Best of iphone applications

This is my running list of the best iphone applications.  I am ordering them by how much I use them, but don't hold me to it.   I know, I'm a dork.

Google Mobile - FREE

Google has come closest to creating a 1-stop application for the majority of iphone uses... contacts, web search, maps, etc.   It is an excellent concept that Google takes to a new level with their voice rocognition for web searches.   What they are missing:  Voice search of contacts, connection to native google maps application (see "Say Where."

Say Where - FREE

WOW... voice activated search of addresses (connected to GPS location) and then automatic integration with google maps.  Once the address is located, the application automatically maps directions from your current location.  Killer app!

WunderRadio - $5.99

This is one of the few applications I have been willing to buy, and I can't get over this app.  WunderRadio, who also have a fairly robust weather app, have searched the web and collected as many streaming radio-casts.  The app plays them either over wi-fi or 3G.  Here is the best part... if you find a stream that is not included on the app, you can email them and they will add it.  What is even better is they are quick to respond.

The Weather Channel - FREE

This should have been native to the iphone.  It is a no brainer.  I think this is better than WeatherBug, but others disagree... either way, they are both free and robust in the information they offer.  Both make use of GPS to locate accurate weather information.

Flixster - FREE

Great app that connects movies, trailers and theaters together all on your geo-location.  There isn't much to say except it works and it works well.

Remote - FREE

Apple's very own application.  Once the iphone is connected to wi-fi, it can control itunes on a mac or an apple TV.  I think it's pretty cool.

Sportacular - FREE

With this you can look up schedules, current game info, standings, news, play-by-plays and just about anything else related to any sport.  You can also create a favorite screen so you can put the info you find important on the first screen.

Fring - FREE

So I can never get the GoogleTalk gadget from the Google Mobile app to work, so I end up using Fring.  I do not use Fring for Voice over IP calls, although it would be great if it worked the way T-Mobile phones do (never going to happen).  Fring is great for IMing.

Google Earth - FREE

I almost never use this application since I have Google Maps, but it is so damn cool that I can't bring myself to delete it from my phone.  It is really a sweet application.

Lux Touch - FREE

Risk for the iphone...  I told you I was a dork.  The only downfall is you can only play one player against the computer. Supposedly, Lux is coming out with a multiplayer option for the iphone.  I think they already have a version for regular computers.

Enjoy Sudoku Daily - FREE

This is great free game.  I think it is the best of the Sudoku applications because it offers new puzzles every day.  A lot of the free versions will have a set number of puzzles that never update so the puzzle list is finite.  This updates a 7 new puzzles every day (one at each difficulty level).  There is a whole help portion to the application that explains some of the wierd minutia of Sudoku puzzles, which helps with the Devious and Fiendish levels.

So, I've also downloaded a bunch of applications I think are cool, but don't have a use for, and I keep them on my computer.  I will post that list below... but for the moment, this is what I got.

The Obamathon Ba-rocked... Good lucky

Washington, DC is definitely an odd place. I could (and probably should) devote an entire entry to all the oddities that make up the District (chief among them Johnny DC)... BUT on November 4th DC served up one of the greatest parties I have ever seen.

10:00am: I vote.

10:00am-9:30pm: Long process of collecting my Voting Prizes... Flu shots, free coffee, Krispy Kreme donuts, Ben & Jerry's ice cream... I can't even remember if the 4th was a work day.

9:30pm: Arrive at Stetsons Bar. We decide the downstairs is too packed, so we fight our way to the second floor. Temperature exceeds 200 degrees... retreat. We fight our way into the center of the bar and as I'm shifting some girl out of the way, I realize it's my friend Sarah Breul... good deal.

9:45pm: I realize my collection of post-it notes with all the poll closing info, possible winning models for both candidates, and electoral vote numbers is totally useless because Obama has basically already won. I literally spent about an hour writing all that blasted information down.

11:00pm: CNN calls the election. Turns out everyone in the bar is routing for Obama as the place erupts... oh wait.

11:20pm: McCain's concession speech impresses everyone and silences the bar.

11:30pm: Half the people filter out of the bar with the specific intention of running around in the streets.

12:00am: I'm back at my apartment and in bed, when I get a phone call from my roommate's little brother instructing us to get back out into the streets.

12:10-1:00am: Jon, Josh and I dance in the street with a huge crowd at 16th and U Street NW... the same place where the DC riots started after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Also the same place where I voted.

1:00am: We hear the White House is happening, so we lamely attempt to spread the word and get everyone to march down with us... no surprise... it does not happen. We walk down alone, but on the way get a ride from an Iraq vet driving his family down to the white house and run the rest of the way.

1:45am: We dance around the White House for a good long while. People are alternatively singing "Move Bush, get out the way. Get out the way, Bush, get out the way!" and the National Anthem. The best way I can think to describe the crowd is that it reminded me of a news brief detailing a coup in the developing world. Think tons of people running around screaming and shaking flags in the air.

2:00am: I see Michael Earls and his girlfriend, Victoria. I hug them both and congratulate Victoria, but then she reminds me she is Canadian. Oh well. They suggest we walk down to the Lincoln Memorial.

2:45am: We arrive at the Lincoln Memorial. I read both inscriptions and have a good feeling about tomorrow.

3:00am: While on the way back to the apartment, in a cab, I get a text from a friend of mine in Mali. He does not speak English but somehow gets someone to translate his sentiments...

AMERICA IS FANTASTIC CONTINENT NOW ALL AFRICA WISH GOOD LUCKY TO AMERICA AND OBAMA!