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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

  1. Melissa says

    TOUCH ME

    I don’t have an iPod but I like the app that remembers where you parked your car. My friend has it… but I’m the one who really needs it!

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  6. Stacy says

    Touch Me!!

    If I could design my own app it would help me decorate our house! I could program it with my sense of style and color schemes and it would tell me where to buy what and when anything went on sale. It would be awesome!

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  11. Lindsay says

    TOUCH ME.

    I’m sure that if I had an iPod touch, I would love each and every app. I wish there was an app that wrote my lesson plans and graded papers!

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  12. Nicole Lee says

    “TOUCH ME”

    I would have an app that would be called “doggie daycare”. This app would pooper scoop, bathe, brush, and clean up all the dog hair-so that way I would have more time to play with and love my pup.

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  17. Jenny R says

    Touch Me!

    My favorite app is the compass that tells you what direction you’re facing because I always get lost in NYC when I’m past the numbered streets!

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  22. Cindy says

    Touch ME!

    I would like a memory app so when I need to find something I’ve put away the itouch can tell me where it is.

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  25. Kate says

    TOUCH ME

    I would love an app that could tell me why my toddler is cranky and how to effectively react. ;) It would record and analyze his whining, crying, or yelling, then his facial expression and level of tantrum activity, and give me the results in a few seconds. Maybe the app could come up with something better than handing him a Twizzler. :P

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  26. fivetomatoes says

    TOUCH ME!

    I want an app that would be like Cher’s closet in Clueless and make outfits for me. I hate picking out what to wear in the morning and it’d be easier to do if I could do it with an app under the covers!

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  27. Sandra says

    Touch Me!

    I don’t have an iphone myself, but I have the next best thing: a boyfriend with an iphone. Our biggest problem is that we can never decide where to eat, so I’m a huge fan of the yelp app that picks what we eat for us.

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  28. Kalee says

    TOUCH ME! I don’t have an iPod touch or iPhone, but if I could invent an app, it would throw together dinner parties for me (invites, menus, and playlists) to help make a weekly dinner party easier!

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  35. Franz says

    TOUCH ME!!

    Favorite app? I’m gonna have to say–TomTom! It’s a GPS program for your iPhone. The only big downer is no text-to-speech for street names, etc. :P

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  38. Krystle Brown says

    TOUCH ME!!!

    i love the grocery list app, it helps me plan my weekly meals and know what i need to show for!

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  39. Krystle says

    TOUCH ME!!!!

    it goes without saying that i could not live without my calendar app. boring- yes but oh so practical!

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  45. Dan Brown says

    touch me

    the facebook app is best

    opps wrong email before, this one is correct, not sure how to delete last comment

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  46. Annapolitan says

    TOUCH ME!

    My favorite iPhone fantasy app would be one that tracks all of my congressional representatives every minute of every day so I could tell where they are and if they’re really doing the people’s business like they’re supposed to.

    You might say I’m a little annoyed with politicians right now.

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  49. Paula says

    Touch Me! So many apps, so little time! Condo-wise, my dream app would point me to the perfect turquoise bead chandelier ceiling light, clue me in to some cool do-able DIY decor for my fireplace surround, and alert me to key sales and “about to be discontinued” items that I’ve been eyeing for months but haven’t sprung for yet.

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