Apple App Store iconSo it's been a while since I first started using Apple's app store, and I've tested various different applications that provide various different functionality.  Based on what I have used so far and what I'm still using to this day, I figured I'd write a post outlining some of my favorites.  Granted I probably don't install new applications as often as a lot of people do, so this list might not be full of the latest and greatest, but still if you own an iPhone or iPod Touch and you haven't heard of the following applications you should go ahead and check them out.  Let's get started!

Air Sharing

Air Sharing Apple app store iconEver wish you could use your iPhone or iPod Touch as an external hard drive?  Better yet it'd be nice to view some important documents from the device as well.  That's what Air Sharing does.  When you set up Air Sharing you set up a connection between your Mac and your touch device.  What that means is that you can easily mount your iPhone or iPod Touch to your Mac wirelessly.  Once mounted you can drag and drop files from your Mac to your iPhone completely seemlessly.  I've found it's been particularly useful for .pdf and .doc files I've been given in classes.  If I'm in class and I need to reference something in the notes I just pull out my iPod Touch and I'm good to go with Air Sharing.  Air Sharing is also free, which is a good bonus.

Remember the Milk

Remember the Milk iPhone web application iconThere are a ton...and I mean a ton of to-do applications for the iPhone.  Some are free and some are paid, and as expected some are fairly basic while others offer a lot of functionality.  My to-do list is a website, however.  Remember the Milk has an excellent web app built specifically for the iPhone which sings on the device and looks better than most to-do software applications I've seen in the app store.  I think there has been a lot of people who have forgotten that Apple was pushing web applications pretty hard before they unveiled the SDK for the iPhone, and Remember the Milk is certainly not a website which should go overlooked.

Aside from the pretty interface which allows you to add tasks to your various lists, set priorities, set due dates and so on (all of the features you'd expect with a to-do list), RTM integrates into a lot of other applications as well.  For instance, I recently started using Mozilla Labs' Ubiquity extension, and there's already a nice command for adding and viewing your tasks straight from Firefox.  RTM also has a Firefox plugin which shows your tasks inline with your gmail account and (as I've mentioned before) using gmail in a web browser without my tasks sitting to the right has since become foreign to me.  Finally there's even an RTM dashboard widget which allows you to tick off completed tasks throughout the day.  If you haven't used Remember the Milk and you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, check out i.rememberthemilk.com from your touch device and give it a spin.  The only drawback is that it costs $25 after the initial 15-day trial period, but I loved it so much I dropped the cash without thinking twice.

Wikipanion

Wikipanion app store application iconThis is a fairly simple application.  We all know that Safari is excellent on the iPhone.  Still, there's sometimes when you just want to search Wikipedia and get some information that is pre-formatted for easy reading on the iPhone.  That's what Wikipanion does.  All you have to do is open Wikipanion, search for Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and the application pulls down the article after formatting it for the iPhone's screen.  It also has predictive queries so if you start by typing a few letters of your keyword chances are pretty good that one of Wikipanion's suggestions will be what you're looking for.  Wikipanion is another great free app.

1Password

1Password app store application iconIt's obvious that one of the best parts about Apple's touch devices is that they're mobile computers.  As a result, you probably find yourself logging into your web services from the device quite often.  However, if there's one complaint that anyone can make about the iPhone it's that the keyboard is a little unfriendly when it comes to inputting strong passwords.  1Password allows you to safely and securely store your passwords on your iPhone or iPod Touch.  Using 1Password you only have to remember...you guessed it...one password in order to access your others.  After inputting your master password you get access to your concealed account credentials, and from 1Password you can login to various sites.  1Password is free for now despite being a paid application on the Mac, so if you're even slightly interested I'd check it out before they decide to start charging.

So there you have it.  Those are the applications (aside from ones I've mentioned in previous posts) which I'm enjoying the most right now.  Honorable mentions go to Twitterific which is still my favorite Twitter client on the iPod Touch and Bloomberg, an awesome stock application that blows Apple's Stocks app out of the water.  The only reason I'm giving those two an honorable mention is because Twitterific isn't exactly the most obscure application, and Bloomberg is really only useful if you're a stock junkie...otherwise it's just pretty to look at.  =)

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