AROUNDME is the ideal application for anyone new to Blacksburg or those moving into an off-campus apartment or house. Using GPS technology, AroundMe determines your location and provides information about destinations near you. This app divides locations into categories like coffee shops, gas stations, movie theatres, restaurants, supermarkets and more. It then provides the name, address, phone number, and opens the location up in a map application. AroundMe is compatible with iPhone and Android. It is a free application, the ad-free version can be purchased for $2.99
WEATHERBUG is consistently rated a top weather application for smartphones. This is definitely something you will need in Blacksburg with the unpredictable weather. WeatherBug provides live weather information, along with weekly and hourly forecasts. Through WeatherBug you will receive National Weather Service alerts for your area. You will also have access to weather cameras and radar maps. WeatherBug caches data so you will be able to access weather information in areas without Internet access. This application works with iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and some Samsung and Nokia phone models. WeatherBug is a free application, but upgrade to the ad-free version, WeatherBug Elite for only $.99
GOOD MORNING is described as a “personal wake-up assistant.” This application is perfect for those of you with an 8 a.m. class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. With Good Morning, you have the option of setting an alarm and having it play a song, read the date, time, weather, news or even your calendar. You also set a personal message to be read to you with the alarm. For those of you who just can’t wake up, you have the option of solving a math problem in order for the alarm to turn off. Good Morning is only available on Android and is a free application.
FITNESS PRO is a great way to keep off the freshman 15 or shed that extra summer weight. This application has an exercise reference with over 450 exercises that can be done at home or at the gym. Fitness Pro also allows you to create your own workout plan, by scheduling up to seven days worth of routines. If you are new to working out, you can choose a preset routine. There is also a section of the application that lets you view the body and select the areas that you want to exercise. Fitness Pro also lets you track and log your runs and view this data afterward. Fitness Pro works on iPhone and is a free application.
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Gee, Sarah, how did I ever "survive college" without you. Oh yeah, I read the text books and used a notebook. Thanks for the, "I can make a list and call it journalism", textual buffoonery.
It's not too late to change majors, Sarah.
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hey, dumbass, commas go inside quotation marks.
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I can't even believe that someone would treat a fellow Hokie in this way.
Sarah, I very much enjoyed your article. Thank you for including a piece so relevant to college life.
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Great list Sarah! Also, there is a new app in the Apple store called Regress This, which is better than a TI-83+ graphing calculator. You just plug in your equation and Regress This does all the work! Pretty cool and handy app for math classes like stat or calc.
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