I find myself becoming more and more fussy about the number of applications I keep on my iPhone - mostly because I don’t need 9 screens of mediocre apps. I simply keep the ones I actually use on the device, and keep a small pool of ‘notables’ within iTunes - hence my previous complaints about the App Store. So, without further ado: here’s a quick run-down of the (shipping) apps I’ve got on my iPhone.
- Darkslide (free with ads, £2.39 ad-free) - The best Flickr client for the iPhone - hands down. Uploading, browsing of your photos, friends’ photos and groups in one place. It now also plays back Flickr videos.
- Facebook (free) - The Facebook app has long been a favourite of mine. It’s particularly well designed, though it lacks any events capabilities which makes it a real pain to view events on the go.
- Shazam - Super handy for identifying tracks you hear out and about.
- Frenzic (£2.99) - The only game I have on my iPhone. It’s super-slickly designed, and ridiculously addictive.
- NetNewsWire (free) - I’m a long-time fan of NetNewsWire for the desktop, and I’ve yet to find any better newsreader for the iPhone - though the inability to browse any articles you’ve added to your clippings is a bit of a pain.
- Tweetie (£1.79) - I wasn’t a huge fan of Tweetie until recently, however it’s since overtaken Twitterrific as my client of choice. Much as I love the visual eye candy in Twitterrific, Tweetie works far better, offers a much wider feature set, and scrolls like butter (something that Twitterrific still does not). That said, I’m looking forward to seeing what the Icon Factory have in store for Twitterrific version 2.0, which they teased us about at Macworld.
- Tumblr (free) - Tumblr’s free app for posting to the service is both well-designed and super-handy for on-the-go blogging.
- Remote (free) - Apple’s Remote for iTunes. We use it in the office for iTunes DJ, and I use it at home when I’m too lazy to get out of bed and change tracks.
- Ego (£1.19) - Lets you track web statistics that ‘matter to you’ - namely: Twitter, Mint, Feedburner and Google Analytics. It’s absolutely beautiful too.
