Photogene is an image editing app that provides cropping, straightening, rotating, text bubbles and a number of other tools. I use it to create the images for these blog entries. Certainly not Photoshop, but it does more than enough to be a useful addition to the toolbox. $2.99
The recent update to iPass for iPhone has addressed the #1 complaint about earlier versions by finally providing support for corporate users. For a monthly fee iPass gives you access to over 100,000 wifi hotspots around the world.
For road warriors it provides cheap access to the many varied hotspots in airports, hotels, etc.
On the downside, despite the very extensive list of supported locations I still run into hotels where iPass doesnt work.
There is also a functionality problem with some T-Mobile hotspots that I described in this post.
My final complaint is that unlike the iPass desktop app which lists available and supported wifi networks, the iPhone version required that you connect to the network before launching the app. This seems somewhat backward to me.
Despite these niggles it is a real money saver.
Now Playing shows local movie times, supports online booking of movie tickets and includes RottenTomatoes reviews. Nice UI, simple to use. Free
TripIt for iPhone brings TripIt functionality to the iPhone. Duh. What is tripit? Register at www.tripit.com then email any travel confirmations you receive from travel agents and web sites to plans@tripit.com and TripIt does the rest. It builds and tracks your itinerary, creates Outlook calendar entries, provides live flight status and direction maps.
A must have for frequent travellers. Best of all it is free.
AppMiner is a great free app that lists the latest couple of hundred apps added to the iTunes app store, and the apps that are on sale.
I use AppMiner to check the store every few days for any paid apps currently on sale for free (cheapscate that I am). It is a great way to keep up to date on new releases/updates.
