Ronald Bell

  Happy New Year, you party animal, you. You may not remember much of last night, but if you are reading a post called "4 Apps to Help You Deal With Your New Year's Day Hangover" chances are you got trashed. Well, hope it was fun while it lasted. Still, this killer headache is no way to start off the new year, is it? Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do other than drink fluids and take something for your head until it goes away. Sorry. Coffee and a cold shower probably don't offer anything more than temporary relief. Either way, your pals at iSmashPhone, your friendly internet iPhone blog are here to help you get through the morning/afternoon. Here are four Apps that will help you get through this hangover:   1) BrainFreqz – Headache Relief – 99 cents Unfortunately, you can't just get rid of the hangover. You can, however, help yourself through it by taking it easy for the day. This helps you by offering some soothing sounds for 20 minutes, and helping you relax. It may be hard to relax with that doozy of a headache, but hey…something's better than nothing, right?   2) Hangover Soother – Free This App is free, but it seems like it will do the trick. It gives you soothing ambient sounds such as waterfalls, the ocean, thunder or a train (a train is soothing? Oh well, it's free, can't complain.).   4) Hangover Cures for iPhone - 99 cents We don't know that there is definite "cure" for a hangover, but at least there are ways to help get yourself through it. It seems like it's more of a joke App, and we have no idea if these will work. But at this point, you'll try just about anything.     4) Hangover Meter – 99 cents Well, at this point it's no doubt that you have a hangover. The only question is, how bad is it? This App is here to help you figure that out. Hangover Meter measures your hangover level by doing…we actually don't know, it's probably more about entertainment value than anything. Still, even putting a slight smile on your face is better than nothing.   The Day After Well, at least New Year's Eve was a lot of fun. New Years Day? Not so much. Oh well, live and learn. Hope things turn up for you, Read More

posted by Trey Trawick on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 5:35 pm.   Celebrating the release of the new iPhone with your Wii bowling team, you go to a bar to field test Cupertino’s newest device. You sit down at the bar with your iPhone 4, and the cute girl next to you slowly reaches into her purse and pulls out hers. Yours is black – hers is white. Ying and Yang. Being the socially awkward geek that you are, you fumble to make a compete sentence – but words are not needed. She slides across her business card, and you slyly snap a picture of it with your 5 megapixel camera using the Business Card Reader by Shape Services. Her phone number is safely added to your address book without a digit out of place. “Barman,” you say, “I’ll have an Appletini.” smiling to yourself at the clever choice. You hold up two fingers, and point to the lady. You’ve never ordered an alcoholic beverage before, but because of the Cocktail Recipes app by Webworks, you’re now an expert. After a few drinks, you’re now tipsy enough to make your moves, but not without your trusty PickUpLines app. You scooch your stool over to the girl, and whisper the boldest line you can find into her ear. “I have a three-axis gyroscope.” Your eyes lock, and you take her back to your car. You remotely start your Volkswagen Camper with the Viper SmartStart app, and drive back to your house. As you’re driving, you use the Navigon Mobile Navigator app with turn-by-turn directions to find your way back safe and sound, along with Trapster to avoid the police. As you’re both laying on the front yard, you look up at the sky and use the Starmap Pro app to point out all the constellations that you have long-since forgotten from elementary school; using the built in compass and GPS to accurately pinpoint your location. You then run the iHeart Love Compatibility Match Calculator to make sure you are truly meant to be, and email the results to your mother. You lean over to kiss her, then quietly install the Panic Button. Read More

We recently wrote an article called “14 Useful iPhone Applications for Women” which described some iPhone apps that a writer and iPhone user thought would be useful for women. However, many commenters (probably in an attempt at humor) responded that this article was sexist. Apparently, choosing applications that target women more than men is sexist. Perhaps it’s not clear, but men and women  different. So while not all of the applications are useful for woman, those apps are targetted mainly towards women. (Sure men can use them too, but statistically, women are the primary users of those 14 apps.) That being said, we figured we should make a list of extremely sexist and stereotypic apps for men, to really show what sexist is. Read on for 20 apps with screenshots and descriptions.  1. iFitness by Medical Productions Category: Healthcare & Fitness Price: $1.99 App Store Link 2. PickUp Lines by Ronald Bell Category: Entertainment Price: $0.99 3. Bump by Bump Technologies LLC Category: Social Networking  Price: Free App Store Link 4. FanFinder by SportsFanLive.com Category: Sports Price: Free App Store Link 5. Trapster by Trapster.com Category: Travel Price: Free App Store Link 6. Occasions (Birthdays, Anniversaries, Push Notifications, and more!) by Hand Carved Code, LLC Category: Lifestyle Price: $0.99 App Store Link 7. Bikini Blast by Smartphone Technologies, Inc. Category: Lifestyle Price: $0.99 Do I even need to say anything?  8. iStrip by Sheryl Apps Category: Lifestyle Price: $0.99 9. How To Videos From Howcast.com by Howcast Category: Lifestyle Price: Free Since all men do things themselves and never ever ask a more knowledgable person for help, How To Videos is a must have app for every man. In the extremely rare case that you don’t know how to do something, simply say you’re going to go to the bathroom, grab your iPhone, and secretly open How To Videos from Howcast.com (don’t forget your headphones.) When you come out, you’ll be fully informed and your reputation for knowing everything (a.k.a being male) will hold. 10. iBeer by Hottrix Category: Entertainment Price: $0.99 Occasionally something may happen that can make you seem less than manly. Perhaps your friends walked in on you listening to Sting with a candle on. Right before they start laughing and sharing the news, simply pull out your iPhone and open iBeer. Start drinking. Your credibility will be redeemed instantly. 11. iHandgun by Kaoru  Category: Entertainment Price: Free Men love Read More