3 Tricks for iPhone and iPad Appaholics

Hello my name is Professor Josh and I’m an appaholic. Did you know there are currently 588,492 apps available in the Apple App Store? This means you have lots to choose from for entertain to educational and from productivity to photography.

The three biggest questions by iPhone and iPad appaholics are:

• How do I find good apps with so many out there?
• How do I organize my apps?
• How do I find an app quickly on my phone when I have hundreds to look through?

How do I find good apps with so many out there?

They make an app for that! Yes, you can utilize an app like Discovr Apps to sort through apps and find information beyond the app store. A few of the features include:

* Video reviews of apps
* Tweets from app developers
* Links to developer websites
* Twitter handles shared if available
* Full screen screenshots (pinch, zoom, pan on iPhone)
* Tap and hold on favs, wish list, recommended bars

Another source for finding apps is to search directly in the App Store on your device. This includes checking out the various categories and discover the featured or new apps available.

Don’t forget to keep updated through site like Mashable, Mac World. and Professor Josh’s App of the Week.

How do I organize my apps?

Scrolling through screens and screens of applications is not a very efficient way to keep an iPhone or iPad organized. Since the development of iOS4, users can use a series of folders to keep their applications better sorted.

Note that folders on the iPhone / iPod Touch can hold 12 icons; the iPad folders will hold 20.

Using Folders:

1. Tap and hold your finger over an app until you enter the edit mode. The icons will shake. This starts just like the user was going to move an app to a different page. Most of the apps with have black X’s in the upper left-hander corner.
2. Slide one app onto the top of another app that you want to place in a folder together.
3. Name your folder
4. Continue to slide additional apps into that folder.

How do I find an app quickly on my phone when I have hundreds to look through?

Your entire life and hundreds of apps are on your iPhone or iPad, which could make it a little hard to navigate and find just what you are looking for quickly. Here’s how to quickly find what you’re looking for.

1. Access Spotlight Search by flicking your finger to the left of the main home screen to get to Spotlight Search.
2. Start typing – matching results begin to appear immediately. Spotlight pulls up results from e-mail, contacts, calendar, apps, and notes, plus everything stored on your device. Tap the blue “Search” button at the bottom of the screen to complete the search.
3. When you see what you’re looking for, tap it once to open it.