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Cool 3rd Party iPhone Apps

Apple recently announced that over 15,000 3rd party iPhone applications are now available at the App Store. With 500,000,000 downloaded iPhone apps within half a year this new way of distributing applications is a huge success. Unfortunately, with so many applications available it is sometimes hard to find the real gems.

Here is a list of iPhone apps I've installed on my device. Maybe you find something useful or maybe you can recommend an app which definitely should be added to that list (please leave a comment).

## Books
* **Stanza**
Read eBooks on your iPhone

## Entertainment
* **Now Playing**
Read reviews, locate theaters and show times, even purchase tickets (purchasing tickets didn't work for me, but still useful app!)

* **Remote**
Remote lets you control iTunes from your iPhone over WiFi

## Finance

* **Checkbook**
Nice app to manage daily expenses

## Games
* **Caissa Chess**
Beautiful chess game. Even supports games with other players via e-mail.

* **Enigmo**
Very cool 3D puzzle-game (*Best iPhone Game* at WWDC 2008)

* **Everest: Hidden Expedition**
I love hidden-object games!

* **Fieldrunners**
One of the best (if not the best) tower defense game on the iPhone

* **Frenzic**
Addicting fast-paced puzzle-game (also [available](http://frenzic.com/) for the Mac)

* **Tangram Puzzle Pro**
If you like [Tangram](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangram) puzzles this is the app for you

## Lifestyle
* **Circulator**
Keep track of the things you borrow from and lend to your friends

* **eBay Mobile**
Place your bids on the go

## Music
* **[Last.fm](http://last.fm)**
Web radio on the iPhone

* **Shazam**
Fascinating music identification software

## Navigation
* **Geocaching**
Great app for paper-free [geocaching](http://geocaching.com)

## News
* **NetNewsWire**
RSS-Reader which syncs with desktop version of [NetNewsWire](http://www.newsgator.com/individuals/netnewswire/default.aspx)

## Photography
* **Mobile Fotos**
Nice app to browse and upload to [Flickr](http://flickr.com) (location-aware!)

## Productivity
* **1Password**
Store your passwords and other sensitive data on your iPhone and login to websites automatically

* **Air Sharing**
Useful app to view your documents on the go. You can upload new files via WebDAV (using Finder or web browser)

* **iTranslate**
Universal translator using [Google Translate](http://translate.google.com/)

* **Keynote Remote**
Use your iPhone to control your [Keynote](http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/) slides

* **Things**
Easy-to-use GTD app which syncs to [desktop version](http://culturedcode.com/things/) of Things via WiFi

## Reference

* **ViReference**
Covers all important aspects of vi (the world's most awesome text editor )

* **Wikiamo**
Comfortable [Wikipedia](http://wikipedia.org) reader

* **WordBook English Dictionary & Thesaurus**
Rich dictionary and thesaurus of the English language

* **ZugInfo**
Easy and comfortable app to query the timetable of the German railway system

## Social Networking
* **BeejiveIM**
Instant messaging for almost all networks

* **TwitterFon**
Great [twitter](http://twitter.com) client

* **WordPress**
Create and edit content for your [WordPress](http://wordpress.org)-based weblog

## Utilities
* **Bytes**
Tool to convert between data units, number bases and more

* **Clinometer**
Precise slope measurement tool (useful for aligning a picture on the wall)

* **PRG-16C**
Emulator of the [HP-16C](http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp16.htm) RPN calculator (programmable!)

* **Seismometer**
Measurement tool for everything that vibrates, shakes or moves (no scale though)

* **TouchTerm (Pro)**
Powerful SSH client on the iPhone (yes, it is usable!)

* **Units**
Simple but beautiful unit converter

*To be continued...*