Cool iPhone Apps
In alphabetical order within each category, and linked to the iTunes App Store:
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Games
Racing
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Asphalt 4 Elite Racing: great 3-D graphics, gameplay, and scenery Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D.png)
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D: pretty fun 3-D racing Cro-Mag Rally.png)
Cro-Mag Rally: fun 3-D gameplay with good accelerometer usage GTS World Racing.png)
GTS World Racing: pretty fun 3-D racing Moto Chaser.png)
Moto Chaser: cool 3-D racing/bumping with good accelerometer usage
Action
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Chopper: pretty fun 2-D flying/shooting helicopter with nice backgrounds FUNKY PUNCH.png)
FUNKY PUNCH: pretty fun 3-D fighting Nanosaur 2.png)
Nanosaur 2: fun 3-D flying/shooting universal app with good accelerometer usage
Arcade
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Billy Frontier: fun universal app with arcade-style 3-D shooting and running Ms PAC-MAN.png)
Ms. PAC-MAN: fun 2-D classic Super Monkey Ball.png)
Super Monkey Ball: fun 3-D rolling with good accelerometer usage (although a little tricky to get used to) Toy Bot Diaries.png)
Toy Bot Diaries: enjoyable 2-D adventure ZEN Pinball Rollercoaster.png)
ZEN Pinball: Rollercoaster: realistic 3-D graphics and gameplay
Other
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2 Across: multi-feature crossword Labyrinth.png)
Labyrinth: realistic 3-D graphics with challenging gameplay Solitaire City (Deluxe).png)
Solitaire City (Deluxe): universal app with very nice user interface and lots of variations
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Visual
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Creative
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Face Melter: cool photo warping effects with awesome localized undo feature Pictems.png)
Pictems: cool interface to add props to photos Shakin_ Faces Morph123.png)
Shakin’ Faces Morph123: cool photo morphing effects
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Music
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AOL Radio: great variety of quality-sounding music feeds BeatMaker.png)
BeatMaker: incredible mobile functionality for making your own beats iShred.png)
iShred: even a non-musician can great cool sounding guitar licks (alongside your favorite song if desired) Pandora Radio.png)
Pandora Radio: universal app that accesses its amazing online custom internet radio service Remote.png)
Remote: awesome graphic remote controller for iTunes Shazam.png)
Shazam: amazing audio song identifier allowing direct purchase from iTunes SoundHound.png)
SoundHound (Infinity): pretty good audio song identifier (especially for humming or singing)
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Productivity
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1Password: universal app with the best secure account and notes functionality (including Mac sync) Dragon Dictation.png)
Dragon Dictation: universal app with very powerful speech-to-text conversion Dropbox (iPhone).png)
Dropbox: universal app with seamless online backup and file access, allowing easy sharing between Mac, PC, and iPhone. Performance and Favorites feature put this way above SugarSync Things (iPhone).png)
Things: innovative task management app with Mac sync Vlingo.png)
Vlingo: excellent voice command app for sending emails/text messages as well as updating Facebook/Twitter statuses YaRec.png)
YaRec (Yet Another Recorder): great Voice Memos app replacement with badge count (helps me use it for temporary notes to be transcribed), bigger record button, and cool proximity sensor activation
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Contacts
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Facebook: great access to social networking site, allowing you to send your friends updates from anywhere! IM All-in-One Messenger.png)
IM+ All-in-One Messenger: fast and efficient IM for multiple service access to Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, etc.; does not require online account Upcoming Events.png)
Upcoming Events: nice user interface with quick access to birthdays and anniversaries with their respective contact info Yahoo! Messenger (iPhone).png)
Yahoo! Messenger: efficient compact interface for Yahoo! IM
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Search
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Amazon Mobile: universal app with great iPhone/iPad interface to Amazon.com Dictionary.com.png)
Dictionary.com: great fast dictionary with as-you-type suggestions and cached definitions Fandango.png)
Fandango: complete location-based movie list with star rating and one-tap access to trailers Google Earth (iPhone).png)
Google Earth: universal app with great touch screen implementation of desktop version Google Mobile App.png)
Google Mobile App: universal app with excellent integrated search functionality (including amazingly accurate speech recognition), including support for contacts IMDb Movies & TV.png)
IMDb Movies & TV: universal app with very nice interface to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) RedLaser.png)
RedLaser: amazingly accurate and easy-to-use UPC scanner with lots of price/review matches Truveo Video Search.png)
Truveo Video Search: good selection of quality videos (not just low quality YouTube stuff) Urbanspoon.png)
Urbanspoon: excellent location-based restaurant recommender with directions and direct phone calling vSNAX Videos.png)
vSNAX Videos: good selection of quality videos (not just low quality YouTube stuff) What_s On TV_.png)
What's On TV? HD: universal app with full access to cable TV listings and efficient configurable interface Wikipanion.png)
Wikipanion: simple but iPhone-efficient interface to the all-knowing Wikipedia
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News
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AP Mobile: one of the most objective news sources with good iPhone formatting, off-line caching when internet is not available (e.g., on the plane), and push notifications Bloomberg.png)
Bloomberg: provides lots more financial info than iPhone nice "Stocks" app Byline.png)
Byline: best Google Reader client
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Other
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Before You Buy
In general, if you are curious about “test driving” an iPhone/iPad app, check out YouTube for video demos that give a good appreciation of the most popular apps in the App Store. In addition, check out App Advice and iLounge sites for great guidance on the best apps
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