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Top iPhone Apps for Productivity

Having an all in one phone is crazy, I personally have the iPhone 3G and I love this little machine. If my internet is down I can surf on my iPhone. If I am at the airport I can tether my iPhone to my iBook. Being busy can make life a little stressful and unproductive. But with an iPhone life can run smoothly with just a few free applications. I personally use these applications to help me with my day to day agenda. Below I will talk about some features and why I think these apps are the best apps to be productive with your entrepreneurship or just day to day business.

  1. Evernote/YouNote
    Take notes but take faster notes with voice. These 2 apps are pretty powerful in its own and I use both just because voice quality is better than the other and one of them has a much cleaner interface.
  2. CoolIris
    Find news and media fast with just scrolling through top feeds of news and topics. CoolIris has a great Firefox plugin to display images and search for news from around the internet.
  3. PayPal
    Check you paypal balance and see how much money you made today. Quickly send money to someone on the spot with this fast little application.
  4. Easy Task
    Keep track of what you have to do. This is one of the faster and most easiest to use app for doing tasks. There are multiple ones out there, but I personally like this one because of it’s simplicity.
  5. Loopt
    At a convention? Want to know where your new friends are, meet up with them by temporarily ‘stalking’ them. This is a social app which lets you know where are friends are currently. Great when meeting new people are shows.
  6. 1Password
    Save your login information when it comes to websites that do not have apps. It saves the user name and password within your iphone (master password required) and auto fills in the form for you to submit and log into your account information.
  7. Twitterrific/Twinkle
    Both links to twitter and provides a nice view of the conversation feed of whom you are following. Twinkle is more social because it locates users for you that are in yur surrounding area. Very powerful when trying to network and see what others are saying around you.
  8. Brian Tuner
    Relax your brain and get smarter. This simple math equation game helps tune up your brain by testing it on a daily basis (if you play it everyday). Beat your old accuracy score and incrase brain response.
  9. LinkedIn
    See what your friends on linked are up. Let’s you know who is connected with who and who are friends with who. Also look up information about that person and see what their status is. Not as versatile as logging into the website, but provides fast information when needed.
  10. Facebook
    Similarto LinkedIn app – you can view friends, status, photos, the news feed, your wall, etc. Again, it lacks some features such as events which you will need to login to the facebook homepage.

I personally find these apps to be powerful and I use these apps on a daily basis. I did not link to them because I didn’t feel like finding the phobas links – but just search it on yur iphone app store or browse the app store via iTunes and you can read more information about them.

  • http://www.traffic-is-king.com Sam With Traffic Is King

    The only problem I have with iPhones is the texting. No keyboard. I text more than I talk and this is a problem for me with the iPhone. So I had to go Crackberry. However I’m jealous because iPhones have better screen resolutions for viewing mobile sites and running cool apps like the ones above.

  • http://www.zhiing.com victor lund

    have you tried zhiing instead of loopt?

    It does the same thing, but does not require your friends to be members of the loopt social network, and it works on all phones.

    Let us know what you think.

  • http://www.cooliris.com Jenny Lum

    Thank you so much for including us in your list! I’m so glad that you are enjoying Cooliris for the iPhone, and I hope that you and your readers will continue to enjoy using it!

    Also, just wanted to let you know that we have just released new content in our Discover feature in the Cooliris web client that includes full-length movies and TV episodes (courtesy of Hulu), edgier gossip in “Entertainment News,” a finance focus in the “Business” channel, full-reel tech shows in “Sci-Tech,” and more viral videos in “Around the Web.” Check it out at http://www.cooliris.com, and get back to us with any feedback you have!

    Warmest regards,
    Jenny & The Cooliris Team

  • http://www.squidoo.com/bookmarking-demon-4 Bookmarking Demon

    Thanks for the list Ian. I just downloaded Brain Tuner. Its simple and kind of addicting. I also use Twitterrific and it’s great.

  • http://stoneworkersearch.com/ Lisapeary

    I text more than I talk and this is a problem for me with the iPhone. So I had to go Crackberry. However Iâ??m jealous because iPhones have better screen resolutions for viewing mobile sites and running cool apps like the ones above.

  • http://www.didigetthingsdone.com Andrew Mason

    Good list although I feel you missed some great ones out like OmniFocus, Things, and iBlueSky.

    The iPhone is a great little productivity tool.

    I did a blog post about my top 5 iPhone Productivity Tools, check it out at – http://www.didigetthingsdone.com/2008/10/21/top-5-iphone-applications-for-productivity/

    Thanks.

  • http://www.cooliris.com Jenny

    Hi again Ian,

    Just wanted to give you a quick update on Cooliris! After receiving over 250,000 downloads in the first few weeks, cracking the top ten in Entertainment Apps and getting chosen as a Staff Favorite from Apple, Cooliris for the iPhone has added new, richer features in version 1.2!

    We are pleased to announce YouTube video support. Our latest version offers a slick and easy way to perform YouTube searches on your iPhone. With the recent announcement that YouTube will soon feature full-length movies, Cooliris brings you the fun of theater-hopping anywhere you go!

    You can now also save images from the Cooliris Wall straight to the iPhone’s local camera roll with a unique “photocopier effect”. Turn photos from Flickr, Google or our new Wallpaper Discover channel into a custom background for your iPhone.

    With Video Support, we have introduced several new channels that take advantage of our great content. Entertainment News brings you the latest from E! blogs, Perez Hilton, the Insider, ET and more. You can also watch all the hottest music videos from your favorite artists in the Music channel. If that’s not enough, you can always kill some time with the Cool Videos channel, which has a selection of some of the most popular new videos to grace the web!

    Learn more at http://blog.cooliris.com/2008/11/20/cooliris-for-iphone-v12-now-available/, and find us on the iTunes store at: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=294479487&mt=8, or just search for Cooliris straight from the device. 

    Warmest regards,
    Jenny

  • http://toostep.com/idea/iphone---what-more-features-you-want- Rohit

    Hi Ian,
    People are happy with new iPhone still they want more features in it like good pixel camera,keypad etc.It has enabled a lot of features but what to say Human wants are unlimited….

  • http://www.facebooklicious.com/services/facebook-game-developer Facebook Game Development

    Iphone is stylish and multimedia phone. Iphone is different from many other mobile phones. Because of its features and a great look. Large display and decent applications. now Iphone also support 3G

  • http://www.facebooklicious.com Facebook Application Development

    Iphone is now become one of the favorite multi brands for many peoples. By the touch of Iphone many peoples get impressive by its softy stylish look

  • http://www.jeux-cuisine.org/ Jeux de Cuisine

    Thanks for the list Ian ;)