Yesterday I wrote a post about how I just got my new iPhone.  Through the comment stream, Melissa Brown suggested that we list the iPhone Applicatoins that we're using.  After writing a really long comment, I thought "This would make a great blog post!"  So for your reading pleasure, these are the Applications I've downloaded so far:

Facebook

- This App is awesome.  Everything I do on the computer I can now do through my iPhone. As far as I'm concerned, this is a benchmark for all iPhone Applications.  Best of all...it's FREE!

Twitterrific

- I paid for the premium version.  The iPhone has a nice big screen, but the loss of real estate to advertisements was just too irritating.  And it's awesome!  I'll probably be writing a blog post about some of it's features soon.

PCOfficeV3

- I paid for this app as well.  It's basically a 10 key calculator for the iPhone.  I love seeing the list of numbers that I'm working with.  My old phone had that feature so I had to replace it on the iPhone.

Bump

- This app is FREE.  It's purpose is to enable sharing of files or contacts from one iPhone user to another.  All you do is select what you want to share, then the two parties gently "bump" their hands together while holding their iPhones.  It sounds awesome, but as of yet, I haven't run into anyone to "bump" with.

LinkedIn

- This app was FREE and its...ok.  There's not a huge amount of functionality, but it does let me update my status easily and add people to my network.  All in all, I'll probably use LinkedIn more because of this app and my ability to use it on the go, than I would if I had to log in on the computer.

MySpace

- I've never really really been into myspace.  I have a profile there for my business.  The app lets me accept friend requests, comment on things, send mail, etc.  I wish the video function of myspace was represented on the app.  I think the video's are one of the best attributed of myspace.  For a FREE app, it's not too bad.

PicPosterous

- The point of this app is that you're supposed to be able to take pics through the application instead of the iPhone's interface and the pics that you take through the application automatically get uploaded to your posterous blog (skipping the step of having to upload them).  The problem is that posterous allows you to have 3 blogs (one has to be primary) and the app doesn't give you the option of selecting which blog the media should be posted to (it automatically posts to your primary blog).  For this reason I haven't used this app yet.  I suspect the posterous people are working to fix this.  When they do...I'll be using it - a lot.  This one was FREE too.

ActiveRain

- I had to get the ActiveRain app, right?  This is a FREE app (as it should be) and it's really an "eh" for me, honestly.  The point (I think) is to have a listing of ActiveRain's presence on all the social media sites.  Not much use to me.  But on a positive note, ActiveRain works beautifully through the Safari Web Browser my iPhone is equipped with.

Y! Finance

- I get all my financial news from Yahoo, I admit it.  It's what I'm used to.  It's familiar.  I find Yahoo to be fair and balanced and I love the way they present market information.  I'm also a big fan of the Tech Ticker series.  This app has it all!  I love it!  What do I hate about it?  The Tech Ticker videos always seem to cut off before they're actually over with.  I really really wish Yahoo would fix that.  Otherwise, perfect!  This is a FREE app.

WhitePages

- I use whitepages all the time on the computer and when I saw that they have an iPhone app, I had to have it.  The ability to reverse search a phone number from my caller ID is an added bonus.  This is a FREE app.

Skype

- I haven't used this app yet, but the purpose for it is that you can use your iPhone to make free calls to other Skype users as long as you're hooked up to a WiFi internet connection.  Who could resist that kind of geeky cool gagetry?  This is another FREE app.

iFighter

- I had to get a game in, right?  This one I paid for.  The game has you flying a World War 2 era fighter.  Your mission is to destroy Nazi weaponry.  It's highly addictive.  You control the plane by tilting the phone in the direction that you want it to go.  It might sound sketchy, but it's highly intuitive and fun.  I cruised through the first 4 levels the first night.  The drawback?  There's only 4 levels.

I'm always looking for some great iPhone Apps, so feel free to share the ones that you use and love.  I can't wait to get your input!

Jason Sanders @ValuePagesGroup
Business Networking Specialist