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The following will help enhance your iPhone experience.

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Native Applications

  • OmniFocus - $20. Gain all the power of OmniFocus on your iPhone. Even better if you use the desktop app as you can synchronize between your desktop and phone.
  • Agenda - $0.99. A simple and elegant calendar app with quick access to month, week, and day views.
  • Tweetbot - $1.99. The best Twitter client. Seriously.
  • Greplin - Free. Easily search past tweets.
  • Dropbox - Free. Easily view files synced from your desktop/laptop machines via the cloud.
  • 1Password - $4.99/$7.99 - Have access to all your passwords in a secure fashion. Great for configuring additional iPhone apps or accessing various web services.
  • Elements - $4.99. A markdown text editor that syncs with Dropbox. Great for managing/editing text documents while on the go.
  • TextExpander - $4.99. Quickly expand longer text snippets via keyboard shortcuts so you don’t have to type as much. Syncs via Dropbox and works with many apps. A productivity must-have.
  • iThoughts - $7.99. A feature-rich mind mapping application that exports to many different applications and formats including OPML.
  • Pastebot - $3.99. Multi-copy and paste for your phone. Be sure to install the companion Pastebot Sync app too for desktop to mobile syncing.
  • Google+ - Free. Google’s social network.
  • Google Voice - Free. Replace the native iPhone phone app with this Google Voice enhanced version.
  • Ego - $1.99. An app for tracking all your web service stats such as FeedBurner, Google Analytics, PageRank, Twitter, etc.
  • Prompt - $4.99. Your mobile SSH client.
  • Nezumi - $4.99. Manage your Heroku apps while on the go. Includes the ability to change dynos sizes, add collaborators, run a console, and restart servers.
  • iOctocat - $4.99. Easily stay in touch and up-to-date with your GitHub open source projects.
  • GitHub Issues - Free. Dedicated to tracking and managing issues related to your GitHub projects.
  • GitHub Jobs - Free. Stay tuned in with the latest GitHub job postings.
  • Firefox Home - Free. Its like having Firefox on our phone (almost). It syncs all your bookmarks, open tabs, history, etc. so you can access everything while on the go.
  • WeatherSnitch - $1.99. A sophisticated weather reporting app.
  • i.TV - Free. Acquire local TV scheduling. Includes movie updates as well.
  • Flixster - Free. Acquire showtimes for your local theatres, movie rantings, disk release dates, and more.
  • Skype - Free. You’re favorite instant chat client, now accessible via your phone.
  • Google Earth - Free. Impress your friends while you plot locaitons around the globe using a rich 3D graphical display.
  • Remote - Free. Control iTunes or Apple TV via your iPhone.
  • Air Mouse Pro - $0.99. Another app that can turn your iPhone into a mouse and keyboard for remote control of your MacOS/Windows machines.
  • Air Video - Free (or $2.99). With the server software installed on either your Windows or MacOS server box, you can stream any video to your iPhone.
  • Boxee - Free. Easily control the Boxee media server software running on your local media server all via your phone.
  • iPhlix - $2.99. Manage your Netflix queue.
  • Shazam - Free. Launch this app to listen to a song playing at your friend’s place, a club, etc. It will attempt to detect who the artist and album of the song for you.
  • PhotoForge - $1.99. An image editor.
  • Camera+ - $1.99. Capture, edit, transform, and share images.
  • Camera Plus Pro - $1.99. Easily capture, edit, and share your photos/videos.
  • Timelapse Pro - $1.99. Captures several pictures over time and converts them into a video.
  • TiltShift - $0.99. Create miniature pictures from real-world images.
  • AutoStitch - $1.99. Easily stitch multiple photos into a single panoramic photo.
  • 360 Panorama - $1.99. Easily create 360 views of where you are at for easy sharing via Twitter, etc.
  • Convertbot - $1.99. A unit conversion tool that is both functional and beautiful.
  • Epicurious - Free. Be able to search recipes, make shopping lists, and view ingredients and cooking instructions.
  • Grocery IQ - Free. A handy app for grocery shopping. Looks like it is only supported on the iPhone with desktop synchronization. Web support is coming though.
  • Foodtree - Free. “Makes it easy to take photos of local food, share these photos and locate other local food in your area.”
  • Trapster - Free. Find out where police are hiding to prevent paying highway tax.
  • Planets - Free. Provides maps and location information of the moon, sun, starts, constellations, etc.
  • GoSkyWatch Planetarium - $9.99. Makes viewing the night sky easy by mapping the constellations for you based on your location and viewing position of the night sky.
  • Reeder - $2.99. Probably the best syndicated feed reader for your iPhone.
  • iBooks - Free. Read books purchased via the Apple iTunes Store.
  • Kindle - Free. Read books purchased from Amazon on your iPhone.
  • MotionX GPS - $2.99. The web site and app interface is low quality but it supports GPS logging and a way to export the data (via email, which might be questionable). At the moment, this seems to be the only GPS tracker for the iPhone.
  • NASA - Gain instant access to news and media related to the space program and other happenings beyond the atmosphere.
  • Guitar Toolkit - $9.99. A collection of utilities for your guitar such as: chord finder, tuner, metronome, chromatic tuner, etc.
  • Paypal - Free. Easily transfer money between friends and family using your Paypal account.
  • TurboScan - $1.99. Turns the camera into a scanner that can quickly OCR documents as text, PDFs, etc.
  • Red Laser - Free. Turn your iPhone into a UPC scanner. Handy for comparing prices.
  • Qrafter - Free. Adds the ability to scan QR Codes via your camera.
  • WiFi Get - A handy WiFi and Hotspot finder while on the go.
  • Chess with Friends - Free. Play a game of Chess with family and/or friends.
  • Words with Friends Free. Play a game of Scrabble with family and/or friends.
  • EleMints - Free (or $4.99). For those times when you need a kick-ass periodic table.
  • Flight Card $4.99. Your boarding pass digitized in a beautiful and easy to use fashion.
  • Air Display - $9.99. Turn your iOS device into an additional monitor using your wireless network.
  • HeyTell - Free. Turns your phone into a walkie talkie with a few extra benefits.
  • Word Lens Free. Translate images to words in multiple languages. Handy when lost in a foreign country.
  • What Cocktail? - $1.99. For times where you need to quickly pull up the recipe for your favorite drink or discover a knew one.
  • Leafsnap - Free. A free app developed by Columbia University, University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution to identify tree species via a photo taken of their leaves.
  • AroundMe - Free. A nice tool for discovering points of interest and resources near your current location.
  • CardFlick - Free. Your business card, digitized. Easily share contact info with fellow CardFlick users or via email. Each business card can be beautifully themed.
  • Cards - Free. Compose and mail beautiful letter-pressed cards while mobile.
  • Luxylight Free. Turns your phone into a flashlight. It is also a very good looking and easy to use app.
  • AirPort Utility - Free. Manage your AirPort via your iOS device.
  • Find My iPhone - Free. Uses any iOS device that you own to find another iOS device. Complete with remote erasing of data.
  • Screens - $19.99. Turns your phone into a VNC client.
  • Type2Phone - $4.99. Turns your Mac into a bluetooth keyboard for your phone.

You can read more about native applications here.

Accessories

  • Mophie - Battery and related solutions.
  • MonoPrice PowerRock - A 7800mAh universal external backup battery for charging iOS devices.
  • Trent iDual-Port Pack - A USB external battery power pack for charging.
  • RichardSolo 1800 - A backup power source for charging your iPhone up while on the go. Includes a flashlight and laser pointing capabilities as well.
  • JBuds J4M Rugged Metal In-Ear Earbuds Style Headphones - Rugged earphones for toughest of users. Comes in other colors other than black. Good sound reproduction as well.
  • Etymotic HF2 - Recommended by many as good earbuds to have for noise cancellation and sound reproduction.
  • Sennheiser MM 50-IP - A pair of hi-fi earbuds for the iPhone that also incorporate a mic and button for answering/ending calls and controlling music.
  • Shure SE110 - Earphones that do better at sound reproduction than the default earphones.
  • Griffin RoadTrip with SmartScan for iPhone and iPod - Listen to the iPhone/iPod via the car speakers while charging it at the same time.
  • UnityRemote - Enables your iPhone to become an IR remote control for various electronics without the need to add a dongle.
  • Karvt - Custom wood skins for your iOS devices.
  • MiniDock - Elegant power socket docks that reduce cable clutter when charging.
  • Milo - A desktop stand (works vertically and horizontally) for your phone.
  • Square - A credit card reader that uses your phone jack for input.
  • Olloclip - Adds fisheye, wide-angle, and micro lenses as attachments to the camera for enhanced photography.

Stores

  • XtremeMac - A cool place to shop for iPhone and iPod accessories.

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