Essential iPhone Apps

Welcome new iPhoners! 

After you are done playing with the iPhone's installed applications, you may be want to expand your horizons with new iPhone Applications.  You may be tempted to Jailbreak the iPhone to install applications.  Just hold that thought for a moment.  You may have heard that Apple really really does not like you to do this.  But there is a way to expand your iPhone horizons - iPhone Web Apps.

Now, Apple's contention that iPhone Web Apps is a great way to expand the iPhone's functionality has gotten some Bad Press.  But, there are some very cool Web Apps out there.  So let's take a look at a few you may want to try out (all of the links below will go right to the iPhone enabled web app).

First up is, of course, Bejeweled, the classic and addictive game.  Just use your finger to point the way and you'll be zapping gems without end.

Want to see a movie?  Check out its reviews at the Tomato Meter. Then, find movie times and buy tickets at Fandango.

Want a good meal and to avoid food poisoning?  Check out Zagat for a restaurant then Find It (and for our UK friends there's Yell.com.)

Be Productive - access your Docs and Spreadsheets at Google Docs.

Translate and Speak other languages at Ultralingua.

Keep up-to-date on the news and your web feeds at Google Reader and digg.

Socialize at Facebook  and Blog about your life at TypePad.

Be a Bookworm:  Harper Collins has a nifty little web app to let you browse inside some of their titles and links to buy at them at Amazon.com.

Check out more web apps at Apple's Web App Page and iLounge.com's iPhone Software Page.

So, there's lots to do and explore before you hijack that iPhone and perhaps void your warranty.  And don't fret, the  iPhone SDK is coming soon so you'll get to have those "real" iPhone Apps shortly.