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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.
Courtney says
Touch me!
I’ve never had an iPhone, but my miracle app would plan all my meals so I’d never run out of ingredients or time, and everything would get all used up. Wishful thinking!
Jill says
Touch Me! I’m sure there is an app for this, but I want one to make my grocery store list for me!
Adriana says
Touch Me! My miracle app would do the laundry for me and keep my 3 yr old entertained.
Jen says
TOUCH ME! We don’t have anything resembling an iphone or ipod, even.
Amy Y. says
TOUCH ME! Sounds a little desperate there doesn’t it? Anyway, I would like an app that would let me enter calendar events for my whole family using just my voice, and then tell me if something conflicts. I would call it Calendar Juggle. Thanks guys!
Jessica says
TOUCH ME!
My dream app would find the best deals for me on whatever I want to buy.
devon says
Touch Me! I am so excited about that IKEA app!! (But I just tried to download it and the itunes store is saying that it is unavailable) My miracle app would definitely do the dishes – I cannot stand doing the dishes :-) And my favorite ipod app is twitterrific – so addicting!
Alina Ward Castle says
Touch me! I would like an app that does the dishes. :)
Melissa S says
TOUCH ME!!! Oh man if I had an IPhone I’d want a miracle app that automatically created new and easy/quick menu’s for the week! I get sick of the same old stuff week after week. :)
…oh and it would have to do the grocery shopping as well…
:)
Angela says
TOUCH ME!
I think I would enjoy the facebook app.
Christine says
Touch Me! I would like a personal chef app!
Ashleigh says
Touch Me! Favorite app is the starbucks locater :)
tara says
touch me- don’t have one, but it sounds like it would make organizing my life a lot easier…
Elisabeth says
TOUCH ME! =) i don’t have an iphone or ipod touch, but i’ve heard of an app that scans barcodes on items & gives you the prices of that item @ stores nearby. great comparison shopping tool that i’d love. thanks for the opportunity to win!
Emily A. says
TOUCH ME! I would totally have an app that picks up my clothes off the floor and organizes my closet…that would be the life : )
Krista D. says
TOUCH ME!
Although I don’t have anything like this, I hear Pandora is an app, and we love Pandora on our computers at home!
Amber says
Touch Me!! Never had an iTouch (or iPhone), but I think I’d get a lot of use out of the level app or the Mint.com app (sorta like balancing your checkbook).
Bailey Baker says
TOUCH ME!!! An app that cleans the house would be great :)
Lee @ foodie plus 4 says
Touch Me…I would love an app that picked up the kids at school.
Barbette Jensen says
TOuch me! I would love to have an app where there are rotating dinner menus that can be customized and then give me the grocery list.
Tiffany says
Touch me! I’ve heard of all the apps that I would like. My favorite would be the leveler (I hope that’s how you spell it)..ooh and a spelling dictionary!
Nerd Girl says
Touch me! I know nothing about iPhone’s Touches or their apps, but I’d love the opportunity to learn :)
Courtney says
TOUCH ME! Oh, I would LOVE an app that would send me a grocery shopping list every week of what to buy, and then recipes each day of what to cook!
Nicole says
TOUCH ME!
Karoline Filicetti says
TOUCH ME! I am a BIG fan of your site and the ipod touch! I received one for my birthday in September and I LOVE IT! I want to hook my hubby up if I win this one. :)
Three of my most used apps are Word Search, Grocery IQ and Sketchbook Mobile. I’m going to go hunt down the apps I saw in your post too. :)
Karoline
Teresa says
TOUCH ME!
No such gadgets here yet…
I was going to say I’d enjoy an app that streamlines meal planning and grocery shopping, or maybe a game like Tetris, and then I saw a comment about an app that helps you find your parked car. Yes, please.
Kim says
TOUCH ME!!!
I love Pandora, Pack Man, and Tap and Track (fitness/calorie counter). My perfect app would be a tantrum eliminator because I have a two year old!
alison says
Touch Me!
Brenda says
Touch me! I would like an app that would create a weekly menu of dinners based only on the ingredients I like.
Diana says
TOUCH ME! Wow — my ideal app would be one that would help me cut through all the cancer related red-tape I’ve been dealing with since my breast cancer diagnosis in February. If only I could touch my way around all the insurance related problems….
Emma - Wohoo! says
TOUCH ME!
I have never had an iAnything but my magical app would do the laundry and edit my papers.
Raye Marie Chappuis says
Touch me! please. Love the level app
Lisa says
Touch Me~
Would I ever love to have an Ipod touch…that answer is yes. My kids would be sooo jealous ;-)
Jessica Lynn says
Touch Meeeeee!!! My company forces me to have a blackberry but i am longing for an iphone or an itouch!!!!! my husband would probably want an app that would take an inventory of our fridge and pantry and then give him options of what he can make for dinner or a snack. i would want an app that would bring up the sales occurring for the week at my 15 favorite stores (target, pier one, kohls, etc). No more needing the newspaper or attempting to find out on-line.
Jess says
TOUCH ME!
I don’t have an iphone so I really don’t know what they are capable of. I would want something to help me decide what’s for dinner so I can quit worrying about it. :)
Jennifer says
TOUCH ME
No iphone- but reading some comments above one for grocery shopping and tracking prices would be nice!
susan says
TOUCH ME
I would create an app that helps my daughter with her homework.
JC says
TOUCH ME!
I would create an app that did my morning run for me!
Lisa L. says
TOUCH ME! It would just make life easier in general :)
Leigh says
TOUCH ME! If I when this, I would give it to my husband so I can have mine back!!! My favorite app is Grocery IQ. It’s absolutely amazing and keeps all my grocery and misc items lists in one place. My favorite thing is that it has a favorites list and a history of everything I have put on the list in the past. It cost me $4.99 but I have saved that much in paper (not to mention trees that make the paper).
Michelle says
Touch me…so I can use it to have recipes in the kitchen!
Haley Winchester says
TOUCH ME, baby!
Favorite apps include:
Face Melter- distort things! Its fuN!
Tip-u-late: for the mathematically challenged
Color splash
Pandora
Direct TV
Shazam
Tricia A says
TOUCH ME!!! My favorite app is the Starbucks app!
Lisa says
Touch Me! I’m not sure what app, since I’m not all that familiar. This would really inspire me to check them out!
Keri says
TOUCH ME!
My dream app would be something like an instant vacation.
Catherine says
Touch me!
Susan S. says
Touch Me…
I haven’t gotten an Iphone yet but my dream app would be one that tracked which stars/celestial objects were the easiest to observe from your GPS coords. I’m just starting to get into astronomy and I’d love to have something that could point me to what has the best showing, because unlike the flashy meteor showers, daily stargazing sights don’t exactly make headlines.
Kate says
TOUCH ME!! I need on to know what App I like.
Erin says
Touch me! The hubs has an itouch and adores it…he barely lets me play with it, however seeing all these new fancy apps…I really want one too!
tiffany says
Touch me! I would create an app that would help me find my keys in the morning!