Wednesday, December 17, 2008

iPhone Apps I Can't Live Without

Here are some of my favorite iPhone apps I can't live without:

Facebook - I almost never visit Facebook through a browser anymore, because this little app does everything I need

Tweetsville - awesome Twitter client, clean interface, fast loading with offline viewing of tweets

iBlogger - a truly great blog writer; let's you write posts offline and publish once you have a connection, supports several blogging platfroms including Blogger

Shovel - slick Digg client with an in-app browser (hopefully they'll add offline browsing support in the future)

Stanza - fantastic ebook reader with access to Gluttenberg project (over 25,000 free ebooks online) or make purchases from app, all with a highly customizable interface (font size/color, full screen mode, page transitions, etc), auto bookmarking and cover flow

Google Mobile - the new voice-to-search with results based on your current location is amazing!

Nimbizz - great IM chat client with Facebook, Skype, MSN and Jabber support

Night Camera - uses shake detection so you can capture the perfect photo

Files - easily transfer PDF, images, doc files from desktop to your iPhone for offline viewing

PayPal - email money transfers to any of your iPhone contacts

RTM - Remember The Milk client for all your to-do needs

WritePad - amazing hand writing recognition, great way to compose emails

Tuner - listen to your favorite streams like Di.FM, Proton Radio, Frisky and KCRW right on your iPhone

Active Eagle - lightweight Fire Eagle client for updating your location

Last.FM - stream tunes from Last.FM with other music goodness

LinkedIn - access to your LinkedIn contacts

Brightkite - slick Brightkite app

Wikipanion - great Wikipedia client, content formatted for the iPhone

Google Earth - Google Earth on your iPhone, enough said

Shazam - not sure what song is playing on the radio? Just shazam it!

Flixster Movies - browse upcoming movies, watch trailers and get local showtimes

Brain Challenge - fun and addictive brain game with dozens of math, logic, visual and memory games

Frenzic - super addictive puzzle game (you've been warned)

Touch Physics - very original game where you draw shapes and use the shapes gravity to solve puzzles

Flick Fishing - visually beautiful and super fun fishing game (best played with a beer in hand)

Darts - very addicting and beautiful darts game

Moonlight Mahjong - mahjong game with high points for nice 3D visuals

Soduko Unlimited - my favorite soduko game with a customizable interface (notepad, newspaper, tech)

CubicMan - a challenging and addictive puzzle game

Remote - no iPhone should be without Remote, control nearby iTunes remotely, works great for parties

Numba - a mindless but fun puzzle game of connecting the sequentially numbered blocks

Got any iPhone apps you can't live without?