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I've had an increasing number of people (well, 3) ask me what my favourite Apps are on the iPhone. I suspect since there are over 3,000 of the things to choose from, it's a valid question to help you pick through the huge selection.

My (current) favourites - and I discover new gems almost daily - are;

Movies (Free): Brilliant. Tells you what's at your local cinema, what's coming up, review ratings, DVD releases and even trailers you can watch right on your phone. Very well written piece of software, and being free is a big bonus.

Remote (Free): Apple's own iApp for remote controlling an iTunes library on another machine. I have a spare Mac in my loft and a pair of yatch speakers in the bathroom ceiling. With Remote I can control the music while having a shower, and it even gives me the album artwork on the phone while it's playing.

Shazam (Free): Recognises a piece of music playing, even if you're in a pub with background chatter. This has put an end to those questions 'oh, what's that' when you hear a piece of music you like in a bar, or even music used on an advert.

tvGuide (2.39): Really nice interface showing you what's on TV now, next, or a whole day's listing for a channel; or turn sideways to get a very cool grid view that slides around with your finger showing all channels in a timeline.

Trains (2.39): Shows the departing or arriving trains at a selected station in slidable panels (a bit like the standard Weather app). Perfect for me, as I don't book a particular train when going into or back from London, so I can see in advance which platform the next fast train is, and whether I need to get my skates on.

Spore Origins (5.99): If you've played Spore on the PC/Mac, this is like and extended version of the first level. Great use of the accelerometer in the iPhone, and one of those simple but addictive games that a whole lot easier to play than Super Monkey Ball.

Sol Free (Free): I'm a big fan of solitaire games to kill time on the tube, and this is just a great free version. It has five variants of Solitaire.

Aurora Feint (Free): Kinda weird tetris-type stacking game, with a deep backstory and role-playing elements. The stacking stuff is very addictive, and the other stuff means it's difficult to get bored too quickly.

Air Sharing (Free): Turns the iPhone into a Bonjour-accessible network drive so you can copy documents and images to it. It does have a slight drawback that you can only see the documents via Air Sharing, but if you need to take a PDF or Word Doc with you, it's easier than faffing about emailing it to yourself on the phone, and it does have the benefit of letting you share it out to someone else on their machine too.

I'm also playing with Flight Executive (3.99) - it allows you to enter your itinerary, and it'll then track flights for you including delays, gates and baggage belt numbers. The one drawback is it only displays flights a few days in advance, so you can't see your itinerary for, say, next week. I'll try it out at the end of the month though, and let you know if it's any good.

Ok, so that's mine - what's everyone else using / liking? (and why...)

Would second Shazam, for sure. I've been using the 50p-a-pop version (dialling 2580 and holding your phone up the the speaker) for years. No more of that! [y]

TubeStatus (free) is a handy one - pulls up the status and instant news on any of the tube lines direct from TFL, all on one screen. (Not that useful if you don't use the tube, but I've been using that a lot of late!)

Cradle (free) is rather cool. Basic newtons cradle, but reacts not only to balls being dragged, but also uses the accelerometer inside.... [:)]

Would second Shazam, for sure. I've been using the 50p-a-pop version (dialling 2580 and holding your phone up the the speaker) for years. No more of that! [y]

TubeStatus (free) is a handy one - pulls up the status and instant news on any of the tube lines direct from TFL, all on one screen. (Not that useful if you don't use the tube, but I've been using that a lot of late!)

Cradle (free) is rather cool. Basic newtons cradle, but reacts not only to balls being dragged, but also uses the accelerometer inside.... [:)]

Oh, and just about to download 'Files', (£3.99)...

Allows you to use and view files on your iPhone - sharing them with your computer. Might resolve your airshare issue Pete [;)]

Oh, and just about to download 'Files', (3.99)...

Allows you to use and view files on your iPhone - sharing them with your computer. Might resolve your airshare issue Pete [;)]

From the description, Files only does what Air Share does in terms of only letting you view them through the host app (ie, you can't get at them via the email app, etc). Once you've shelled out £3.99, perhaps you can tell me different ;-)

From the description, Files only does what Air Share does in terms of only letting you view them through the host app (ie, you can't get at them via the email app, etc). Once you've shelled out 3.99, perhaps you can tell me different ;-)

Can I also add Locly (free) to the list as well

It uses your GPS location and provides/looks up local info including local events, restaurants, pubs, cafes, shops, taxi firms, films/movies, museums, hotels, ATM locations and petrol stations.

Also using Air Sharing here, which does work with Windows as well but it will only be free for another week or so.

Regards

Can I also add Locly (free) to the list as well

It uses your GPS location and provides/looks up local info including local events, restaurants, pubs, cafes, shops, taxi firms, films/movies, museums, hotels, ATM locations and petrol stations.

Also using Air Sharing here, which does work with Windows as well but it will only be free for another week or so.

Regards

IR-909 - great version of a drum machine

Band - does what it says, you can jam away to your heart's content on drums, bass, guitar and piano and record the results

Dual Level - a spirit level

UKNumbers - allows you to look up phone numbers, useful if you have missed a call from a number you don't recognise

Sol Free - solitaire game

Palringo - instant messaging, I connect to MSN with this

Facebook - easier to use than the real website

IR-909 - great version of a drum machine

Band - does what it says, you can jam away to your heart's content on drums, bass, guitar and piano and record the results

Dual Level - a spirit level

UKNumbers - allows you to look up phone numbers, useful if you have missed a call from a number you don't recognise

Sol Free - solitaire game

Palringo - instant messaging, I connect to MSN with this

Facebook - easier to use than the real website

Does anyone use iPhone to actually make a call? [?]

Does anyone use iPhone to actually make a call? [?]

Not that much! I use it for email, internet and texting; hardly ever have long 'phone conversations with friends these days, it's usually instant messaging or real life.

Not that much! I use it for email, internet and texting; hardly ever have long 'phone conversations with friends these days, it's usually instant messaging or real life.

Great tips, and most if not all of these work in the iPod too [y]

Great tips, and most if not all of these work in the iPod too [y]

Tris - the iPhone/iPod version of Tetris. Just looking though and looks like it's been taken down from iTunes. Shame as it's brilliant!

Tris - the iPhone/iPod version of Tetris. Just looking though and looks like it's been taken down from iTunes. Shame as it's brilliant!

Be careful though if you are playing Spore, as my iPhone nearly ended up been thrown across the canteen at work last week as I'm stuck on level 29 [:w] [:I]

I now know what to do but still can't get past this level [;)]

Regards

Be careful though if you are playing Spore, as my iPhone nearly ended up been thrown across the canteen at work last week as I'm stuck on level 29 [:w] [:I]

I now know what to do but still can't get past this level [;)]

Regards

Originally posted by mitchja
Be careful though if you are playing Spore, as my iPhone nearly ended up been thrown across the canteen at work last week as I'm stuck on level 29 [:w] [:I]

I now know what to do but still can't get past this level [;)]

Regards

Not getting addicted are we James[:w][:w]

Since getting my I-Touch, Mrs Buns has been the demander of Apps and is totally consumed by Tris.

This means I can now get my I-Phone[:D][:D][:D]

BTW I just like 'Banner' which has proved most useful at a few meetings at work last week[}:)]

buns

Originally posted by mitchja
Be careful though if you are playing Spore, as my iPhone nearly ended up been thrown across the canteen at work last week as I'm stuck on level 29 [:w] [:I]

I now know what to do but still can't get past this level [;)]

Regards

Not getting addicted are we James[:w][:w]

Since getting my I-Touch, Mrs Buns has been the demander of Apps and is totally consumed by Tris.

This means I can now get my I-Phone[:D][:D][:D]

BTW I just like 'Banner' which has proved most useful at a few meetings at work last week[}:)]

buns

There's one I like which is just called UK Train Times (I think) - it's free and much easier to use than National Rail!

There's one I like which is just called UK Train Times (I think) - it's free and much easier to use than National Rail!