iPhone Fu
There's a small spate of people around me obtaining the iPhone. A few pointers for those people:
Cloud Services
Google
Google is an excellent cloud replacement for MobileMe. Google Sync Help has calendar sync tips. GMail Mobile Help has how to access GMail in a variety of ways (I recommend IMAP in the iPhone Mail client). Set yourself up a gmail account and google calendar, and that will work fine and dandy. Don't sync with Google Contacts, it does suck. Keep syncing to Address Book on your mac (not sure what the Windows equivalent is), or use MobileMe. MobileMe
I do actually like MobileMe - in particular the Find My iPhone feature is excellent, and the Push email for my me.com address I do find useful on occasion. (Push notifies you that you have mail immediately, whereas normal email relies on your device to contact the server every so often.) Physical Accessories
These are not linked to - just search for them in the app store. Geographic
Google is an excellent cloud replacement for MobileMe. Google Sync Help has calendar sync tips. GMail Mobile Help has how to access GMail in a variety of ways (I recommend IMAP in the iPhone Mail client). Set yourself up a gmail account and google calendar, and that will work fine and dandy. Don't sync with Google Contacts, it does suck. Keep syncing to Address Book on your mac (not sure what the Windows equivalent is), or use MobileMe. MobileMe
I do actually like MobileMe - in particular the Find My iPhone feature is excellent, and the Push email for my me.com address I do find useful on occasion. (Push notifies you that you have mail immediately, whereas normal email relies on your device to contact the server every so often.) Physical Accessories
- Contour Hardskin - you need this, or some equivalent. This is nice and grippy, and the raised edge on the screen front is well worth it. I literally dropkicked my iPhone under a car on the street, sliding it face down, and there is zero damage.
These are not linked to - just search for them in the app store. Geographic
- Pkt Weather (Australian Bureau of Meteorology backed, includes radar views)
- AroundMe (many categories of stuff)
- Urbanspoon (specifically restaurants)
- Take Me To My Car (parking location rememberer)
- tramTracker (dingding!)
- Metlink (a bit of a monolithic application, but comprehensive Melbourne Public Transport timetables)
- Here I Am (quickly send a pre-configured email with google map link)
- Google (everything google here)
- Free Wi-Fi Finder (list of free wi-fi spots)
- Wi-Fi Finder (list of non-free wi-fi spots)
- Layar (3GS only - "augmented reality" nearby stuff overlay)
- Twitterrific
- Fring (variety of chat clients, including Skype and VoIP)
- AIM Lite
- Skype
- Livejournal
- Whole Foods (recipe database - US based)
- Allrecipes.com.au (Australian recipe database)
- ShopShop (very simple and easy to use shopping list utility)
- NetNewsWire (backed onto Google Reader)
- Chronolite (configurable multiple timer utility)
- Wikiamo (Wikipedia browser with cache)
- AusPostcode
- Stanza (ebook reader)
- Shakespeare (the complete works)
- Dropbox (if you are not already using http://getdropbox.com/ then you should be)
- Darkroom (take the shot once your hands are steady, there is a Premium version with more features)
- Zen Piano (1 octave piano with loudness controlled by tap strength)
- Tuner440 (instrument tuner, including "free mode" with different notes)
- inTune A440 (strobe tuner for A440 specifically - only)
- A Free Level (a bubble level)
- Metronome (tick tock)
- Units (conversion calculator, includes currency fu)
- Convertbot (conversion calculator, includes currency fu)
- Blizzard Mobile Authenticator (for World of Warcraft nerds)
- Scan (in case you're curious what's running under the hood, or want to check your phone's RAM usage)
- iStethoscope (badoump)
- Banner Free (big scrolly banner)
- Labyrinth Lite (rolling ball maze puzzle)
- Lightsaber (vrwoomp)
- Zippo Lighter (fsshwwomp)
- iNeko (meow, purr, zzzZZZ)
- PwGen (Password Generator, useful for normal users, not just techies)
- TouchTerm (SSH client)
- Net Utility (bunch of net utilities rolled into one)
- Ping Lite (includes a handy ping-whole-subnet display)
- RDP Lite (Windows Remote Desktop)
- VNC Lite (VNC client - mac, linux, etc)
- Speed Test (bandwidth speed tester)
- UNIX Epoch (you too can know the number of seconds since 1970-01-05T00:00Z)
- cmpxRPN (complex number and reverse polish notation calculator)
- GraphCalc (Polynomial Graphs Curve OK)
- PCalc Lite (alternative calculator)
- Darkroom Premium (take the shot once your hands are steady, guide lines, etc, good camera app replacement)
- OzWeather (Another australian weather app)
- BOMRadar (Just the BoM Radar)
- WiFiFoFum (awesome WiFi scanner app - includes 2D radar view)
- Fantastic Contraption (the game of website fame)
- Flight Control (finger trace land the planes - quick and fun)
- Cluck It! (chicken crossing road - very hilarious and fun, Frogger style but much better)
- Sally's Spa (surprisingly fun "time management" genre game - there is a Lite)
- Underworlds (basic Diablo type game - melee only)
- Paper Toss (surprisingly fun game)
- Strategery (hex based conquest game - there is a Strategery Lite)
- Ocarina (an ocarina!)
- Koi Pond (splash!)
- Civilisation Revolutions (basic, but recognisable and still fun)
- Catan (The basic Settlers of Catan game, no expansions)
- Midomi (what's that song that's playing?)
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