I really love my iPhone. I got the phone about 2 weeks after they released (when they were still almost $500!) and have since upgraded to the 3G (I decided against the 3GS mostly because I felt like I didn’t need the video). I have never been particularly “app crazy”, but I do have some that I really enjoy. I mostly like apps that have practical uses – for cooking, sharing information, etc. Here are some of my favorites? Do you have a favorite app?

Epicurious - This food app has saved so many dinners. It gives you recipes, helps you make shopping lists, ideas for parties, etc. If I have an ingredient I’d like to cook with, I often just plug it into the search field and find a recipe from there. Price: Free
Bump – Bump is a way to transfer information wirelessly – you just have to bump (literally) phones with someone. This can work with contact info, pictures, email, etc. This is probably best used for someone that you want to add to your phone – when I tried to bump phones with someone that already existed in my phone, it replaced their custom ring tone, picture, etc. Price: Free
Cronk – Cronk is a fun game. It sort of reminds me of the game Zuma (if anyone is familiar with that). You are a little caveman and shoot colored balls. You need to match three colors in a row to make those balls disapear before they reach the cave! It’s addicting. Price: $2.99 (might have changed. I’ve had this a year)
Photoshop Mobile- Photoshop, as you might know, is a popular image-editing software. Well, now it’s available for the iphone. You can use selected pictures to change the saturation, brightness, tints and add different effects. It’s a nice way to fix up a picture that’s a little too dark or blury. Price: Free
Rolando (Lite) - Rolando, despite the fact that I don’t play it as much as I do my other games, I still love this game. It’s so nicely designed, from the colors and shapes to the music. You’re a little ball (a rolando) that goes through different adventures. You tilt and tap the screen to get your rolandos behave and make it through the levels. Fun! Price: Rolando (Lite) is free
Sara Barnes is an illustrator, technology enthusiast, and currently enrolled in the New Media Publishing graduate program at the University of Baltimore, where she currently lives. She lives and breathes her iPhone and other Apple-related technology.