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What apps would you like to see? (Original Post) Bertha Venation Jul 2013 OP
I don't have any apps. In_The_Wind Jul 2013 #1
I have a real-world answer. Denninmi Jul 2013 #2
How does it "know" to stop at lights antiquie Jul 2013 #3
A breaking-in app burnodo Jul 2013 #4
An app that will untie your shoes when you're not looking pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #5
I'm not sure it's an app in the truest sense... Chan790 Jul 2013 #6
If it ever does become widely available ... surrealAmerican Jul 2013 #10
One that will pour me a draft beer StanGr Jul 2013 #7
One that makes the perfect martini with bacon stuff olives Bunnahabhain Jul 2013 #8
One that would put the GPS in my phone 180 degrees out of phase. Downwinder Jul 2013 #9
I want an app that would melt everyone's smart phones olddots Jul 2013 #11
I hear ya, BV!!! MiddleFingerMom Jul 2013 #12

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
2. I have a real-world answer.
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 04:51 PM
Jul 2013

Just a fix to an app I use -- MapMyRide for cycling. You have to manually pause it if you stop. I think the GPS should auto-pause it if it doesn't detect movement in, say, 30 seconds. And then start it up again with movement/change of position.

Because, frankly, I pause but forget to resume the app, and as a result lose credit for miles I have put in.

Pisses me off.

Otherwise, an app to print valid, legal US currency at no charge to the user would be nice. Free money, without the worry of going to jail.

 

antiquie

(4,299 posts)
3. How does it "know" to stop at lights
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 05:02 PM
Jul 2013

but not know when you stop?
Or do you need an upgrade?

MapMyRide GPS Cycling Riding

MapMyFitness, Inc.
- July 31, 2013

Health & Fitness

-“Awesome - Easy to use and everything you'll need. Auto-stops when you're held up by a light. Sharing controls and a great flyover of the route when you're done. Also useful to find local routes from other riders.” - Atlstjohn

Basic and advanced ride tracking capabilities for novices thru competitive cyclists.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapmyride.android2&hl=en

Edit: I support your second app.
 

burnodo

(2,017 posts)
4. A breaking-in app
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 05:09 PM
Jul 2013

It was a great bit from "Leverage". Two guys were trying to get into an office. The one guy couldn't get past the electronic security. The other guy said "I have an app for that" and he used his smartphone to break the window.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
6. I'm not sure it's an app in the truest sense...
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 05:38 PM
Jul 2013

but I can't wait for Google Car to be publicly-available. Never being allowed to have a driver's license is a &$#%@!

Of course, the SOBs will probably still require everybody behind the wheel of one to have a license, thus negating the functionality to the audiences for whom such technology would be a godsend: the blind, the disabled, epileptics and those otherwise unable to obtain a motor vehicle license in any disqualifying sense.

surrealAmerican

(11,360 posts)
10. If it ever does become widely available ...
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 06:25 PM
Jul 2013

... this has the potential to change our whole society. Imagine if we no longer had to worry about drunk drivers, or if the car could take your children to school when you were already at work, or your parents never got "too old" to drive, or ...

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
12. I hear ya, BV!!!
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 06:38 PM
Jul 2013

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I don't believe I've worn anything other than Velcro shoes for about 20 years now.
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I was no better at keeping my shoes tied at 35 than I was at 4.
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