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Fab Freebie: I Touch My Surface

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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 Corian and Zodiaq line of products. The fun interface would’ve been great back when we were redoing our kitchen, if nothing else just to give us a sense of how many options were out there. So even though technology’s a bit too late for our renovation, we’re still getting great bathroom inspiration ideas from mySurface’s photo gallery:="nofollow">

ITouch MySurface

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.

ITouch BenMore Swede

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.

ITouch Evernote Craigs

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.

Comments

  1. Elaine says

    TOUCH ME! I don’t have an ipod touch so I don’t know anything about apps – but I would love a MIRACLE one that would cook me a yummy dinner on nights when life is too crazy!

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  5. Amanda says

    TOUCH ME

    I don’t have an iPhone, but would love an app that would decode my babie’s screams and bonus points if it could work on dogs too :)

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  8. Asheley says

    TOUCH ME!

    Games, like scrabble and hangman, are my favorite. They are nice to have, especially if you are waiting for a table at a restaurant or for a prescription to be filled.

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  10. Brooke says

    Touch me! Could I need any more apps? Since I also am a bit obessesed with crafts, the yarn app that lets you organize your stash is definitely a must have!

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  14. Shannon T. says

    Touch me! Don’t have an iPhone but would imagine loving an app that would tell me where the cheapest gas station is that is closest to my current location.

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  19. Emily G says

    Touch Me!!!

    My favorite app is smacktalk. it involves recording what you say and repeating it in the voice (and picture) of four different furry friends… one even looks like burger! :) check it out!

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  20. Brandi D. says

    TOUCH ME!!

    I don’t have an iAnything, but if they could make a miracle app that monitered my patience levels and restored my patience as I began to run low… well, I’d buy that in a second. :)

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  23. Isa says

    I don’t have an iPhone, but my friend does, and I love the “shake it and it gives you restaurant options” thing (I have no idea what it’s really called).

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  24. Julie says

    TOUCH ME! I don’t have an iPhone so I’m not sure what my favorite app would be. In my dreams, though… I think I’d have one that clears my desk for me.

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  28. Sarah L. says

    TOUCH ME!!!!

    I don’t have an iTouch or iPhone, but if I did, I would want an application that would let me plug in 1 or 2 colors and then suggest compliments and contrasts. This would be useful for knitting, clothes and painting my house. Thanks!

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  32. Jessica says

    Touch me!

    my miracle iPhone app would be one that gets up in the middle of the night to help my 4 year old go potty.

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  35. Elle says

    Touch Me!

    Hmm, not sure how I feel about saying that to total strangers. Anyhoo, my “miracle app” would be a DO THE LAUNDRY app! I am so over having to up and down the stairs every time I have to do laundry.

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  36. Melanie says

    Touch me! I don’t from apps for the iPhone, but my BF just bought Bejeweled 2 for his Touch, and I’m addicted! But, he won’t let me play too much, so I really, really hope random picks me (my iPod Mini died several months ago)!

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  37. Loren says

    Touch Me! May favorite you’ve already mentioned, the Benjamin Moore color capture. Doesn’t get much more brilliant than that.

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  39. Kerry says

    Touch me!

    I don’t have an iphone with fancy apps, but a friend of mine has one that will make any photo look like a Polaroid. You can even shake the phone to make the “polaroid” appear faster.

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  42. Keighley says

    Touch Meeeeeeee! Touch ME.

    Im with the person who mentioned an App that would make flash cards for school. I am always needing flash cards for college courses.

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  48. Anna B says

    TOUCH ME!

    Yes. Please. Don’t have an iPhone, but if I did, my dream app would be the “Dinner ideas based on mood” app. I sometimes have trouble coming up with dinner ideas that fit the mood I’m in. If I’m feeling warm and cozy, I am most likely to select some sort of soup, which is not all that creative. I’m not as likely to come up with something incredibly delicious on my own, like sausage and apple stuffed squash. This app could help me break out of mood-food ruts.

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