One of our regular readers is an iPhone developer and has just released an application that lists nutrition information for food items at hundreds of restaurants — pretty nice information to have if you’re on the go. The application also includes to links to some low-carb nutrition blogs, including this one.
I don’t have an iPhone (I only use my cell phone grudgingly), so I can’t personally test the application, but it looks pretty nice from what I’ve seen online. You iPhone owners can give it a look on the App Store page.
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Now to patiently wait and hope that they make an Android version.
This is an awesome idea.
Ha! I am probably the ONLY person posting here who not only has no iPhone, I do not own a cell phone either and have no plans to buy one.
Cell phones are for people who are on the go [I am now a stay-at-home hermit], people who are still gainfully employed [lost my job during the recession], or have lots of family and/or friends to contact constantly. What in the world do all these people talk about all the time????
My daughter is convinced that if I don’t have a phone with me 100% of the time when I’m out driving, the world will come to an end. So far so good…………….
You’d probably related to a post I wrote on that topic on my other blog:
http://www.tomnaughton.com/?p=551
Now that I’m not working at home anymore, I reluctantly picked up another cell phone.
Does the app have a name so I can search for it?
Doesn’t the link take you there?
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/low-carb-dining/id552512973?mt=8
I found it at iTunes with the title Low Carb Dining.
Any plans to port it to Android?
I’m not sure.
Linda, I am like you!! No desire to join the Apple love-in. I have an iPod but that is all, and it’s the old classic, not the fancy touch one.
I am one of those rare eccentric creatures who believe that a phone needs to make calls and send texts. And that is all. No camera, no radio, no Facebook, no nothing.
I second that. All I ever do with my cell phone is make calls. I have no need or desire to be plugged in 24/7. It annoys me to no end to see three people sitting at a restaurant and two of them are busy texting away or checking Facebook while the third sits there thumb-twiddling.
Now to patiently wait and hope that they make an Android version.
This is an awesome idea.
Ha! I am probably the ONLY person posting here who not only has no iPhone, I do not own a cell phone either and have no plans to buy one.
Cell phones are for people who are on the go [I am now a stay-at-home hermit], people who are still gainfully employed [lost my job during the recession], or have lots of family and/or friends to contact constantly. What in the world do all these people talk about all the time????
My daughter is convinced that if I don’t have a phone with me 100% of the time when I’m out driving, the world will come to an end. So far so good…………….
You’d probably related to a post I wrote on that topic on my other blog:
http://www.tomnaughton.com/?p=551
Now that I’m not working at home anymore, I reluctantly picked up another cell phone.
Does the app have a name so I can search for it?
Doesn’t the link take you there?
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/low-carb-dining/id552512973?mt=8
I found it at iTunes with the title Low Carb Dining.
Any plans to port it to Android?
I’m not sure.
I’ve got it downloaded! Will use soon and review it at Itunes!
Hey, I love my iPhone!! I don’t use it so much as a phone, just a convenient small computer!!
Thanks Tom, found your blog and post “Hold The Phone” and LOVED it. You summed up my feelings about cell phone ownership perfectly.
Best part?
“As someone born in 1958, I never understood the sudden fear of traveling phoneless. Nobody I knew even owned a cell phone until around 1995, and even before then, road fatalities that could’ve been prevented by a timely call were extremely rare. But once cell phones hit the market, everyone suddenly experienced a shared childhood memory of hushed conversations between their parents:
“Hey, what’s going on over at the Smith house?”
“Shhh! Didn’t you hear? They stalled on Interstate 40 and were eaten by wolverines while waiting to be rescued.”
“Geez … if only there was some way they could’ve called somebody.”
I am a little older than you, so I can totally relate to that entire segment.
My land line costs me $23.00 a month, unlimited long distance.
If the weather is crappy and the streets are too icy or snow packed, I stay home.
The aren’t too many wolverines here in Iowa and I always keep an eye out, just in case.
LOL Love your humor!
Thank you, Linda.
I’m adding to the chorus: Android, please!
Linda, I am like you!! No desire to join the Apple love-in. I have an iPod but that is all, and it’s the old classic, not the fancy touch one.
I am one of those rare eccentric creatures who believe that a phone needs to make calls and send texts. And that is all. No camera, no radio, no Facebook, no nothing.
I second that. All I ever do with my cell phone is make calls. I have no need or desire to be plugged in 24/7. It annoys me to no end to see three people sitting at a restaurant and two of them are busy texting away or checking Facebook while the third sits there thumb-twiddling.
Tom- Thanks for posting about my app! Had I not seen FatHead on Netflix last year I doubt this app would have ever been created- and I would probably be 100lbs heavier than I am now.. (I am down 70lbs so far) so thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope my app can help others living the LC lifestyle.
Regarding an Android version.. if we get enough traction with the iPhone version we plan to launch an Android version. In the meantime we do have a basic website setup at CarbLoss.com. The app is much nicer and easier to use…but the website has some of the same content, nutrition guide links and user suggested LC meals. Enjoy
Good luck with the app. If I ever break down and get an iPhone or Android, I’ll give it a look.
Tom, are you familiar with the Ray Bradbury short story “The Murderer”? The man was prescient. (It’s in the collection Golden Apples of the Sun)
That being said, I love my tech. 🙂
I never read that one.
I’ve got it downloaded! Will use soon and review it at Itunes!
Hey, I love my iPhone!! I don’t use it so much as a phone, just a convenient small computer!!
Thanks Tom, found your blog and post “Hold The Phone” and LOVED it. You summed up my feelings about cell phone ownership perfectly.
Best part?
“As someone born in 1958, I never understood the sudden fear of traveling phoneless. Nobody I knew even owned a cell phone until around 1995, and even before then, road fatalities that could’ve been prevented by a timely call were extremely rare. But once cell phones hit the market, everyone suddenly experienced a shared childhood memory of hushed conversations between their parents:
“Hey, what’s going on over at the Smith house?”
“Shhh! Didn’t you hear? They stalled on Interstate 40 and were eaten by wolverines while waiting to be rescued.”
“Geez … if only there was some way they could’ve called somebody.”
I am a little older than you, so I can totally relate to that entire segment.
My land line costs me $23.00 a month, unlimited long distance.
If the weather is crappy and the streets are too icy or snow packed, I stay home.
The aren’t too many wolverines here in Iowa and I always keep an eye out, just in case.
LOL Love your humor!
Thank you, Linda.
Please do tell us if the Android version of this ever comes out. I’d be super interested.
I’m adding to the chorus: Android, please!
Tom- Thanks for posting about my app! Had I not seen FatHead on Netflix last year I doubt this app would have ever been created- and I would probably be 100lbs heavier than I am now.. (I am down 70lbs so far) so thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope my app can help others living the LC lifestyle.
Regarding an Android version.. if we get enough traction with the iPhone version we plan to launch an Android version. In the meantime we do have a basic website setup at CarbLoss.com. The app is much nicer and easier to use…but the website has some of the same content, nutrition guide links and user suggested LC meals. Enjoy
Good luck with the app. If I ever break down and get an iPhone or Android, I’ll give it a look.
Tom, are you familiar with the Ray Bradbury short story “The Murderer”? The man was prescient. (It’s in the collection Golden Apples of the Sun)
That being said, I love my tech. 🙂
I never read that one.
Please do tell us if the Android version of this ever comes out. I’d be super interested.
Chiming in with Linda and all. I bought a cell phone for road emergencies some time in the early-mid 1990s. It was a big thing with a huge battery. When my car was stolen and the phone fell out, I found it on the road with tire tracks over it. It had been run over, but still worked! I’ve kept a phone in my purse (a tiny one now) and have been mighty glad to have it on several occasions, but I never leave it on. It has a camera and I’m supposed to be able to text on it, but I think one has to be younger than I to figure all that stuff out. . .or want to. 🙂
Anyway, Kerry, for all the people out there who aren’t so technology-challenged, thank you! I’m always impressed that someone not only knows how to run these gadgets, but make things that run ON these gadgets.
Chiming in with Linda and all. I bought a cell phone for road emergencies some time in the early-mid 1990s. It was a big thing with a huge battery. When my car was stolen and the phone fell out, I found it on the road with tire tracks over it. It had been run over, but still worked! I’ve kept a phone in my purse (a tiny one now) and have been mighty glad to have it on several occasions, but I never leave it on. It has a camera and I’m supposed to be able to text on it, but I think one has to be younger than I to figure all that stuff out. . .or want to. 🙂
Anyway, Kerry, for all the people out there who aren’t so technology-challenged, thank you! I’m always impressed that someone not only knows how to run these gadgets, but make things that run ON these gadgets.
“I never read that one.”
You need to. It’s about six pages long and I found a link to the text online for you.
http://ebookbrowse.com/the-murderer-by-ray-bradbury-doc-d177818641
Bradbury’s charm has always been how well he captured the human element of sci-fi.
Thanks, I’ll give it a look when I have time.
“I never read that one.”
You need to. It’s about six pages long and I found a link to the text online for you.
http://ebookbrowse.com/the-murderer-by-ray-bradbury-doc-d177818641
Bradbury’s charm has always been how well he captured the human element of sci-fi.
Thanks, I’ll give it a look when I have time.
No more iPhone apps! Bring this to Windows Phone please.
No more iPhone apps! Bring this to Windows Phone please.
That’s awesome! My iPhone is much more than my phone. It’s my computer and camera that I have with me everywhere (much to my husband’s annoyance, sometimes.) I have other carb counter apps, but none that give me restaurant info. This is great. Info is what I want, not regulation of what I eat. App is downloaded and ready to use. Thanks for the heads up.
And thanks, Kerry, for developing it!
That’s awesome! My iPhone is much more than my phone. It’s my computer and camera that I have with me everywhere (much to my husband’s annoyance, sometimes.) I have other carb counter apps, but none that give me restaurant info. This is great. Info is what I want, not regulation of what I eat. App is downloaded and ready to use. Thanks for the heads up.
And thanks, Kerry, for developing it!
I’m another Android user. I was born in 1952 so also certainly drove many miles for many years without a phone, and I survived. But there are certainly times when a phone would have been nice – to save me a 2-mile walk down a lonely country road to find a phone when my car died on me. Or to be able to notify my son’s day care center when I got stuck in a traffic jam when a tractor/trailer oil tanker overturned on the highway and burst into flames, and I was 3 hours past the deadline for picking him up. And when it saved me – when my car was smashed up in a hit-and-run in a scary slum neighborhood I was driving through for work, and I was also to call for help rather than walk. So I’m a firm phone convert. I switched to an Android after I was laid off from my job and had to turn in my Blackberry, LOL. It’s one of my favorite possessions. You’ll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands. 🙂
I’m another Android user. I was born in 1952 so also certainly drove many miles for many years without a phone, and I survived. But there are certainly times when a phone would have been nice – to save me a 2-mile walk down a lonely country road to find a phone when my car died on me. Or to be able to notify my son’s day care center when I got stuck in a traffic jam when a tractor/trailer oil tanker overturned on the highway and burst into flames, and I was 3 hours past the deadline for picking him up. And when it saved me – when my car was smashed up in a hit-and-run in a scary slum neighborhood I was driving through for work, and I was also to call for help rather than walk. So I’m a firm phone convert. I switched to an Android after I was laid off from my job and had to turn in my Blackberry, LOL. It’s one of my favorite possessions. You’ll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands. 🙂