Saw a few new iPhone apps on the news this morning, and some are actually interesting (as opposed to fun sound-bites with zero value). I have no experience with the following applications, just found the concepts interesting…
Free Applications:
bump allows exchange of contact info with another iphone with bump by bumping iphones/hands – business card info exchange
dating dna social networking and dating site with a twist, it tracks your location and the location of other members and lets you know who is nearby and compatible, potential stalker scenario, but could be interesting
Paid Applications:
$0.99 aSmart HUD shows speed, and driving info in reverse, so you put phone on dash to see reflection in windshield as heads up display; they even have an upgrade that claims to warn of traffic cameras ahead…
Of course, that brings up the question of which Applications I am using now, and here is the stuff I use most often:
Applications that came with my iPhone:
SMS, Phone, Mail, Safari, iPod, YouTube, Camera, Photos, Calendar, Notes, Stocks, Maps, Weather, Clock, Contacts
Free Applications:
Remote (controls iTunes on my computer via the phone)
Facebook (interactive), Shazam (name that tune)
Yelp (business reviews)
AIM (need one that does jabber and yahoo and gtalk too)
Animoto (make video slideshows of your photos)
A Free Level (actually a useful level tool!)
WordPress (post updates to blog from phone)
WikiPanion (web interface to wikipedia, faster than Safari for WikiPedia lookups)
WorldWiki (off-line copy of national information about many countries)
LiveJournal (post updates to journal from phone)
FS5 Hockey (air hockey!)
Google Earth
Paid:
iSSH (ssh connections to my server)
AirSharing (file transfers over wifi)
The iPhone is a fantastic success as a phone. It is also a fantastic success as a mobile computer. The iTunes Application Store is a horrible failure at point users to something useful…. There needs to be a way to see if any useful applications have been developed to solve a problem, and right now you need the name of an application to search for it.
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