When you exit fring without chosing the option to "Go Offline" you still get messages via push notification even when fring is not running....to reply you can launch fring and exit again.

You dont have to keep the applicaiton running in order to be connected

I could only find the app for amazon US. Am I missing something?

See if this works (it should open in iTunes Store UK): http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...335187483&mt=8

Hi 2CH,

Two apps I've found very handy are:

1). Oxford Translator German Travel Pro (5.50 Fr.) - for phrases, grammatically numbered (i.e. 1, 2, 3, etc.) with correct pronunciations; and

2). German-English Translation Dictionary by Ultralingua (22.00Fr.) - it's gone up since I've purchased it, however it's worth having even at this price.

These apps don't replace actually German courses, but they have proved to be very helpful to me.

Happy App Hunting! ;-)

Odyssey

Ah. So I need a UK iTunes account. Bugger.

Wait until this comes out in English -> German or whatever, the possibilities are quite good:

http://jibbigo.com/

For anyone out there who has a German bank account: iOutBank

Does anyone know of an ipod app which is an internet radio (with BBC Radio 5, like Wunder Radio), with a sleep and alarm function?

Read this: http://www.9to5mac.com/iPhone-fm-app

Thanks, but this is only for FM.........I'm looking for internet radio app, so that I can pick up BBC stations.....

Locly will Be the Future of Travel apps.
Swiss Events from Swiss Tourism gives heads up on major attractions.
NRU is a compass based App showing what's in which direction.
Layar is similar and a bit freaky, imposing a map on the image
seen through the camera.

Keep them coming!

i use pocket tunes for BBC radio2, but no alarm function.

Some math/science geek should get this one and report on it:

http://products.wolframalpha.com/iphone/

I'd do it, but I don't have an iPhone yet.

Looked at this but was somewhat put off by the price - 55CHF.

on the TV front - I have a slingbox and slingbox mobile is fantastic for streaming and controlling my sky box and also I can switch to the aerial socket for local programmes

With safari and a UK VPN I stream BBC1 etc on my iphone by opening the following browser address iphone.tvcatchup.com, which gives me the following UK tv channels - BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, C4,C5, ITV2, BBC3, Film4, E4, More4, music4 . I guess more will be added soon.

I read on the zattoo site that they have no plans to have an iphone application.

I have around 80 apps or so, but my most used are the following:

Things (it's a pricey to do list that syncs with the even more pricey desktop version which I don't have. I like it and use it all the time, but there's cheaper to-do list options out there, for instance:

Awesome Note, which just added to-do list functionality. I love this app, you can sync, backup, or restore notes with google docs, and there are a ton of options in terms of organization. I used Evernote for a while, but I like this much, much better.

I use Ace Budget and Cha Ching to manage finances, Grocery Gadget to set up grocery lists, Cooliris to browse youtube and flickr, eBuddy to IM, Skype to call home, DropBox to easily transfer things between work, home, and my iPhone, Epicurious for recipes, Comparis apps to check grocery sales and compare prices of electronics when I'm in the store, OffMaps to download maps when I'm traveling to avoid roaming charges, Metro to see all the public transportation timetables of pretty much every city, SBB and Wemlin to check local timetables, Öffnungszeiten to see what stores are still open around me when it's later in the day, GoodReader to read and bookmark those huge PDFs, Flickit to upload my photos to Flickr, Couch to 5k and Runkeeper to do my running, Geocaching is pretty self explanatory, iScore is a great baseball scoring program I use, I listen to live baseball games using MLB At Bat, Public Radio to listen to all my favorite NPR stuff, Stanza for eBooks, WeatherPro is a fantastic weather app with near-realtime sattelite and radar feeds, and Words with Friends is my scrabble substitute. There's plenty more, but that's a start.

Does anyone use Slobbler as a Navi, it is for D, CH and A and is well priced, but before I buy is it any good? http://www.3gapps.de/hersteller/skobbler-gmbh

Id definitely reccomend the ping application. Lets you text message free of charge direct to any I phone anywhere in the world. Instant messaging at its best

Internet Radio Box from eingrad. Costs a franc and a bit.

Swiss is offering a boarding pass system for your iPhone (and other smart phones) that is similar to the SBB ticket system. The phone can then be scanned for boarding and for duty free purchases.

The Blah Blah from Swiss:

"SWISS now offers a new electronic check-in service in the form of a mobile boarding pass that can be sent to your internet-enabled mobile telephone.

Web Check-in with SWISS thus becomes even more attractiver for travellers who wish to avoid queues at the airport and do not always have ready access to a computer printer. The mobile boarding pass consists of a barcode and text of the key information relevant to your flight.

The mobile boarding pass allows you to clear the entry checkpoint, drop your baggage off at the counter and board your flight. It is also valid for duty free shopping.
"

If interested, here is the link:

http://www.swiss.com/web/EN/services/checkin/web_checkin/Pages/web_checkin.aspx?WT.mc_id=NLCH0945&WT.sect=INTRO&W T..rem=mobile_boarding&country=CH〈=1