Gallery: Presidents and their not so presidential apps

Summary: From Washington to Obama, David Gewirtz honors some of our favorite U.S. Presidents with some moderately inappropriate iPhone and Android apps.

By David Gewirtz | February 17, 2012 -- 14:15 GMT (06:15 PST)

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John Quincy Adams was the George W. Bush of his time, the first son of a former president. He was an avid reader (John Quincy, that is), knew several languages, but also suffered from depression. Because JQ was instrumental in creating the Smithsonian Institution, we bring you the Smithsonian Mobile app for Android.

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RE: Gallery: Presidents and their not so presidential apps

Did a fine job of avoiding some of the more controversial flamebait with the Bush and Obama recommendations. But I can pretty much guarantee, some people will flame away anyways -_-.

CobraA1
18 February, 2012 03:33

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RE: Gallery: Presidents and their not so presidential apps

Did you seriously compare John Quincy Adams with George W Bush. one major difference I have to point out, John Quincy Adams speaks several languages while George Dubbya can barely speak English.

Poz83
19 February, 2012 14:03

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- RE: Gallery: Presidents and their not so presidential apps
  
  @SamPoz
  Like George W. Bush (born July 6), J.Q. Adams was a Cancer (born July 11).
  
  Probably UNlike George W. Bush, J.Q. was forced by his parents to grow up fast. He was an eye witness to the battle of Lexington at the age of 8 and was a foreign ambassador for the youthful United States while in his youthful 20s.
  
  sissy sue
  21 February, 2012 10:28
  
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Cute, now get back to work.

By the way, I rather like Zack Whittaker's blogs. He most likely knows more about the Constitution than most of us Yanks! (If he ever comes ashore, he deserves a royal tour of the White House)!

recurvebowyer
20 February, 2012 08:31

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When I think Kennedy, I think NASA

While the Cuban Missile Crisis was important in his tenure, when I think of the lasting contributions Kennedy made, I always think of his "We shall go to the Moon" speech which launched the US Space program. Rather than Cuban cooking, I'd offer the NASA App. (Rocket Science? Yes, there's an app for that.)

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/iphone/index.html

JJMach
1 March, 2012 18:15

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