iPhone Apps

So the iPhone is just around the corner and the apps are already cropping up.  I’m currently a Verizon customer (and don’t have $600 just sitting ready to spend) so I won’t be standing in line with the droves June 29th. However I am very interested to see how this all pans out as I assume that I will be an iPhone user at some time in the somewhat distant future.

If you keep up with Apple news fanatically (as I do) you know that Steve Jobs recently announced at WWDC that there will be no SDK for the iPhone, but Safari and web applications are totally up for game. Most likely this being the primary reason for the release of Safari for Windows. Many developers were very disappointed by this news but others have raced to create the first iPhone apps for the world to see.

First iPhone Application

Touted as the very first iPhone application - OneTrip provides a simple Shopping List interface to create a simple check-off list when shopping. Super simple little program but very useful. I especially like the already included categories and choices.

Other iPhone Apps

Useful Information

GoMovies — an alternate, simpler way to searching for movies at your local theater. Sure you could just pull up Hollywood.com or Fandango (since the iPhone is running a complete version of Safari), but this is so much smoother and simpler and removed of all the fluff seen in the big boy sites.

iNews — though not super useful as it doesn’t actually display the latest news (which you would think woul be the point of a news application), it is kind of handy to be able to do quick news searches like when you’ve heard a rumor and want to check it out.  File this under “neat but not useful.”

MyMetar — though not something I’m going to be using very often, this looks like some information that would be useful to… someone of aviation influence.

On-The-Go Convenience

CheapMF — don’t you hate when you’re at a store and you see something you want to buy but… you’re not sure if (a) the price is right and (b) you don’t know if it potentially sucks. With the CheapMF iPhone app you can do a quick little search to see a products cheap prices as well as some user reviews to guide you in the right direction. Slick.

Games

WordBreaker — fun little game. A simple little Hangman variant that I (embarrassingly) spent way too much time playing while I should’ve been writing this post. Appears to be the only third-party game currently available developed specifically for the iPhone.

Alternate Site Interfaces

iPhoneDigg — this is pretty cool. Super simple interface to the popular social networking site, Digg. I almost like this interface more than digg’s own site due to it’s super simple interface.

iTweeter — little app for the insanely popular (and growing in popularity) Twitter. I recently succumbed to Twitter as well… you can see me at http://www.twitter.com/jessejanderson.

YouTube — that’s right, YouTube’s own entry into the foray of iPhone applications. I like the little warning message recommending iPhone users to upgrade to the unlimited data plan (which will cost how much now… ?). It’s nothing amazing though, basically a really stripped down YouTube.

Is that it?

As cool as these little apps are, I hope that we see some apps a little more advanced than this as the iPhone releases and more developers get involved… I’m sure the iPhone killer app killer web app will come out eventually and knock all our socks off.

Here’s hoping anyways.