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No, the title of this week’s freebie isn’t meant to be perverse. It’s just the clearest way to identify the DuPont giveaway that has already popped up on some of our favorite blogs. And now it’s here on YHL (insert party kazoo sound effect here). Ladies and gents, we present to you: the DuPont iPod Touch giveaway. That’s right, DuPont’s gonna hook one of you up with a free iPod Touch. Monday just got a little better, eh?
DuPont recently launched a new free iPhone and iPod Touch app called mySurface that’s designed to help you pick a countertop from within their
DuPont was even kind enough to hook us up with our own iPod Touch (now I’m almost as cool as my iPhone toting wife) to check it out and dig up some other helpful DIY apps to share with you guys. So here are the other home-improvement related apps that we’re digging:
We’ve been having lots of fun with Benjamin Moore’s ColorCapture app (also free). Using uploaded photos (or pics snapped with the iPhone’s camera) you find paint colors and color schemes to coordinate with your favorite fabric, painting or – well – photo of your dog on the beach. And though we haven’t used it yet, the 99-cent SwedeShop app is the unofficial Ikea organizer for the iPhone. So you can forget the golf pencil on your next trip- plus it automatically tallies your budget as you go.
We also got lots of tips about keeping notes and lists on your iPhone back on this post, so we’ve started to use Evernote (again, free). It’s like the Voice Memo and Notes tools that come already loaded on the iPod, but a bit more organized. Linked to an account on evernote.com, you can keep voice, text, photo and screen grab notes that can be labeled with tags, sorted by geo-tags and easily searched. We’ve also been enjoying craigsphone, the app version of craigslist. Nothing new in terms of content, but hunting for real estate, browsing local yard sales and perusing used furniture in need of a new home is almost easier on the iPod than the real web site. The app is free, but it certainly could end up costing us more as we discover new steals.
But enough jibber-jabber. Here’s how you can win your very own iPod Touch:
- PRIZE: An 8GB iPod Touch courtesy of DuPont and their new mySurface app
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “TOUCH ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …help us build our app collection by telling us your favorite iPhone app (if you’ve got one) OR if you could create your own miracle app, tell us what would it would do (balance your checkbook? get dinner ready? walk the dog?)
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 28th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: USA only
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!
Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Apple.
Deidra says
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I’m a big fan of To Do’s. It helps keep me in line. When I’m not trying to be productive, I love beating my husband in Mancala FS5 (though I really hate losing!). Flood-It! LineUp and Lucky Coins help me kill the time, too.
Jenny Stoudt says
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Rebecca says
TOUCH ME!!!
A mirror app would be superific!
Jamie says
That is the coolest application…
I had no idea such a thing was possible, it would be great for my business!
It would really touch me to have the ipod touch!
Alli Keele says
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Any app that is made for a toddler is A-OK for me. It’s a great thing to have for waiting at the doctor’s office, at the grocery store, in the car, etc. A great distracter!
stephanie G says
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I Don’t have an iphone, in fact, I have a 6 year old flip phone after breaking my bb pearl :( I’d like an application to be able to communicate itouch to itouch for free to anywhere in the world! My husband is in Iraq… that’d be super convenient!
Katie says
Touch Me! At first i couldn’t think of an app that I would invent since I know there are so many awesome ones ( from friends bragging – not my own experience) but The person above me is brilliant! Clueless clothes wardrobe app would be amazing!
Lindsay says
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Not lucky enough to have an iphone, so I can’t recommend any apps. But I think the most useful for me would be some sort of recipe organizer – so I could stop printing out gobs of paper recipes and just follow along on screen. :) Awesome.
Rachel says
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janna says
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Christina says
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A co-worker of mine has an app called Lose It! where you can track your daily food intake & exercises so you can achieve your weight loss goals. Very handy & easy to use!
Elizabeth says
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ljcadv says
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My favorite app is the new one I got a few weeks ago… The Oregon Trail!!!
great giveaway!
Rebecca says
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I’d love a miracle app to make me dinner. I’d press a button and it would shoot something out of the freezer into the pan, turn on the stove, and heat up while I’m on my way home.
Amy V says
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I would love, love, love an ipod touch. And I would adore an app that allowed me to make a grocery list and would hookup with the grocery store I shop at to map out where everything I need is located in the store. I just recently moved to a new area and finding things in our new grocery store is super frustrating!! :)
Teresa says
TOUCH ME! I don’t have an iPod. : ( But if I did, I would love an app that would clean out the kitty litter every time my cat pottys. No smell, no mess!
Lauryn says
TOUCH ME! Ha, that sounds so weird. I think a really neat app would be one to help you design a logo or brand for your business!
Erika says
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I am still NOT cool and don’t have an iPhone. My dream app would be able to price compare all of the stores on earth and the internet when I want to buy something. Oh, to dream…. :)
Deb says
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The perfect app would be one that would fold and put away my laundry!! :) oh but to dream!
Lacey says
My favorite app is a calorie counter :)
carlee says
Touch me! I don’t have an iphone {sad face} so I’m not sure what iphones already have…but I can say that I know of one they have and I LOVE the shazam? app that finds what song you’re listening to…best thing ever!
sarah says
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The What the Font app will never cease to blow my mind.
Keri R. says
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loni says
“TOUCH ME!” I would love an app for menu planning. One that would provide me with a weekly healthy dinner menu plan for my family based on what’s on sale at my grocery store of choice on that particular week. This would save me time and money and keep us out of the dinner ‘rut’.
Thanks!!!
Roshni says
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I would love an app that would pay all my bills and make sure that I got everything mailed out when it needed to go out!
Joi says
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I’d love an app that puts together cute outfits, much like another poster said! : )
Becky says
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I’d love an iPod touch. My kids can buy them but I sure can’t.
My favorite app … definitely some clever little housewife helper that would empty the dishwasher. I will wash my dishes by hand rather than look forward to emptying the dishwasher.
I’m weird like that.
Thanks for the chance to win!!
Lacey Q says
TOUCH ME! Calorie counter is my favorite app!
LJ says
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My favorite app is the whoopee cushion. I am truly nothing but a giggly 10-year-old masquerading as a 29-year-old woman.
karleigh says
“Touch Me” Is there an app that can prepare dinner for me?
Kathleen says
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Gina says
I love the level app, it’s free and comes in handy for so many things!! TOUCH ME with a new Touch please, that Dupont App looks amazing….pick me random.org pick me please
Angie says
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Changing the baby’s dirty diapers!!!
abbi says
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Best games: Ragdoll Blast, Doodle Jump, Flight Control
Other: NY TIMES app! I use it every single day on the train!
Rebecca says
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I don’t have an iPhone but I would love all the apps everyone else has mentioned!
Ashley B. says
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My favorite app is definitely the one that tells you the current song playing on the radio, in the store, wherever you are! It always drives me crazy when I don’t the name/artist of a song, but the app solves my problem!
Christine says
TOUCH ME! My miracle app would clean out the litter boxes for me.
Jeni says
TOUCH ME! I don’t have an iPhone (yet!) so no app faves to speak of. But if I could imagine one it would be something to guide the new daily schedule I’ll have soon: working from home with a new, wee babe.
Ash says
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Stephanie says
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My favorite app would be paint samples. No need for a fan deck when you have a paint app!
Peggy says
Touch me! New reader and LOVING this blog! I love the allrecipes dinner spinner app!
Maggie says
TOUCH ME! I would love an app (if there isn’t already one) tracking shoes that are on sale. I’m a bit of an adict…
Nancy says
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I don’t have an iphone, but I’m a fan of the Pantone app :D
Bethany Mc says
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Beth says
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I’m ipod touch-less so I don’t even know what apps are out there! What about an app that gently reminds your husband to take the garbage out? :o)
Becki says
TOUCH ME! I would make a great recipe organizer app
Kara says
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I am sure that this is available, but I would love a Weight Watchers app that would help me track my points for the day.
Katie Kildal says
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I would love an app that would organize all of my work expenses for tax time!
Brandy says
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Brooke says
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