10 April 2009

iPhone Apps...

Recently I gave into inner and outer pressures and joined the iPhone toting masses. Now, not only can I think I look cool every time I pull out my phone, I can go broke slowly with one touch access to the 25,000+ iPhone Apps available on iTunes. Or so it seems...


In between putting finger prints on the iPhone, wiping them off, and trying not to be that guy who wants everyone to know he has an iPhone, I've been window-shopping the App Store the last few days. Without a "try before you buy"option for any of the apps, I don't wanna go too crazy, right? Much to my surprise, I'm discovering there aren't that many apps that pique my interest! I guess not being into video games helps. :)

A few apps I am thinking about downloading or think are interesting enough to talk about:

"A Faux Call" ...simulates an incoming call and gives u a tactful way to get yourself out of an uneasy situation" LMAO!! I certainly could have used this a few years ago!

"Voice Text Pro" ...the the only voice-activated text messaging app for the iPhone (i.e. voice to text). I can think of a few instances this could come in handy, but how do you make it type "kthnxbi"?

Facebook/MySpace/LiveJournal/Blogger/Wordpress - the iPhone versions of these popular sites/services.

After a few days, that's about it really. One of the forums I belong to has a whole discussion dedicated to iPhone Apps. Even pre-iPhone, only a few of the ones mentioned sound interesting to me. This should prove beneficial to the limited space of both my iPhone and bank account!

The truth is, 90% of what I want to do on my iPhone I can do without installing any of the apps- Text-messaging, email, photos, calculator, web... Did I mention it's a phone, too? Yeah, that's a good chunk of my personal needs. The only app I've actually downloaded is the Facebook app. For now. I'll keep you posted on the whole iPhone experience, specifically, whenever I come across an app that looks interesting enough for me to actually download.

Got any suggestions or reviews of must-have iPhone apps? Share them in the comments below!

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