Cue up the Rocky montage music and get ready for your Apple devices to strut their stuff. It's hard enough being in a competitive market with PC evangelists and Android users, so why not download a couple of apps that could really showcase your Mac and iOS device's true capabilities? Your technology has fast processors, video games and multitasking, too (the iPad is getting there…hold your horses!). Here are a couple of apps that can really show what your Mac, iPhone and iPad are made of.
Geek Tools
We know you're not a huge fan of widgets, but we promise that these are actually helpful. GeekTool 3.0 is a glorified preferences pane/system preferences module for Leopard and up that allows you display all sorts of nifty info on your desktop. For one, you could pin pictures of your beloved all over your desktop (we're incredibly smitten with the electronic duo Daft Punk, in case you couldn't tell), or tack on some of that important CSS code you need for stylizing your website. Or, keep track of computer logs and even add in custom scripts that you can instantly launch from your desktop. GeekTools is pretty rad, and another great way to show how user friendly the Mac really is.
RJ Voyager
This is a seriously cool app that you can utilize to show off the music making power of your iPad. This app includes a few songs from popular electronica musicians that you can touch to construe. Load different songs (referred to as "scenes") and control the aspects of it using the different modules. The app is totally free, and a great introduction into making music with the iPad.
Red Laser
We thought we'd include this nifty app from the App Store's "Apps to Impress Your Friends" because we were impressed when we first realized that a smart phone was totally capable of doing this. Red Laser takes photos of a bar code and fetches the lowest online prices for you in both the United States and the United Kingdom--and this is awesome if you're visiting either place because you don't want to deal with overspending on souvenirs, now do you?
The app scans UPC, EAN, UPC-E and EAN-8 barcodes. The search is powered by TheFind and you can even email yourself a list of products for later.
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