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 Mashable. At least until the next cool app comes out.
iPhone Apps
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 Safari browser, and have encouraged web developers to develop web apps specifically for the iPhone.
Gcalc- Calculates the cost of tech according to power consumption.
eBuddy- Feature-packed iPhone chat client with support for AIM, Yahoo!, and MSN (Site works only if visited on your 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
TV Forecast- A personalized TV-guide optimized for the iPhone.
iPhone Resources
Collections (App Lists, Wallpapers, Forums etc)
sciphone.net- A constantly updated collection of the best iPhone wallpapers, including weekly themepack releases.
iPhone Application Gallery ~ AppSafari ~- An iPhone application gallery with ratings, reviews, and comments.
Blogs
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.
Ars Technica- Apple Ars Technica’s Apple coverage, plenty of iPhone coverage to be found.
Podcasts
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
Applehound- Consistently updated listing of iPhone bugs, ready for hacking.