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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:

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

  9. jennifer says

    TOUCH ME!! I would love an app that would prevent me from gaining anymore weight this coming winter season!!! I love the baked goods too much to give it up!

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  10. Nicole Laney says

    TOUCH ME

    I would love an app that makes food appear! If I want a chai if I have a down moment in the morning, or if I’m tired and hungry when I get home from work and want dinner…or right now if I want a chocolate chip cookie!

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  11. kribss says

    touch me! i would love to have an app that would let me know where my 16 year old son is at or doing at all times- w/out him knowing :O)

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  12. Bethanie says

    Now TOUCH ME, baby
    Cant you see that I am not afraid? …
    Of winning??

    I would love an app that would make calls to customer service numbers that rings on my end when a real person gets to the line. :):)

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  16. Rebecca P. says

    TOUCH ME!!! I do not have an iPhone or an iPod touch, so I don’t know a thing about the apps, but I would sure love to learn!!!

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  18. Katie says

    TOUCH ME!!!

    My friend has a cool app on the itunes store that is a flashlight! It really comes in handy when you’re trying to unlock a door in the dark with no other light!

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  19. Lauren F. says

    touch me!

    i don’t have a favorite app cuz i don’t have an iphone…and i refuse to switch carriers so it doesn’t look like i will be getting one anytime soon. but i totally have been dying for an itouch.

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  21. Traci says

    TOUCH ME!!!!!! :-D

    I’d love an app that would tell me whether a food product was gluten-free, or not….. I have Celiac disease, and I often pass up food items because I’m just not sure. :-(

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  22. Korie says

    TOUCH ME!

    I think the coolest app ever would be one from YHL that gave you design tips with pictures and suggested paint colors. :D

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  23. Taryn says

    TOUCH ME

    My husband made an app for potty training- a rewards chart- and it is pretty awesome. I guess that one is my favorite . . . kinda has to be- you know?

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  24. Kari D says

    TOUCH ME!

    I would love an app that helps me organize my grocery shopping and cooking so it’s efficient both in terms of money and time. There’s a good chance that already exists, but I don’t have an iphone or ipod touch (YET!) so I wouldn’t know!

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  25. Lisa Ohlenkamp says

    Touch me!

    It’s a silly timewaster, but Flight Control is lots of fun, especially when you play against a friend.

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  28. Julie says

    Touch Me please!

    I would love an app that would give me advice on life right at my finger tips:) dreaming, dreaming, dreaming

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  30. Erica says

    TOUCH ME!

    My miracle app would sort & purge my kid’s growing collection of toys! They’re only 7 months & 2 years and have so much stuff!

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  32. Erin says

    TOUCH ME!!
    I have to say the directions/google map app would be great. I have absolutely no sense of direction. Now only if it would speak to you, “Turn right here…no your other right”!

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  34. Linda says

    TOUCH ME!!!
    I don’t have an i-pod or an i-phone. If I could create a miracle app it would have to be an app to help me lose weight and get in shape. Although, by putting some music on this i-pod would help!! xxxcrossfingerxxx

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  35. Rebekah says

    Touch me!
    I would love an app that would take pictures of my furniture and put it on a floor plan to help rearrange my house…

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  37. Sarah M says

    TOUCH ME!!!!!

    I don’t have an iPhone so I don’t have a favorite app, but a miracle one would be to fix dinner or clean the house! hehehe

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  38. Lindsey says

    TOUCH ME!!!! Please, please! I lost my husband’s iPod, and he wants me to buy him a new Touch, so this would work out GREAT!
    My favorite apps are Tap Tap Revenge – It’s like Guitar Hero for iPod and A+ Alarm Night Clock – you can use your iPhone/iPod as an alarm clock, and it will play music from your playlist! Plus it has a built-in flashlight.

    Lindsey

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  45. Sarah Reed says

    TOUCH ME!!!

    I don’t have one…yet…but I would love a menu planning/grocery shopping app so I could plan dinner before I get home from work. I HATE running back to the store once I’m home and in my comfy clothes!

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  48. Trish says

    TOUCH ME!
    I am keeping my fingers crossed and and doing a good-luck-mojo dance. My teenage son is asking for a iTouch for Christmas. My absolute favorite apps are Pandora, Saisuke (it links your Google calendar and can text you reminders), Nearest (great for traveling), and Xmarks (links your bookmarks on your home computer to any computer). And to express my love for Young House Love, I’ve even added their link on my homepage (see to the left of the Facebook app).

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/44022801@N04/4048929850/

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  49. Kim says

    TOUCH ME!
    My miracle app would proof and check my references to see if they are APA compliant for all of my papers I write for school!

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  50. Diana says

    TOUCH ME!
    I love all apple products, although I am new to the app scene. My brother let me play around with his iPod touch and I liked the one where it’s a stick figure and then you move the iPod from side to side to avoid the rolling boulders. It’s called “Falling Balls” and it’s a free app too! :)

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