You cannot get a better introduction to the iPhone than this. An iPod, a phone and an internet communicator. Are you getting it? These are not separate devices, this is one device, and we call it as iPhone. Today, apple is going to reinvent the phone. Here it is.
While you walk along cool breeze around the park, you could see senior citizens listening music and jogging. Girls speak in a mild voice in next cubicle using it. Quietly guys chatting with it in office pantry.
Wondering what is the miracle inside it?
Does it really worth to buy an expensive iPhone?
But iPhone you can do many more and more. Here are the few free apps which are interesting and helpful. You will get a feel does all these features possible in one device? Enjoy exploring.
iPhone as iPod
iPod (Default Application)
You would have seen teenagers neck surrounded with white colored circuits. You can see china written at the end of wiring’s. Those wiring’s ends with either of iPhone, iPod or iPad. A small orange colored icon which contains the iPod does the music entertainment. During your long journeys movies in iPhone will be a good companion.
iPhone as a Phone
Viber
A threat to telecom service providers. You can call anyone on their Phones for free. (Just dial their country code & their number). It requires Viber to be installed on iPhones & internet connection.
Tango
Yet, another 3G !!!. You can make Video calls to your friends, just you need is Tango & internet on iPhone.
Hope for the call rates slashing down further.
iPhone as Breakthrough Internet Communicator
You have plenty of options for the chats. You can be connected to the internet world (iPhone i stands for it).
An application which connects with multiple chat accounts. You can chat/talk with your buddies on Gtalk, Yahoo, MSN, SIP, Twitter, Facebook, AIM, ICQ.
If you have login issue with Fring application, you can go for this application. Here the voice quality is less but this application has more uptime.
Yahoo chats – The eye-opener in the chat world. Get in to it with your yahoo email account & enjoy.
The famous application for the voice calls over the internet. Get installed the Skype application, use your Skype application, enjoy calls.
The new social networker & most visited site, Facebook, comes with a free application. Face book ID will keep you alive with your Facebook contacts. Provides you latest status updates, live feeds, notifications, allows you to upload pictures taken from iPhone, & many more.
iPhone as Email box
Mail (Default Application)
You can configure Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Microsoft Exchange, AOL, emails in iPhone. You can configure push notifications, and also you can configure to check emails at regular intervals and beep you whenever you have a new mail. It enables you to read attachments in the emails. You can search based on keyword in From To Subject and All.
iPhone as External Hard disk
When you ask a mobile retailer for an iPhone, next moment he asks you 8GB, 16 GB or 32 GB. You can use as a USB Hard disk. Store your pictures, songs, PDFs etc. and access it on your palms. I never attempted to boot my laptop from iPhone.
iPhone as Data Card
Connect your iPhone with internet access to your laptop and enjoy browsing in Laptop through your iPhone, just as a data card.
iPhone as News Channel /Scorecard/ Video player
A cricket lover will hardly miss India Pakistan encounters. These days, IT Security guys keep blocking the entire scorecard sites inside the office, how long SMS can help?
Don’t you feel happy with a buzz whenever a wicket goes down? -Here comes the iPhone with its application iCricket.
Mobicast connects to the www.espncricinfo.com and gets you the cricket. It has the live scorecards and ball by ball commentary details. Start searching for your favorite sports apps in the App Store.
A handy tool to track the happenings around the world. BBC news you can install & check out the news & events.
NDTV
India New channel on iPhone with Stories, India, world, Business Sports etc. Unfortunately, no Sun TV, Vijay TV in the App store. Hurry up, developers !!!
Tamil Daily
It was fantastic to see Dinamalar news, “Innraya mukkiya seidhigal” in TamilDaily application with frequent updates.
Video collections giant comes as default application with iPhones.
iPhone as an FM Radio
Tandora – Tamil Radio
A radio with a collection of Tamil FMs, Srilankan based Tamils FMs & Canadian Tamil FMs. Radios seeks an internet connection. It is a radio for free iPhone, iPad, iPod in Indian Languages Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. It supports multitasking and It’s simple to operate. Furthermore, it has the timer option to play radio.
iPhone as Travel Guide
Amazing tool to find a place. You would have experienced, autowala speaking
Kya – Kither jaana hey? Ohh (blinking blinking)
Sir Straight hogi, mundhey circle barthini right thagoli sir- (blinking blinking)
Sir Tamil-ah? Appadi sollunga Straighta ponga, circlela right edunga neera ponnanga sir.
A mixture of English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil to find a place. No more !!!
Maps (Default Application)
A remarkable present from Apple Inc. Key in your destination and click search. You will be guided perfectly with a moving icon. You have option to calculate the estimated duration by Bus, Taxi and walk. Awesome tool.
I traced a road between Singapore to Malaysia Quiet interesting???
Singapore Transit (Singapore)
An application for locals, tourist who visits Singapore. MRT maps provided by LTA.MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) guide for Singaporeans. North East Line, North South Line, East West Lines, Circle Lines…
London Tube Map (UK)
For London people, guides you with the blue line, yellow line, orange line, etc.
transSGuide
A bus guide provides the bus details between destinations, bus number, timings, frequency, bus stops, distance etc. A handy tool for Island bus travelers- A complete bus guide.
Show nearby
This application helps you find the nearest places of interest like shopping mall, ATMs, bus stops, car parks, petrol stations, restaurants etc. You can get bus arrival timing, movie show times, car park rates, etc.
iChangi (Singapore)
Check your flight timings and status of it. Dear ones flying need to rush airport? Enter your Flight numbers and track it. It will give you details of how to reach the airport, taxi numbers, timings etc.
Similarly, you can find the other country airport apps available.
Singapore Walks Self-Guided Walking Tours
Want to go around during weekends No idea where to go? Down this application and roam around places.
City Orientation Tour, Singapore Landmarks, Singapore Museums, Shopping Areas, Night Life in Singapore, Romantic Singapore and many more.
iPhone as a Video Game
Modern kids stop their cry once you give them the iPhone, I was amazed, when a 2-year-old kid unlocks the iPhone screen by seeing the Arrow (no trainings). Is it user-friendly or kids friendly?
No wonder if resumes carries hobby as iPhone usage
India Games T20 Fever lite
A free 3 over DLF IPL game, you can practice batting with this game. Play the Facebook match by making your teams with your friends against an IPL Team and posting it on Facebook wall.
Stick Cricket
A popular cricket batting game. It’s all about short selection and timing.
Angry Birds
A puzzle video game, players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed within various structures.
RC Car Extreme
Drive car fast and safely reach the Finish line in specified time with unexpected mountains. 8 levels are available as free.
Road Hunter
Reach the end of each level and destroy other cars to get bonuses. Two levels are free. Pay to unlock next levels.
Labyrinth 3D
Guide the metal ball to the end by tilting your iPhone. Challenging Game. Finish the levels in a short time.
Strike Knight
A timing-based arcade bowling game. But scoring is different from the traditional bowling games.
Glow Hockey
A nice-looking air hockey game, you enjoy playing with easy, medium and hard levels.
iPhone as a language tool
Dictionary
A dictionary for free! Tamil dictionary is also available, but you need to pay for it. The entire dictionary is available and works for common words even you are not connected to the internet.
Sellinam
Tamil enthusiasts would love to send SMS in Tamil. Here goes a free application for it Sellinam. Type in English & see Tamil writings for it. Sellinam allows news, blogs, and other Tamil scripts to be read on iPhone.
iTransliterate
Yet, another interesting tool which writes in multiple languages. Write in English & check out in your desired Indian language Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, etc. Enjoy Madi !!!
iPhone as a PDA
Say Hi to Eco & bye to paper. Note down your tips and tricks here. Mange your to-do list here. Pen your thinking here
For your everyday task, key-in the activities, beeps you whenever you wish! You will not be going late to meetings!
AudioNote
Are you really bored in typing on MAC keyboards? No worries!! You have the voice recording application AudioNote. Just record your tasks here, review it whenever you need it.
Keep writing using Notes. We use this during our trips to pen the expenses. Later Circulate notes as email by a click.
Glow Free
Scribble as you wish and email it. No more paper waste. Magic board for kids.
iPhone for mBanking
BFSI has also placed its foot in iPhone. Went to bank, saw an advertisement. Use mbanking in your iPhone & win a iPhone4. Started my App Store search and found a useful utility. iPhone connects to the internet world in a smart way.
DBS Bank – Singapore
The Singapore’s largest bank, online trading made easy through the iPhone. Send an SMS to bank number. You will get a link to install. Locate your ATM, Dining, Customer care details.
CitiBank SG
Citi bank has also its presence on iPhone with its Shopping, Rebate, ATM Locator etc. mBanking mobile banking or Mini Bank?
Share traders can have the stock prices on the go.
Country specific Stock apps also available in the App Store.
iPhone as Security Device
In College, we would be searching books for mini projects; the first project will be Theft Alarm. The iPhone has it too.
Theft Alarm lite
ARM your iPhone, in 5 seconds it goes to ARM. Whenever anyone touches or vibration to the iPhone, it alarms you with a red flashlight and a siren sound. It would be a nice option whenever you charge iPhone in the office. Enjoy your extended tea breaks. Read the unarm option.
iPhone as Camera
The iPhone has a 5 Mega Pixel camera. Camera on the front and back side of the iPhone.
Camera (Default Application)
You can use this application to take pictures, videos with/ without flashlights. Take self pictures, you smile to whatever extent you want to and click… click…
Gorillacam
Don’t get scared of the name- A trustable application only. Zoom, Self timer, Anti shake, Press Anywhere, 3 Shot Burst and many more. Select your Level High, Medium, Low. Start clicking.
Mirror Zoom
Check yourself in the mirror within hands iPhone camera does it for you.
Piconhand
Access your Picasa web albums from your iPhone. Install this application, Login with your Picasa account and enjoy checking your pictures. Upload pictures to Picasa using this app.
Photoshop express in your iPhone. Take pictures, edit pictures within the iPhone and post it. Enjoy.
iPhone as Extended tool
World Clock, Alarms, Stop Watch, Timers in iPhone.
Note-Alarms didn’t work on 2nd Jan 2011 because of a bug.
As a calculator when you use it vertically. Rotate horizontally to get scientific calculator.
iPhones are not released during my Engineering days. If I have been given iPhone in exam halls.
Camera Light / FrontLight
When I planned to buy a mobile, the torchlight in Nokia 1100 was one of the deciding factors. How much will I miss the iPhone torch option? It has FrontLight app which uses a flashlight and it’s really bright. You can use this light to take pictures on iPhone.
Atlas 2011
Locate the countries. Holidays approaching you? Plan your trips with your Atlas to roam around the world. Carry your pocket atlas wherever you go for quick reference.
HW Info
Self Check Uptime, Os Name, OS Release, Model, Kernel, Battery, Uptime etc. Hardware details through this application.
I have my fingers crossed to answer questions, does it worth paying more?
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