RunKeeper uses the GPS technology found in the iPhone to track your fitness activity, giving you comparable results to an expensive GPS watch at a fraction of the cost. Sometimes when I go off exploring, it is useful to be able to track my route so that I can see where I went on a…
Paiboon Publishing’s new iPhone app makes it easy to study your Thai lessons wherever you go with your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. The Thai for Beginners app for the iPhone is aimed at people who are using the popular book of the same name written by Benjawan Poomsan Becker (buy book online here). Benjawan…
Watch Al Jazeera English live on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Covering the world, bridging cultures and setting the news agenda; the world’s first English language news channel to have its headquarters in the Middle East is now available live on your iPhone/iPod touch with this official app. If you are trying to follow…
This is a handy app for discovering the Top 100 iPhone apps for any country around the world. If you are like me and are always on the look out for new and popular apps, then the AppTop100 might prove to be very useful. It is very simple to use. First choose which country and…
For those of you who play the Stock Exchange in Thailand (SET) you might be interested in a new app for the iPhone and iPad called CNSRealtime. It has real time stock information provided by Capital Nomura Securities. There is another free iPhone app called Settrade Streaming which was released in August 2009. It recently…
The number of Thai magazines available for the iPad is continuing to increase. Today alone sees the release of Digital Camera Thailand and T3 Thailand. As usual, they offer at least one magazine as a free download for you to try out. If you like it, then you can subscribe to other editions from inside…
One of the latest Thai satellite channels has just released an app so that you can watch their programmes live on your iPhone. The free Voice TV app brings you a mixture of news and lifestyle which they say is aimed at the new generation. As well as live TV there is also an archive…
It is not often that you get a free app for the iPhone that allows you to watch live television. TrueVisions on Mobile HD does that and more. You have a choice of 15 channels to watch by using 3G, EDGE or WiFi. In addition, some of the channels that are owned by TrueVision give…
Every now and then, an app comes out for the iPhone that immediately jumps into your personal top 10. The kind of app that you makes you wonder how you survived without it in the past. Viber is just such an app. It’s very simple in concept. Basically, it allows you to call anyone on…
The HEdictionary English Thai has separate versions for the iPhone and the iPad. It can be used by people learning Thai or for those learning English. I think really it is more set up for Thai people learning English. You won’t find any transliteration of Thai words (so no good for people who cannot read…
On this blog I will be sharing with you tips and methods of using an iPhone and iPad in Thailand. I am not pretending to be an expert, but I hope that from my personal experience of using an iPhone for my work and pleasure you might gain some knowledge. As well as reviewing apps that I use, I will also post about accessories and also the latest news from around the world.
- Richard Barrow