The top 10 free iPhone applications
The iPhone offers many unique applications for every type of user. So whether you want to check the stocks, find the nearest pub or turn your iPhone into a light saber there's an application for you.
5. eReader
Download eBooks via the eReader site for around £5, then download this application. eReader remembers what page you are on in each eBook. Also supporting landscape reading, multiple font styles and sizes, dictionary integration.
4. SayWhere
This application lets users search several popular web services using just their voice. Simply talk into the microphone and it converts your speech into a search query Google Maps, Yellowpages.com, Yelp, and Traffic.com. You can also have it start and end in different locations.
3. Gas.app
Find the nearest and cheapest gas station by giving the iPhone Gas application your post code. Not only do you get a quick overview of the offerings, but you can also click the station to get a Google Map view. Plus find the cheapest gas station closest to you.
2. Pandora
Pandora is your own free personalized radio now available to stream music on your iPhone. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a station that plays their music and more music like it.
1. Remote
Remote is a free application that turns iPod touch and iPhone into a remote control for iTunes and Apple TV. With Remote, you can control iTunes on your computer or on Apple TV from your iPod touch or iPhone. Play, pause, skip, shuffle. See your songs, playlists, and album art.
The most useless applications
SOS torch - Make the touch screen bright white in an effort to give off enough light to see in the dark. It doesn’t. Its real function is to drain your battery without actually giving a beam of light bright enough to see anything with.
iBeer - A realistic-looking beer graphic that diminishes as you tilt your iPhone. Pick the amount of foam you want, and listen to the repetitive sound effect of all the brewskis sloshing around, one after the other.
BubbleWrap - Pop your troubles away with the plastic mini-explosions. This app is actually a game, taking away a good portion of all that stress-reduction with a touch of performance anxiety it counts how many bubbles you've popped.
PhoneSaber - Hold on to your seats Star Wars lovers because you can turn your iPhone into a light saber. As you swing your iPhone a range of light saber sound effects come out of the iPhone’s speakers. You can change the color of the saber too.
