So as any die-hard Apple fan knows, we’re up and running with iPhone 2.0 firmware and we now have access to the App Store via iTunes 7.7! It’s been a great day and there have been some great updates (including Apple TV update).

With that said, I thought I’d let you know my favorite iPhone 2.0 Apps thus far (6 hours into browsing the 500+ apps in iTunes). Most of these are free that I have but I decided to buy a few of them:

(1) Google Mobile – Google’s app makes searching super quick and it’s easy and effective (versus going to google.com in Safari). According to Lifehacker, Google’s app does “search-as-you-type results spin up for web pages, click-to-call business and residential phone listings, nearby stores and restaurants, and more.” This is a free app.

(2) Mobile Flickr – Who doesn’t love Flickr and especially an app where you can view, edit and upload your Flickr photos AS WELL AS take pictures with your iPhone and immediately publish them on Flickr? This cost $2.99 but well worth it in my opinion.

(3) Twitterific – Those of us who have jailbroken our iPhones know how great Twitterific is. If you use Twitter, you need this app immediately on your iPhone. Enough said. This is a free app.

(4) Jott for iPhone – I’ve blogged about how awesome Jott’s service is, so it’s a no brainer to download Jott’s app for the iPhone. You can record, listen and read your Jott messages right on your iPhone. It’s a fantastic “to do” application. It’s FREE!

(5) Remote – Every one is blogging about this app. It’s free which is awesome and the cooler part is this is the app you need to use your iPhone as a remote for your iTunes AS WELL AS your Apple TV! Done and done!

(6) Where To? - This is the 2nd app in which I’ve paid money for ($2.99) but it’s FANTASTIC. It takes your iPhone’s GPS (iPhone 2.0 and iPhone 3G) and determines where you currently are. Then, you pick if you want to know a restaurant, a shopping center, a hospital, a movie theater, a beautician… the list goes on and on AND the app will then tell you the CLOSEST “whatever you’re looking for” next to you based on your GPS location. Another cool piece to this is, lets say you’re hungry yet you don’t know where to eat. Pick Restaurants and then pick “Surprise Me” and this app will pick a certain cuisine (Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Thai, whatever!) and then show you on Google Maps how to get to the restaurant that’s near you! It’s great!

So those are my favorite apps thus far. Obviously, the MySpace and Facebook apps are good to, but they don’t excite as much as these do.

What are YOUR favorite iPhone apps? LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW!

PS – Check out Veronica Belmont’s favorite apps as well!

Tags: Apps, Favorite, iPhone 2.0

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