Scoble’s Star-Spangled iPhone: 18 Apps that Add Skyrockets to Your “Genius Phone”
by Jody Mitoma on May 22, 2008 at 12:29 pm
After an interview with Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO of etnerprise-wiki company Atlassian, Mike pulled out his iPhone to show Robert Scroble the wonders of Apple. Robert states that Mike has “screens full” of applications installed on his device.
Moving right along, here are Robert Scroble’s favorite iPhone/iPod Touch applications:
News: I am still a Google Reader addict, and so are many of my fans. Reader was mentioned more in my poll than any other app. Another one that came up often was PimpMyNews.com, which turns text blogs into MP3 audio files, so you can listen on the go. Steve Rubel, SVP and director of insights for Edelman Digital and author of the popular Micro Persuasion blog, recommends sportstap.mobi to get up to date on your favorite sports, and I too have found it to be quite good.
Photos: One of the coolest things to do with your iPhone is show off your digital photographs. I recommend SmugMug, which has the best user interface of any photo-sharing site I’ve seen. If you use the more popular Flickr, then I’d recommend Twitxr.com, although several of my readers also suggested iflickr.wordpress.com. One problem with both of the Flickr apps: You need to “jail break” your phone to use them, meaning that you’ll need some software to unlock your phone for apps not supported by the iPhone or its AT&T network. It’s possible that your phone might not work properly after performing this step, although I’ve had no problems. Still, don’t make this move lightly. IJailBreak.com will do the job, but I prefer the more popular ZiPhone.org.
Music: Try SeeqPod.com to find some interesting new music. It works great on my iPhone and is fun to play with. Another one that’s popular is MobileScrobbler, which hooks your iPhone up to the Last.fm music service.
Video: Need some entertainment for your next international flight, when you’re not connected? Videora offers a free video converter that handles DVDs as well as virtually any Web video — even YouTube clips.
Social media: My favorite iPhone app is Facebook’s (iphone.facebook.com). It’s actually faster to add new friends with this than it is with the Web version. If you’re also into instant messaging, Meebo.com is my pick; that or iphone.beejive.com are great ways for you to keep in touch with your friends. If you’re into Twitter like I am, iTweet.net, PocketTweets.com, and Hahlo.com all let you use Twitter on your iPhone. I’m partial to Hahlo because the interface shows me more of the conversation.
Backup: One utility that I’d put on every iPhone is DataBinge.com Time Capsule. It remotely backs up your contacts, data, call history, calendar, and a ton of other stuff, so if your device gets stolen or dies, you can get everything back very easily.
If you were looking for specific apps in a certain category provided above, have a look at what Mr. Scoble has mentioned. There are some nice web-apps available for you out there free of charge.
Of course, Eric and I have our own preferences as to what applications we feel top off the others, and so will you. This post is dedicated to that in which Robert Scroble feels are the best out there.
Check out the full article, provided by Fast Company, here. This article will also be available within Fast Company’s June 2008 magazine issue.
(Source: JAiB)
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