Wednesday, 21 April 2010

IPHONE TOOLBOX: 75+ iPhone Resources


Well, I’m sure you’ve all heard of all the iPhone by now, undoubtedly one of the most hyped tech products of the last year. Never have we seen so many applications, resources, hacks, and so much news coverage for one little device. This list is a valiant attempt at bringing together the best of the “iPhone web.”
And to those who have long since tired of the iPhone over-hype: this is the last you’ll hear of it on MashableMashable. At least until the next cool app comes out. ;)

iPhone Apps

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Apple hasn’t yet released an iPhone SDK (software development kit) to developers, instead, they’ve opted to promote the use of the device’s full-featured SafariSafari browser, and have encouraged web developers to develop web apps specifically for the iPhone.

iPhoneChat- iChat-like AIM chat application.
OneTrip- Simple shopping-list application.
FlickIM- Multi-featured AIM chat application.
Digg (iPhone edition)-Digg.com formatted for the iPhone.
Gcalc- Calculates the cost of tech according to power consumption.
Hahlo- iPhone-styled interface for Twitter.
iPhlickr- iPhone-styled Flickr interface.
iDelicious- Styled interface for del.icio.us.
iPicli- A nicely designed gallery of creative content, managed by users.
PocketTweets- Another twitter app, with a minimal interface.
eBuddy- Feature-packed iPhone chat client with support for AIM, Yahoo!, and MSN (Site works only if visited on your iPhone).
Cool Gorilla Talking Phrasebook- Foreign language phrase-book with audio.
Texterity- Innovative way to view magazines (specifically formatted for the iPhone).
Bejeweled- Version of the popular mobile-phone game, “Bejeweled” optimized for the iPhone.
Newsgator Mobile for iPhone- Full-featured, mobile version of Newsgator’s online offering. Great for users of the MacRSS client, NetNewsWire, which automatically syncs to the service.
Twitter for iPhone Yet another twitter app.
Dailymotion for iPhone- Youtube’s already built-in, what about the other video-sites? Another video-sharing site, Dailymotion, is offering an iPhone formatted version of their site.
iRovr- A social-network exclusive to the iPhone.
iPhoneiGTD- App for access of projects being tracked via the Mac client iGTD. The only catch is that your iGTD data needs to be synced with .Mac in the first place.
TeleMoose- A front-end for Amazon.com optimized for the iPhone.
Google Reader- An interface for popular web-based RSS reader, Google Reader, nicely optimized for the iPhone.

iZoho
- An iPhone front-end for the web-based office suite Zoho. The iPhone version lets you do everything you might do on your computer, including viewing and editing docs, spreadsheets, and presentations.
Gas.app- Enter your zip code and this app will find you the cheapest gas in town (USA only).
MyMetar- A “weather bookmarking service” which allows you to bookmark your local METARs, TAFs, and radar images.
iPhoneTravel- Searches directory travel.ian.com just in case you need to book flights, hotels, and cruises from your iPhone.
iBookmark- Lets you manage and sync del.ico.us bookmarks with your iPhone.
Youtube- An iPhone-optimized Youtube browser, just in case the “desktop” version isn’t working for you.
GoMovies- An easy and quick way to search for movie showtimes and other movie-related info right from your iPhone.
iChess- Bored? Cure your chess craving with iChess, a simple, chess app for your iPhone.
Leaflets- A suite of iPhone apps: Search, Feeds, Newsvine, App-List, Upcoming, Flickr, del.icio.us, and Le Tour de France, organized in a desktop-like fashion. Safari 3 users can preview Leaflets by viewing the web-based demo.
Listingly- A list making application with a great UI. Integrated word recognition and the ability to print lists make this an indispensable resource, especially for making shopping lists on the go.
iPling- A “social expansion engine” allows you to findothers with similar interests. The app even provides a way for users to meet up in real-life after the anonymous exchange of text-messages.
NYTimes River- Cuts out the clutter on the NYTimes website, just delivering the news in an easily readable format.
CheapMF- Out shopping? Not sure about prices? CheapMF can help. It’s a utility that searches Amazon.com for prices on specified products in order to help you make educated shopping decisions.
iTouch- A simple, addictive game which tests your reflexes, just touch some dots on the screen.
Avalanche- An addictive puzzle game in which the goal is to clear the screen of blocks by picking three or more inter-connected blocks of the same color.
Expense View- Allows you to import your spending data into your iPhone on-the-go.You can then access your data at home and see exactly how you’ve been spending your money. It’s even equipped with graphs and categories for the organized spender.
iPhone recipes- Cooking resource 101 Cookbooks has assembled an iPhone interface for searching through recipes.
iActu- Newsstand like interface for reading news headlines from various Newspapers.
iTweet- The third twitter app on this list, with an intuitive, streamlined interface.
Ta-da List 37signals, simple, intuitive to-do list app.
Movies Another app for looking up movie showtimes and other related info on your iPhone.
iTipr- Excellent application for calculating appropriate tip amounts.
Seeqpod- Search for playable music on the internet and then play it back on your iPhone.
Beejive- Another chat application, Beejive, is a solid contender in the iPhone chat app market. The app supports several chat protocols including, AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Gtalk, ICQ, and Jabber. While everything seems to be in working order for me, please note the app’s still in it’s early alpha development stage.
TestiPhone- Web-based simulator for quickly testing your iPhone applications.
JiWire- A utility to find free Wi-Fi hotspots by location, worldwide.
FastApp- An iPhone “dashboard” that displays the latest additions to iPhoneApplicationList.com
WordBreaker- A word-game in which you you attempt to guess your computer’s secret word before it guesses yours, in a hangman-like logic format.
Airport Delay Tracker- Track live air traffic information.
iBloglines- Another iPhone-optimized RSS reader, this one, with the Bloglines service.
Belfry SciCalc- A nicely implemented scientific calculator for the iPhone.
Your Vids- Another iPhone optimized video service with several features.
TV Forecast- A personalized TV-guide optimized for the iPhone.

iPhone Resources

Collections (App Lists, Wallpapers, Forums etc)

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iPhone Application List- An ever-updating list of iPhone apps.
iPhone Widget List- Like iPhone Application List, but with even more apps.
sciphone.net- A constantly updated collection of the best iPhone wallpapers, including weekly themepack releases.
ThemeMyPhone- A community-centric resource for iPhone wallpapers.
ModMyiPhone.com- iPhone forum and community.
iPhone Application Gallery ~ AppSafari ~- An iPhone application gallery with ratings, reviews, and comments.

Blogs

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iPhone Central- The guys from Macworld have put together a blog solely dedicated to the iPhone, with all the authority that goes with the Macworld name. They even have an iPhone version.
The iPhone Blog- A nicely put together iPhone blog.
ZDNet- iPhone- ZDNet’s iPhone coverage.
The Cult of Mac- The Cult of Mac blog covers the iPhone plenty.
CNet- iPhone- CNet’s coverage of the iPhone.
iPhone- Gizmodo Gizmodo’s iPhone coverage.
TUAW- iPhone TUAW’s iPhone coverage.
Ars Technica- Apple Ars Technica’s Apple coverage, plenty of iPhone coverage to be found.

Podcasts

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iCali- Cali Lewis’ (from GeekBrief.tv) in her iPhone-centric podcast.
ApplePhone Show- A weekly audio podcast covering the iPhone, hosted by industry leaders Scott Bourne, Chris Breen and Andy Ihnatko.
MacBreak Weekly- The popular weekly Mac podcast with hosts Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne and Alex Lindsay is bound to cover the iPhone more than enough.
TWiT Another one of Leo Laporte’s successful tech podcasts, again, bound to even further inform you of the latest iPhone developments.

Hacks

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Hack the iPhone- A comprehensive site containing all the info you need to hack your iPhone.
iPhone Hacks- An assembly of the latest iPhone hacks in blog form.
Applehound- Consistently updated listing of iPhone bugs, ready for hacking.