So, here’s a little list of some great iPhone apps - both web-based applications and native (locally installed apps) - and some handy places to go to look for and discover new apps.

This is not a comprehensive list by any means.  Just a quick rundown of some very useful and exciting programs, sites, and resources we’ve found for the iPhone.  Hope that will help some of you to get a head-start on getting the absolute max out of your iPhone …

iPhone Web Portals, Start Pages, & Web Application Lists

• appSafari - probably the best listing of web-based apps for the iPhone - as it is very frequently updated and is very easy to navigate and use.
• iPhone Plaza - very handy iPhone start page / portal - with bold, easy graphics and buttons to jump amidst its main sections , covering iPhone apps, games, ebooks, music, info about your iPhone, and even a cocktails recipe guide!
• Apple’s Web Apps Directory - Apple’s very own listing of web apps for their creation.  Updated pretty often, not optimized for the iPhone very well, ironically.
• Mippin.com - another great mobile start page site - easily customizable, access to a broad range of popular sites in a range of categories, and all optimized nicely for the iPhone.
• Applists - large directory of web-based apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch - you can create an history and customize your own favorite apps listing, that it will remember next day you sign in, and share favorites with friends.
• Appleopolis - another directory of web apps - with Top 20, Featured, and New Apps lists - a decent directory, but not updated as often as some of the others listed here

iPhone Web Apps

• vTap - an awesome way to search for and view all sorts of videos on the web - supports more formats than the built-in YouTube program, and uses a super-fast and super-intelligent search-as-you type mechanism to help you find vids faster than via  any other method!
• Earthcomber - a great way to find places of interest wherever you are - restaurants, nightlife, businesses etc., and see photos and reviews for most of them - and a slick mobile interface to work with.
• iPhone Typing Test - that one is a lot of fun for measuring how quickly your iPhone typing skills improve - you do a quick one-sentence typing tryout and it’ll tell you your words per minute - mine climbed dramatically by my first month of use.
• Webot - lets you stream music and photos to your iPhone from your home PC, or PCs.
• MovieTickets.com - quickly find movie times, info on new releases, and find theaters near you.
• Sports Tap - great site for coverage of latest US major sports scores plus some stats and standings knowledge.
• The Wall Street Journal - the most elegant and slickly designed iPhone news site.
• The Weather Channel - very nice iPhone optimized weather info site, with a greater range of knowledge and views than the iPhone’s built-in Weather program.
• PogoNotes - a handy little online note-taking app, with an iPhone optimized site - so your notes stay in sync within iPhone and desktop browser.
• Google’s Mobile Apps Page - not a individual app, but Google’s recently redesigned and great looking mobile start page for all its mobile apps - Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs, Google Reader, Picasa, and more.
• MyNumo Games - home to several good iPhone games, including 501 Darts, Golf Driving Range, ion Bowling, and a Blackjack game.
• iPodia - a Wikipedia viewer for the iPhone and iPod Touch - view articles in an optimized layout.
• ESPN Pod Center - listen to all the latest hit ESPN shows’ podcasts - PTI, Best of Mike & Mike, Around The Horn, and more.
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  Toodledo - very mighty on-line to-do list application, with an excellent iPhone optimized site.
• Meebo - web-based instant messaging app - supports IM on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Meebo itself, GTalk, ICQ, and Jabber
• Remember The Milk - another very feature-rich online to-do applic ation, with a superb iPhone interface. My current favorite for managing tasks on the iPhone.
• BBC Podcasts - browse and listen to all the BBC’s podcasts by radio station, genre, or in alphabetical list.
• Stitcher - an audio news aggregator - with ‘channels’ that represent groupings of news podcasts under a specific topic heading - very nice notion, not that broad a range of channels just yet - right now, there are channels for business news, Silicon Valley news, celebs and entertainment, and a couple others.
• infospace Find It! - quick locator for businesses, services, and folks, very nicely formatted for iPhone with big, colorful buttons to go to each section, and sections covering things like: dining out, shops, folks, travel, health, and more.
• iFootie - good scores and standings site for European football (soccer) leagues.
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• Native iPhone Applications

  These are apps that run locally on your iPhone (if you have jailbroken it) - nearly all of these applications are available to install easily whether you have used one of the popular jailbreak methods, and have the Installer.app program on your iPhone:

• MobileFinder - allows you to browse and work with files stored on your iPhone.
• Summerboard - the hugely popular app that lets you apply and manage custom themes for your iPhone.
• Customize - suite of customization tools for the iPhone - to do things like replace the carrier logo with a custom image, set custom sounds, and lots more.
• iPhoneHome - brilliant little app for customizing what happens when you double-tap the Home button - set it to launch any app installed on your iPhone, open a new newsletter, or dial a frequently used ph one number.
• VNotes - record and save voice notes, play them back and e mail them.
• Sketches - fun drawing program - you can draw on a blank page, or draw on top of photos from your photo albums, export your drawings to a photo album, and newsletter them as well.
• SysInfo - possibly the best ‘utility’ app released so far for the iPhone - provides system data, and a listing of all processes running on the iPhone, and an ability to terminate a process when needed.
• Chess - the first native chess game for iPhone - you can choose from several different styles of board and levels of difficulty.
• MobileRSS - the only native RSS reader for the iPhone, allowing you to keep up with your feeds even when you don’t have fast (or any) web connectivity.
• Photoboard - wild and fun app that lets you rotate and scale photos a la the ‘Minority Report’ movie.
• Websearch - very handy app for speeding up your web searches on the iPhone.
• Screenshot - capture your iPhone screen, view you screencpas, and e mail them
• iBlackjack - gorgeous looking and smooth playing Blackjack game for the iPhone.
• TapTap Revolution - the fast-tapping iPhone music game.
• NES - massively popular NES emulator for the iPhone.
• psx4iPhone - Playstation emulator for the iPhone
• Services - another great utility app - allows you to toggle On / Off some of your iPhone’s key network services - like Bluetooth, WiFi, and SSH.
• Search - very useful program that lets you search and signal contacts, and search

I’m certain we’ve left out lots of great apps here - so feel free to let us know some of your favorites in the comments …

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