Sketchbook by Autodesk on iPhone

I couldn't resist...  These two sketches probably took just over 2 minutes each I reckon (I wasn't actually timing, though!).  It's lovely to just be able to sit and draw on the phone; it doesn't use any paper, you don't have to scan it, and it's super-relaxing.

Apps galore! I got a bit carried away...

Right then...  I promise this'll be my last iPhone-related post for a while.  At least, it better be!  (EDIT:  Dammit, I couldn't help myself!!)  The weather's  been a bit miserable lately, so we haven't been out much...  Anyway, I kept looking for the coolest apps around, and there're loads of "staff-picks", "top 10s" etc, but they all seem either biased, or out-of-date.

Here're my "top-picks", just to aid those of you who might care!  They're not necessarily the "best" apps out there, or the most impressive, but they're the ones that are seeing by far the most use on my iPhone...

SketchBook by Autodesk - Really relaxing.  Even better with a pogo stylus.  Nice
Air Mouse/Remote - I'm a teacher.  This is super-cool for controlling the iWhiteBoard/iTunes!
Stanza - A great eBook reader with a HUGE library, including Project Gutenberg...
Ocarina by Smule - A proper instrument on the iPhone!  Even better since I play ocarina in real-life, too!
Guitar Toolkit - Simply the best reference/toolkit you could ever have.  If you play guitar, just buy it!
Jamie Oliver - 20 minute meals - A super-professional quality app.  And who doesn't ever cook?
WunderRadio - All the radio you could ever want.  Great if your sick of your playlists! (as if...)
Sky+ - You can look at listings on your phone and record on your Sky+!  Great if you forgot something!
TVGuide - BBC iPlayer is built in to the listings.  A must have!
TVCatchup mobile - Live TV.  Bookmark the web-page to home screen for most major channels!
My O2 - Super-useful to keep tabs on your bill!

Games (They deserve their own top 10 - In no order though, they're all great):

Real Racing by Firemint - This is easily the most polished racing game out there.  It's great fun, too.
Fieldrunners - This is achingly-addictive.  You just keep on playing!  One of the only games I can say that for.
Doom Resurrection - Another highly-polished game, this FPS has some on-rails elements to improve flow.
SkySmash - A typical scrolling-shooter, but it's how you want them all to be.  Great!
Sonic 1 - It's Sonic 1.
Rolando 2 - Check out any review, this one's brilliant.  There's no getting away from Loco-Roco, though...
Fling - Another highly-addictive puzzle app.
Zen Bound - It should be crap...  it's not though, it's really very addictive!
FS5 Hockey - Simple but awesome.  Two people can even play on one iPhone! (or over bluetooth)
Worms - Hehehehe.

There are so many other great apps, too.  More that deserve a mention are...

MGS Touch, Assassin's Creed, Monkey Ball, Tetris, BrainExercise, Touchgrind, Tiger Woods, Sky News, Quickoffice, eBay, Amazon UK, thetrainline, TubeMap, Facebook, Flickr, Skype, Flixster, wikiHow, SkyGazer, Yelp, iTaekwondo, iZenGarden, iBonsai, PocketGuitar, Bump, heyWAY Pro, Traffic Info, Trapster, Dynolicious, Shazam, Google Earth and finally... WC Finder (!)

Pretty Cool!! But you don't need "an app for that!"

So, from those last posts you might have guessed it...  I smashed my last phone on it's aerial, breaking the camera, the internal speaker, and signal-quality.  It looked fine, but really wasn't...

Anyway, I decided I was going to push the boat out and grab an iPhone.  It arrived yesterday, so I loaded it up with apps/music and got everything all nice and set up, and today I spotted that you could blog via email!  Made the connections et voila!  The posts you see before were there.  Good stuff...  Is there anything the iPhone can't do?  (it's not a very good grappling hook, or skateboard actually, but it does make a suprisingly nice coaster!  ;))

You don't need an "app for that!"