Kelly + iPhone = love

It makes sense that my first blog post since getting the iPhone is being written on it. The wordpress app is my latest download of many. It’s interesting learning to trust the smart keyboard. Not bad actually. I thought I’d give a quick list and perhaps mini-review of the apps I have downloaded so far.

Facebook: I’d say this is a “duh” app to download. My biggest gripe so far is that I don’t have the live feed view I’m addicted to on the real thing. I did my first mobile upload today. All seemed to go well.

Twitterfon: There are lots of twitter apps out there. This seemed the best fit from the reviews of the free apps out there. Tweetie seems the best for pay apps, but I’m not going there, at least not yet. I might check out twitterific soon as well.

Google: Favorite part is the speech recognition. It makes it far less painstaking to search. I’ve only had one miserable failure on that when I said a long string and it decided I had said “India”. Um… Overall it’s great.

Flashlight: Mostly it just made me laugh.

Stanza: This is an eReader which has direct access to several online catalogs including Project Gutenberg. I’ve dowloaded a number of classics already and am on chapter four of Pride and Prejudice. I’ve used the settings to turn the background grey which helps a bit with eye strain. I love this, especially that it’s free with such a large free library.

Google Earth: Kind of a duh for me as well. I love maps and love having the world satellite view at my fingertips.

Shazam: This identified recorded music it hears. It’s a fun little app.

Urban Spoon: Mostly it’s just fun to shake and watch it act like a slot machine for dining choices.

ShoZu: I’m trying to figure out a good app to transfer photos to flickr. I don’t know if this is it, but my test run seemed to do the trick. I’ll probably try out some others before settling in on one.

IcanHasCheezburger: Duh. It has the whole Cheezburger network for my perusing pleasure.

Geocaching: Probably the most expensive app I’ll buy. It was $9.99 and is only one of two I’ve paid any money for. I quite like the real time instant access to nearby caches though. I haven’t gone hunting with it yet, but I can’t wait.

iLCARS: Yes, this silly app is the other one I spent money on. It basically looks like a Star Trek TNG panel, makes appropriate noises and sounds, and pretends to scan people and the environment. I love it except for all the annoying spelling errors and typos. The huge geek in me had no problem with the $0.99 price tag.

WordPress: Seems good. This has taken awhile though.

I’ll perhaps review the games later. I have seven right now. We’ll see where I’m at when I get around to it.

ETA: Bolding to app names, done from computer.