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Today, there are over 3,000 applications for the iPhones, spanning the spectrum from games to utilities. A few of my iPhone App picks and a little detail about each.

Matt Brunk

October 7, 2008

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Today, there are over 3,000 applications for the iPhones, spanning the spectrum from games to utilities. A few of my iPhone App picks and a little detail about each.

It's been over a year since I wrote iMania and discussed the launch of AppLists that only took 3 days for Apple's iPhones. Today, there are over 3,000 applications for the iPhones, spanning the spectrum from games to utilities. Whether or not you agree on their platform of "Apple, Apple, or Apple as the choice" as one reader wrote - still, you do have a choice of what you can do with the iPhone such as teasing those Microsoft users feeling blue with - this song's for you.Below are a few of my iPhone App picks and a little detail about each. Some apps slow down the iPhone performance and lower battery life, such as the GPS InstaMapper that I promptly removed after a couple of days. A few days later, Apple released 2.1 software to fix bugs. The software also improves battery life, decreases dropped calls, and improves performance of the iPhone. I did download the update and my iPhone is much improved.

Still, I wonder about not just the iPhone but other smartphones:

* Will the iPhone and other smartphones fill a gap for users without laptops? * Are the smartphones secure enough? * Is voice quality less important than data access?

FREE picks

MeetBubble - this App is for those that need a bullet level to make sure that wall jacks are straight, but with a little entertainment.

PageOnce - very cool App that creates a page of single button access to multiple accounts. Social, email, travel, finance and even utilities.

RDP - is remote desktop (Mocha Remote Desktop Lite) and this is cool. Using Microsoft remote desktop settings to access other sites via your iPhone. Of course I set up our site and getting in was fast. Accessing the gear is slow but if I'm on the beach or out seeking pink snow on Grasshopper Glacier, who cares (as long as I can get connected).

PAID picks

AccessMyLan -provide VPN access to your LAN at home or office.

@task for iPhone - a great executive collaboration tool to keep yourself and other members on your team informed and up to date.

Heap - is an impressive customer relationship management (CRM) tool.Today, there are over 3,000 applications for the iPhones, spanning the spectrum from games to utilities. A few of my iPhone App picks and a little detail about each.

About the Author

Matt Brunk

Matt Brunk has worked in past roles as director of IT for a multisite health care firm; president of Telecomworx, an interconnect company serving small- and medium-sized enterprises; telecommunications consultant; chief network engineer for a railroad; and as an analyst for an insurance company after having served in the U.S. Navy as a radioman. He holds a copyright on a traffic engineering theory and formula, has a current trademark in a consumer product, writes for NoJitter.com, has presented at VoiceCon (now Enterprise Connect) and has written for McGraw-Hill/DataPro. He also holds numerous industry certifications. Matt has manufactured and marketed custom products for telephony products. He also founded the NBX Group, an online community for 3Com NBX products. Matt continues to test and evaluate products and services in our industry from his home base in south Florida.