My Fav iPhone Apps

So, it's been about a month since I've had my iPhone. And according to my wife, my face is in it ALL the time. I don't think that's totally true. But I am having fun with it. Have I gone nuts with the apps? Uh, you know I have. I've had a few friends ask what apps I like the best. Here are a few that I think rock.

Apps I Use Everyday

Bible, The YouVersion
I've paid a lot of money in my lifetime to read the Bible in different contexts. On my Treo, it would cost 15 bux just for one translation...on top of 20 or so for the program. Well, no mas, Christians, no mas. With this program, you get every translation you can think of...including NIV, ESV, and The Message. I use the Daily Read every day, and it has really helped my devotional life (take THAT, Kira! I'm reading my Bible!). Um, sorry...where was I...it is easy to look up any verse...and it even has a place for people to write their own commentaries (and read others'). Oh, and it's free. Yeah, free.

Facebook
Well, duh. I don't have to say much about this. I will tell you that this program has allowed me to pare down my Address Book. Folks that I only contact every now and then I now have their info in FB. It'd be nice to confirm/invite friends from this. But this does most of the simple, everyday stuff.

Loopt
The gps social networking app that most of my friends landed on. You can see what your friends are up to and where they are at...if they update their status!! :)

GF Caller
There are a bunch of apps like this (how many apps are there that do the exact same thing? Too many). But it was a buck, and it does what it's supposed to. I click the button, and it calls Kira. Saves me a couple of steps.

Twitterific
I never saw the point of Twitter. But now I guess I do. It's like FB on speed. People might add a post ten times in a day. I don't. But it's fun to see what people are up to.

Pandora and AOL Radio
Between these two apps, you can listen to any genre of music you can think of. For free. In the car, it's like XM/Sirius for nada. I am amazed how well it streams. I have never heard it drop the feed.

Quordy and Word Whirl
Both are word games. Very addictive. Quordy is like Boggle. Word Whirl is like Text Twirl..which my mom loves.

Awesome Utilities

Zenbe
This one rocks. The best to do list app on the iPhone. And I'll tell you why. It syncs with their website. Kira and I use it all the time for our grocery, target, chore lists. Kira can add/mark off stuff via the website. I can do it on my iPhone. And then they sync. So cool. Remember the Milk is another popular one. But to do this, you need to pay money. This one is totally free. Zenbe has a full on outlook-like site. But I like the simpler task-only site.

AB Groups
I just got this app tonight. But it does something that should've been built into the OS. It lets you send an email to a group. It also lets you edit all of your groups on the iPhone and not just on your desktop. C'mon, Apple. Why didn't you build this in?

FileMagnet
Pretty cool. Lets you transfer files from your desktop to your iPhone. I mainly used it to get my notes (from Palm to desktop to iPhone) on my phone. Because Apple's Notes suck. They don't sync to anything. C'mon!

1Password and SplashID
Use both of these to keep track of my web passwords and sensitive info, respectively. Both sync to my mac. Needed. And they work.

Birthdays
Does what you think it does. Like having a simple list rather than weeding through my calendar.

Stage Hand and Remote
On my Palm, I used a program called Clicker. It would allow me to control Powerpoint/Keynote and/or iTunes. Combined with an Airport Express, this was a very cool tool. Well, now with Stage Hand and Remote, I can do all of that again. Remote (made my Apple) is way more stable than Clicker and has a much prettier interface. Stage Hand is very well designed, too. If you are giving a presentation, you can see your notes and control the slides. You can even control a pointer on screen from your phone.

Other Cool Stuff

LocalEats

Has the top 100 restaurants in every major U.S. city. I've tried Phoenix. It nails it.

WhereTo
This is a decent app. It basically types things into Google so you don't have to. You just browse topics and pick one. And somehow, it always gets more results.