10 iPhone apps I use every day

Here is a list of my favorite 10 iPhone apps. These are all applications that relate to my life so I’m sure they will be of use to you. Enjoy!

1. TwitterFon
TwitterFon is my iPhone twitter app of choice. One plus side is that it is free! When using Twitter from my phone I want to easily be able to tweet, @reply and retweet and TwitterFon allows that! It does a lot more than just that allowing for Twitter search, location search, profile viewing, tweet url’s (that are automatically shortened) and post photos. TwitterFon has an excellent clean look and is in my opinion a perfect Twitter application.

2. Ego
Since I launched OfferMaxima.com in 2003 I have been an absolute statistics nut. Ego costs $1.99 and allows you to track your Twitter, Feedburner, Google Analytics, SquareSpace and Mint accounts. It does all this while looking stunning with a MAC dashboard look about it. Ego is a classic example of what, in my opinion, makes a great iPhone app -- it does one thing but it does it really very well.

3. Instapaper
Instapaper is a bookmarking service for your iPhone, allowing you to save web pages for later to read offline. I use the free version but from what I see the paid versions extras really aren’t options I would need.

4. Evernote
Evernote gives you all the major tools of its desktop and web software in its iPhone app—add text, snap a phone cam shot, record a memo, or upload a photo, and it's all available for organizing, tagging, or searching later. New in this interface is a straight-forward voice recorder. Did I mention it is free?

5. NetNewsWire
NetNewsWire syncs with NetNewsWire (Mac) or FeedDemon (Windows), meaning you won't read the same items twice. There's a "Clippings" feature for setting items aside for later (or when you'll be offline) that also syncs to your desktop, and the interface is straightforward — and that's about it. NetNewsWire is free.

6. AroundMe
If you ever find yourself in an unknown location AroundMe will let you quickly find out information about your surroundings. It uses your GPS signal to work out where you are and finds the nearest amenities around you. You can choose from a number of options including banks, bars, coffee shops, gas stations, hotels, etc. Results can then be put onto Google maps with directions or their contact info can be displayed. You can even email the location to inform others of where you are headed. Best of all, it is free!

7. Shazam
Shazam is a magic little app that works out the name of the track that you point it towards. After hearing about 10 secs of music it will then present you with the artist and title. The option is then there to buy the track among other things. All I know is that not only is Shazam free but it’s a very cool app to have on your phone!

8. Air Sharing
Air sharing allows you to connect your iPhone to your computer via WI-FI or your computer's browser, from here you can drag files over to your phone and use it as a storage device. It also allows you to view a huge array of files from your phone.  It costs $2.99.

9. Flashlight
If you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night with a full bladder and had to go on an intrepid journey through the blackness of the night because of your sleeping partner or if you are 40 plus and have trouble reading restaurant menus at those romantic dinners Flashlight can help you. Basically, it displays a very bright color onto your iPhone’s screen lighting up the path ahead.

10. Ocarina
The iPhone has many cool apps but Ocarina is especially new age. It has "holes" that you cover with your fingers, as you would the holes on a flute. Then you blow into the microphone hole at the bottom of the iPhone, and presto: the haunting, expressive, beautiful sound of a wind instrument comes from the iPhone speaker. Different combinations of fingers on those four "holes" produce the different notes of the scale. But wait, there is more! If you tap the little globe at the bottom of the screen, the screen changes to a map of the world--and you start hearing the Ocarina performance of one person, in one city (indicated by animated sound waves on the map), who's playing the thing right now. It's a amazing to know that you're listening to someone else playing Ocarina, in real time, somewhere else on the planet. (And then you realize that someone, somewhere might be listening to you!) It creates a world wide musical experience.

Now it’s your turn…I would love to see your iPhone app suggestions. What application do you use the most on your iPhone? What app would you just not be able to live without? Share your thoughts with everyone in the comments below.

Comments

[Иван Дураков]

What's the image from?

[Mario Fantoni]

It's from Trampoline Challenge, an app banned by Apple in February. See http://tinyurl.com/cu92t2

[lintacious]

You forgot OmniFocus, the best location based app in my opinion. Kind of pricey, though: $19.99 check it out at http://tinyurl.com/l3lvmz

[shamindran]

What about Pandora? And where is OrbLive?

[iphone insurance]

Cover get your iphone insurance against theft, loss, accidental, water damage. Free Fraudulent Call Cover and also International cover.

[Mari]

Where is KOI POND? The best application for iPhones?

[wm]

Re: NetNewsWire -- It's good, but I prefer Google Reader's mobile version. Keeps it all synced with my laptop browsing.