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AreaCode

Developer:

iClassicNu

Cost:

Free

Description:

Area Code Reference

Notes:

  • Contains area code information for all North American area codes currently in use
  • Displays where a call is from by entering the 3-digit area code
  • Works on both on the iPhone and iPod Touch

Barack Obama's Inauguration Speech (+ 98 More Speeches!)

Developer:

PigLit, LLC

Cost:

$0.99

Description:

99 of the finest speeches of President Barack Obama.

Notes:

  • Collection spans his political career, from his beginnings as a humble State Senator to his rise as President.
  • updates with his new speeches.

BioFacts!

Developer:

Fiddlemeragged

Cost:

Free

Description:

Biology facts

Notes:

  • Thousands of Biology facts

ChemFacts!

Developer:

Fiddlemeragged

Cost:

Free

Description:

Chemistry Facts

Notes:

  • Hundreds of chemistry facts

Dictionary.Com

Developer:

Dictionary.com, LLC

Cost:

Free

Description:

Dictionary

Notes:


  • Dictionary and Thesaurus
    • Nearly 2,000,000 words,
         definitions,synonyms and
         antonyms
    • Voice search
    • Audio pronunciation
    • Example sentences
    • Word origin and history
    • Word of the Day and  Hot Word blog
    • Favorite words list
    • Most content available offline

Dictionary of Law (Oxford)

Developer:

WPB Wireless Ltd

Cost:

$14.99

Description:

Law Dictionary

Notes:

  • Writing and Citation guide
  • Jurisprudence terms
  • Covers criminal law, constitutional alw, courts and legal administration, and land law
  • International scope: defines key terms from European law, international law, human rights law and environmental law
  • Key Website Suggestions
  • E-mail dictionary entries to friends & colleagues
  • No internet connection required
  • Bookmark unlimited entries
  • Search history

Epocrates

Developer:

Epocrates

Cost:

Free

Description:

Medical Reference

Notes:

  • Evidence-baased treatment info for hundreds of diseases and conditions
  • In-depth formulary information
  • Pill ID
  • Drug Interaction checker: up to 30 drugs at a time
  • Dozens of calculations, such as BMI and GFR
  • The most relevant medical news and information

Latin Dictionary

Developer:

Davidfinucane.com

Cost:

$3.99

Description:

Dictionary

Notes:

  • Latin Dictionary

Lexidium Latin Dictionary

Developer:

Harry Schimidt

Cost:

$3.99

Description:

Latin Reference

Notes:

  • Short Definitions
  • Numeral Conversion
  • Word Parser

Mac OS X Reference

Developer:

Connecting People Software

Cost:

Free

Description:

Mac Command Reference

Notes:

  • Start up keys
  • Dock
  • Finder
  • Folders
  • Screen Shots
  • Universal Access

Mactracker

Developer:

Ian Page

Cost:

Free

Description:

Mac Computer Reference

Notes:

  • Detailed information on every Apple Macintosh computer ever made
  • Processor
  • Speed
  • Memory
  • Optical Drives
  • Graphic cards
  • Expantion options
  • Also information on Apple mice, keyboards, displays, printers, scanners, digital cameras, iPod, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Wi-Fi Cards/Base Stations, Newton, and Mac OS versions

Old English Dictionary

Developer:

Davidfinucane.com

Cost:

$1.99

Description:

Dictionary

Notes:

  • Contains entries, etymologies, and citations of more than 54,000 words in the Anglo Saxon Language

Planets

Developer:

Q Continuum

Cost:

Free

Description:

Planet Reference

Notes:

  • Locate planets with flat view of sky
  • Planetarium style view of the sky
  • Find out when planet will be visible
  • Rotating 3D globe of planet and moon

Roget’s II

Developer:

Enfour, Inc

Cost:

$7.99

Description:

Thesaurus

Notes:

  • Entire text of this superior reference title
  • Real-time progressive look-up
  • Wildcard searches
  • Bookmarks with notations
  • Automatic history
  • Retina Display support
  • Words within definitions are clickable

The World Factbook 2011

Developer:

jDictionary Mobile

Cost:

$0.99

Description:

World Reference

Notes:

  • Up to date
  • Information about the changing planet, oceans, and parts of the world whose status has not yet been resolved
  • Country comparison function
  • Widely accepted
  • Fast look-ups, snappy interface, smoothly scrolling screens
  • Editable history/bookmarks function
  • Multitasking & Retina display support
  • Designed specifically for iPhone/iPod Touch
  • No internet connection required

WhitePages

Developer:

WhitePages.com

Cost:

Free

Description:

White Pages

Notes:

  • Look up almost anyone in the largest U.S. directory.
  • Ad dphone numbers and addresses to iPhone Contacts.
  • Use yellow pages Business Search to find local business info for pizza, restaurants, hotels and more by name or category.
  • Find popular businesses near you fast with Store Locator.
  • Use Reverse Phone Number Search as caller ID to screen unknown calls and text messages.
  • Recent search results saved for easy access, even when off line.

Wikipedia Mobile

Developer:

Wikimedia Foundation

Cost:

Free

Description:

Encyclopedia

Notes:

  • Maps
  • Book marks
  • Wikipedia access

Wiki Tap

Developer:

Veveo

Cost:

Free

Description:

Encyclopedia

Notes:

  • Wikipedia access
  • Great as an encyclopedia, pronunciation, and thesaurus
  • You can add videos and pictures to the articles

WordBook English Dictionary & Thesaurus

Developer:

TranCreative

Cost:

$1.99

Description:

Dictionary

Notes:

  • 150,000 entries with more than 220,000 definitions, 70,000 usage samples
  • 23,000 root word origins (etymologies)
  • 120,000 pronunciation guides in International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and other notations
  • Real human voice pronunciations
  • Built-in thesaurus and word links connecting words semantically
  • Unmatched index, wildcard, anagram search capabilities
  • Bookmark (with user's notes) and history management
  • Words of the Day: you get to learn new words daily, shake the device for new random words
  • Browser-like definition content navigation, ability to tap on any word in the content to look up its definition
  • Extending up to 5 web dictionaries to supplement built-in contents

WordReference.com Spanish-English Dictionary

Developer:

WorldReference.com

Cost:

Free

Description:

Dictionary

Notes:

  • English-Spanish Dictionary
  • Spanish monolingual dictionary
  • Spanish synonym dictionary
  • English monolingual dictionary
  • Fast and easy access to WorldReference.com’s dictionaries
  • History of recent searches
  • Nearly all of the features of the online dictionaries including: multiple dictionaries, extensive list of compound forms, voice recordings of many words, and access to forums for questions and reference

WordWeb Dictionary

Developer:

WordWeb Software

Cost:

Free

Description:

Dictionary

Notes:

  • Up-to-date international English dictionary, based on WordWeb
  • Fuzzy lookup with spelling and sounds-like suggestions
  • Synonyms, similar words and many usage examples
  • 285 000 words, phrases and derived forms
  • 225 000 word sense definitions
  • (Audio version) 70 000 professionally-recorded audio pronunciations
  • 85 000 easy-to-understand text pronunciations
  • Fast pattern-matching search (*, ?, vowel, consonant, select word types)
  • Includes many proper nouns, compounds and phrases
  • Bookmarks, recent and random words
  • Full coverage of American, British, Canadian, Australasian and Asian English
  • Works offline, one app for iPad, iPod and iPhone
  • Cross-reference to other offline and online references

Yellow Pages

Developer:

Avantar LLC

Cost:

Free

Description:

Yellow Pages

Notes:

  • Search for a business or person nearby by voice.
  • The number and information can either be added to contacts or called directly.
  • Ratings feature for businesses.
  • Movie times for theaters.

Zip Codes

Developer:

VersaEdge Software

Cost:

$1.99

Description:

Zip Code Reference

Notes:

  • Quickly lookup a zip code
  • Displays state, cities, zip code population and county information
  • See the zip code center point on a map
  • Get nearby zip codes to a particular zip code
  • Get zip codes nearest to your GPS location
  • Search for all the zip codes in a city
  • No connection required