Top iPhone apps you can't live without


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In no particular order...

* Night Camera (uses motion sensor to wait until the phone is totally stationary before taking a low-light picture.)

* Remote

* Shazam

* Night Stand

* Units (Converts everything)

... and 3 I use because I'm an Englishman living in France ...

* Translator

* Ultralingua

* €ssence (uses GPS to access a French website of current petrol (gas) prices and directs you to the nearest or the cheapest local petrol (gas) station.)

* ?ssence (uses GPS to access a French website of current petrol (gas) prices and directs you to the nearest or the cheapest local petrol (gas) station.)

Glad you reminded me.

Does anyone know of an app that does this for Canadian (specifically Ontario) gas stations? Seems most of hem are for US and overseas.

Anyone playing Rolando? I picked it up today and absolutely love it. Lately i've been considering re-buying a PSP for Loco Roco, but I think this might have saved me the money...

Definitely recommend this game, especially to anyone who enjoyed Loco Roco. :)

Pretty much just two/three apps - the rest I do using Safari

Facebook

NOS Teletekst (Dutchies only)

Google App

Also; from personal experience, when I stopped using WinterBoard my batterylife increased - I was always keen on customizing the icons and wallpapers (nothing else tho) but my batterylife was about 2-3 days of 'normal' use on my 2G 8GB iPhone - now it's something like 4-5 days...

AppSniper, .99 on AppStore, it list all on sale items and new apps, VERY handy and list all freebees. Also let you watch apps you want to check for sales

Uno, 7.99 on AppStore, best game?

Card Shark Solitaire, Free on AppStore, for solitaire players. 3 Modes, Klondike, FreeCell and Spider

WiFinder, Free on AppStore, finds WiFis

MobileFiles, Free on Appstore, an iDisk reader for MobileMe subs.

Space DeadBeef, Free on Appstore, a free shooter game. Very repetitive, but hey, it's free and good when waiting for the bus.

Stanza, Free on Appstore, a nice ebook reader, access to full of Free classic books on the Life +70 years copyright rule. (Jule Vernes, George Wells, Doyle (Sherlock Holmes))

TouchTodo, Free on AppStore, a free todo app.

Palringo, Free on Appstore, IM app with multiclient support (I use it only for WLM)

Free RSS, well, it's Free and it read RSS...

Remote, Free on Appstore, remote control your itune with full playlist, what to ask more?

Aura Feint The Beginning, Free on Appstore, well, I don't care about the game RPG features, all I like is the Tetris-like part :p

mobile news - best news app for me. gives top headlines, local, world, sports, etc.

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facebook - it is what it is.

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tweetie - best twitter client on the iphone. clean and fast, with the most features.

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pandora - it is what it is.

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rolando - probably the the most polished and complete game. my favorite iphone game.

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7 cities - the deepest tower defense game on the iphone.

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fieldrunners - another tower defense. not as deep as 7 cities, but more polished and dynamic.

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deep green - the nicest designed chess app.

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mint.com - the best mobile bank checking/credit card app.

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stanza - huge assortment of free books and reading.

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now playing - movie times, locations, and reviews.

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whitepages - mobile white pages on your iphone.

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wikipanion - my favorite free wikipedia app.

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pcalc lite - better calculator than the built in one. (delete key, seriously)

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ScummVM :D

Oh and also Palringo :)

Although this is on the Touch, although no real difference.

How do you use ScummVM? As far as I know playing is almost impossible due the lack of a real right click.

Yeah, classics look WAY better than Stanza, but it look like it have a limited internal library and this isn't cool at all.

Specially for a Frenchie like me, reading a full English book would be a nightmare...

Just got my iPhone yesterday and so far ive installed . . .

iPint

Facebook

Night Stand

Google Earth

Google Apps

eBay

Audi Racing game

BBC Reader

WifiFinder

Made a link on the home screen too

TVGuide.co.uk (They have an iPhone page version)

Neowin.net (Mobile)

BBC iPlayer (This works very well)

Live Search (Mobile)

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