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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. WindyA says

    TOUCH ME

    I don’t have an iPhone right now, but the app I’m most excited for (whenever I finally get an iSomething) is the one that turns your phone into the remote car starter from viper. I’m always losing my keys, but this way, at least during the winter, the car will be warming up while I frantically search for the keys!

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  4. Uyen says

    TOUCH ME.

    I would like an app where I could enter an address and it would tell me what business is located there. Like a backwards yellow pages.

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  14. JLT says

    Touch me!!!!

    Don’t have an I phone, actually I have an ancient normal cell phone, gasp! ;) I’m planning a wedding right now, so my app would probably be something to keep up with all our wedding purchases and put them straight into our budget so I could keep track of it easier! Or I would make an app that would help my fiance plan his residency interview process by organizing everything for him.

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  16. Lisa says

    Touch me!

    I love the Shazam app which recognizes music playing around you and gives you the song and artist name. I wish there was an app that lets your iphone/itouch become a laser measuring tape.

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  18. Natasha P. says

    TOUCH ME! According to the commercial, there’s an app for just about everything; so, I’m not sure I could come up with something that hasn’t already been done. Well, it wold be nice if there was an app to iron my clothes in the morning.

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  19. Scott says

    TOUCH ME!

    Don’t have an iTouch or an iPhone, so I’ve never used any apps! Would love that to change now, hint hint!

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  20. Susan MC says

    Touch ME!!!!!! I don’t have an iPhone – have only actually seen one only once in person. I want an app that clones me!! One to stay home all day taking care of the laundry, housework, shopping and cooking so I can come home from work, enjoy my kids and RELAX!!! :)

    Thanks for the chance to win!! :)

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  21. Staci says

    Touch me!!

    My perfect app would give birth! I’m days away from having my first baby and it’s all that’s on my mind!!

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  22. Tiffany Randall says

    Touch Me….

    I do not have an IPhone, but my dream app would be one that gives me a weekly grocery list with meal plans for the week. I dont mind cooking it, but I can never decide what to make.

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  24. Michelle Benko says

    TOUCH ME!

    My dream app would be the ability to scan in all coupons withe the ability to use then when I shop. I love a good bargain, but I’m up to my ears in little strips of paper here!

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  27. Kathie Martin says

    Dear Youngs:

    I haven’t commented on your blog before, but I want you to know that you TOUCH ME every time I receive your e-mail. Your inspire and motivate me to create new things in my house and you make me happy seeing what you’ve been able to accomplish together. Heck, I even follow Burger’s blog!

    Do enter me for the iPod Touch giveaway and keep up the good work. I’ll be a follower for some time.

    Best regards,

    Kathie

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  28. Rebecca says

    TOUCH ME! My favorite app is the allrecipes app. It’s handy when I’m at the grocery store after work, frantically trying to figure out something to make for dinner.

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  30. Lesley says

    TOUCH ME!

    I would love an app to help me digitally make incredible mixes (of music) that I could easily send to friends and family (a hobby of mine!)

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  31. Tiers of Joy says

    TOUCH ME. Like many of those who’ve commented, I don’t have an iPhone, so I have no idea what my favorite app would be, but a fantastic miracle app would be a “Motivator” … Perhaps it could come equipped with a cattle prod that would force me to complete all the items on my to-do list!

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  32. Tara says

    TOUCH ME! If I could create an app for my iPod it would be an app that I could put my weekly grocery list in and it could tell me all of the sales/prices at my local grocery store. This would me stay better on track with my weekly grocery budget!

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  34. Carrie says

    TOUCH ME!!

    My husband has an iPhone – and I’m so jealous! I’d love to have my own iTouch. I love the UrbanSpoon app and Solitaire (perfect to occupy my mind during late night feedings with little one). I could totally use an app that sends me birthday reminders like 2 weeks in advance, so I have time to get cards out in the mail!

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  35. Selena Herrera says

    TOUCH ME!

    I dont have an IPhone, but I would love an app that could help plan a baby shower…planning my first one for my sister-in-law and could use all the help I can get!

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  42. Kezzie says

    TOUCH ME

    I love your site and have shared it with several friends. I don’t have a iphone but I love the idea of an app that balances checkbooks.

    Keep up the great work!

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  43. Julie says

    Touch me!

    I wish I had an iPhone…unfortunately not available with Verizon. An iTouch would be the perfect consolation prize though!

    Not sure what it’s called, but I heard there’s an app that will scan a barcode at, say, Target…and then give a you a price comparison at other nearby stores. How awesome would that be!

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  44. Julia Rechsteiner says

    TOUCH ME!

    The Urban Spoon app is my fave! You pick between dollar amount, cuisine type and area of town…shake your phone and it gives you restuarant ideas like a slot machine. Fun!

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  46. Ashleigh says

    Touch me!!

    I would love a recipe of the day app :) I’m sure there is one out there…I’ve just never had an iPhone or iTouch before!

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