Best iPhone Apps

I know what you are thinking. Why read another post by someone claiming to know what the best iPhone Apps are? Well, I am not claiming to know which ones are the best, just the ones that I like the best and use routinely on my phone. So here goes - in no particular order:

1) Lose It! (Free) Lose It is my favorite app. It is a simple to use method of keeping track of your calories and exercise (complete with large data base of foods and exercises). Using Lose It - just by logging my meals and exercise, I have lost 8 pounds in three weeks and am now down to my lowest weight in 10 years (178) with 10 more to go.

2) Sportacular (Free). Forget Sports Tap, Sportacular is must easier to use. It tracks real time scores of every major sport and includes tons of stats.

3) Evernote (Free). This app rocks. Basically it is an app that lets you keep track of everything. Input thoughts in your phone and they appear on any PC via Evernote's website and vice versa. It has an integrated camera function which enables you to photograph things and store the photos. Better yet, it can full text search the photos so you can snap a shot of a business card and search for it later. It also puts a GPS tag on photos so if you photograph your car, you can find it by a linked map. You can also click a button while surfing the Net and either the full web page you are looking at, or selected portions of that page will be saved to Evernote. So if you are shopping for cameras as I was yesterday, if you see one or more you like, just hit the button and the info and web page will be saved. And it has a voice recorder.

4) WhitePages (Free). This app rocks too. It does three things. It searches for people. It searches for businesses. And it does reverse searches using phone numbers. When it finds matches - and it always seems to do so - it provides addresses and phone numbers and maps.

5) Wikipanion (Free). The iPhone version of Wikipedia. It is easy to use and the results are formatted perfectly for the iPhone.

6) Express (Free). Great little app that collects weather, sports scores, news, entertainment, travel, and 411 in the same place.

7) Now Playing (Free). The best movie app out there. Period. It combines move locations and show times, with Rotten Tomatoes and all movie review, synopses and running times, upcoming flicks, video trailers, dvds, and more...

8) Pandora (Free). The best free radio app available.

9) Shazam (Free). This app blows me away every time. Any time you hear a song on the radio or anywhere, just hit Shazam and the app will identify the song and the artist and other info. It's incredible.

10) Digg (free). Not a bad way to find out what news people think is important at any given moment.

11) Memengo Wallet (a few bucks). This one costs a few bucks, but with it - and an encryption key - you can store all your important info - credit cards, passport numbers, etc., and they'll be available on the Net and your Phone and be protected.

12) Recorder (Free): A great and very basic voice recorder.

13) WebMD (Free): While not a substitute for a real doctor, it contains tons of info for self diagnoses and on tons of prescription drugs.

14) Dictionaire and iThesaurus (both free): To quote Dennis Green, they are what you think they are.

15) NY Times (Free): Great version of the great paper.

16) Google Earth (Free): I am not a huge fan on the PC, but this version does all the same tricks on the phone.

17) Stanza (Free): Good little app that collects all sorts of free reading materials (as well as some that cost $$).

18) Big Oven (Free): 160,000 recipes.

19) The Weather Channel (Free): Best weather info will all the bells and whistles.

20) Games - some free, some a few bucks: Bejeweled 2, Shanghai (mah jong game), Sudoku, ESPN Camerman, Cross Light.

And if your iPhone is jailbroken: Categories. With it, you can consolidate your apps in folders - such as a Games Folder.

That's it for now.