iPhone applications

// April 13th, 2009 // iPhone // 1,443 views

My iPhone recently had to go back to Vodacom for an issue with the vibrate button. The thing broke off after only 2 months out the box. Something that’s completely unacceptable. Unfortunately the only thing to do was to book it in at Vodaworld, figuring it will be resolved fairly quickly.

In the initial three days I received a few messages informing me of the progress of the job, until it had to be sent back to the supplier. Around two-and-a-half weeks of silence ensued before I was finally notified that it was ready for collection. As expected (and welcomed), they exchanged the phone with a new unit.

One thing I must commend Apple on is how well the restore function works. Surprisingly enough it restored every setting, archived sms and application back to the last known state. Pretty amazing, considering I’ve never been able to do so with my Windows Mobile phones.

Funny thing about restoring your phone is that you notice how much nonsense you had on there in the first place. I took the opportunity to do some housekeeping and removed some unwanted / unused applications.

Below is a list of some of the more oft used (and mostly free) applications still on my phone.

Books

Drinks & Cocktail recipes - Bartender in your pocket with over 5,800 recipes
Stanza - eBook reader
YouVersion Bible - Access to many different translations

FlyCast Mobile Broadcast network - Over 1,000 digital radio channels
Lightsaber Unleashed - A must for any StarWars Jedi
Lord Sudoku - A game of elimination
Scribble - Unleash the artist in you
Volkswagen Polo Challenge - 3D racing game and press kit

Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner - When you don’t know what too cook
BigOven - 160,000 recipes
iMapMyRide - Map and track your fitness goals

Flickit - Flickr uploader
PanoLab - Capture panoramic images

Discover - Mobile file manager
Road Trip - Best travel logbook application by far

Brightkite - Location based networking
Facebook - What? Never heard of Facebook? Welcome to earth.
Fring - Instant messaging across multiple services
LinkedIn - Professional networking
Skype - Free calls and instant messages
Twitterfon - Twitter client
Twitterrific - Twitter client

a2z Pro (Unit converter) - As the name says, a unit converter
AccuWeather - Weather forecasting
AroundMe - Find places of interest near you
iTalk Recorder - Voice recorder
NetNewsWire - RSS reader

Unfortunately some of the better apps in the iTunes App Store are still not available to South Africans, so we’ll have to make do for now. But here’s the question, are there other apps out there that I should have on my phone? What do you have on yours?

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