Sroys

Here’s my take on what I feel are the most useful Iphones apps available in the App Store. I haven’t jail-broken my Iphone - if you are good enough you will make it to the app store.

When I say my favorites apps - I mean applications which in someway help us be more productive and utilities which use the Iphone features very well. I use most of these applications almost everyday. So here goes:

ByLine: This is a beautiful RSS reader which syncs up with your Google Reader account [if you have gmail you can access it] - initially I was wondering if I wanted it that way - but later realized it’s the easiest way to organize your favorite RSS feeds. Add them into the Google Reader account and it syncs up to your Iphone. The best part about this app is it’s speed and pre-fetching capability - meaning when you read the feeds - it’s as smooth as silk. Beautiful app. My number 1 most used app.

Locly: A very useful application if you want to quickly find out what’s near you. I found this application to be the most accurate - it’s probably got to do with the programming as I think most such apps are using the Google local data - so basically the same information - but this application handles it the best and I found it to be the most accurate. It features many things like - flickr images, local twitters, local events, restaurants, pubs, cafes, shops, taxi firms, hotels, banks & ATM, gas stations but one of the cool features is the wikipedia articles on nearby important locations - I found them to be pretty accurate from my location. Some of the other apps like Around Me does the same thing but I found Locly to be more accurate.

AirSharing: I use this app to use my Iphone as a wireless hard drive. It works very well and it’s very easy to use. Works with windows or mac. Supports folders and let’s you view documents and images.

Camera Bag: I recently started using this and it’s a very good camera effects app if you like to have effects like Helga, black & white - in all it has about 10 effects and it does the job well.

Lists: This app does not have many features but I like it that way - it’s simple to use and does not crowd the screen. Nice clear list display. You can create as many lists you want and you can add and remove items from the list and you can create sub-lists inside lists. I considered buying things but somehow I do not need a second organizer in the Iphone - the native calendar organizer is good enough for me and it runs in the background so I can set alerts. I would have to run things to get alerts which kind of beats the purpose of having so many features. A simple list of things to do with a tick mark in front does it better for me. I am sure there are many such applications but I have used this till now and have had no trouble plus I like the icon.