff an on MY-OWNTouch folder that would be great. You see, I like the car routing info that Google Maps provides. Especially Google's desktop pull-down that lets you twaek any route. However, as things are today, I have to print the routing instructions list . IN contrast, what I would really like to do is store the route on my iTouch.
All GPS's are great .. but any iPod Touch is the greatest!
"Notwithstanding the above !" .... anmd in the meantime ... I can always practice my eye-ball lineups thanks to Vegas Pool. Now theres an appfor shooters!!