Hi, my name is Beth and I am an iPhone convert. Used to cradle a Blackberry, but those are distant memories. Being a PC user for my design work (gasp!), having an iPhone keeps one foot in trendy mac land, and one foot firmly planted in practicality.

Everyone is crazed about downloading apps – I am on that wagon, until too may other people have the same app and then all of the sudden I’m no longer interested. Children seem to be addicted to the games and strange visual effects available. Frightening. Angry Birds and I have yet to meet.

Here are a few of my favorite apps for iPhone:

Organization/Work:
Evernote – lets you keep notes in text, voice and camera notes, automatically syncs with your online account. Primarily used to take magazine snapshots for design inspiration, grocery lists and brainstorming lists.
Dropbox – sync your files, automatic online backup
BaseCamp – project management
Dragon Dictation – send a text or email from a voice recording
Miriam Webster Dictionary
WordPress
Adobe Ideas – bascially a scratch pad for ideas, incorporate images or other files, draw and apply colour
SketchBookX – another sketching tool, great pencils and brushes

Food:
Epicurious – was already addicted to the website. Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Shape… need I say more?
Whole Foods Recipes – when you’re feeling like feeling healthy
Food Network
OpenTable – restaurant reservations
QuickBins – drag and drop contacts to text or phone

Health:
Fitness Pro – exercises, create your own workout, track runs

Weather:
Weather Eye – add a bunch of cities and day dream about good weather

News:
National Post
Economist
NYTimes
NewYorker
TED – Technology, Entertainment, Design, “ideas worth spreading”

Social:
Facebook
Hootsuite for Twitter

Shopping:
Groupon – if you don’t know what this is by now, then you probably don’t read blogs
HauteLook – daily discounts on designer fashions and home decor
Shoppers Drug Mart – get yer flyers!

Music:
TuneIn Radio – radio stations from around the world
MuseBox – more online radio, genre based
Shazam – find out what song is playing by holding your phone up and pressing the button

Photography:
Hipstamatic – applies old school effects, limited but cool
Incredibooth Photo Booth – no need to take a trip to the mall!
Best Camera App – shoot a picture or open one from your photo roll, apply filters and effects, and then upload it to Facebook or Twitter

Travel:
Kayak – deals
Trip Advsior – find out where to go, eat, stay near you now
FlightTrack

Lifestyle:
Vogue Stylist – shop new fashions, take images of your wardrobe to style yourself
Wallpaper magazine
Zinio – the best magazines from around the world, in digital

Financial:
CIBC
Bloomsburg – stock watch and financial news
Bloomburg – financial information and stock tracker

Ok, your turn to give it up. Your favorites please!

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Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPad today! It’s kind of a morph between the iPhone and iPod Touch and a laptop. The device is capable of doing many of the same things an iPhone can but on a larger, 9.7-inch LCD screen. The tablet is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds, and comes in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacities. It does a lot of things – movies (including HD), TV, color screen web browsing, playing games, WiFi, bluetooth…

At first it kind of made me think goodbye Kindle, and the fact that they built an iBooks app specifically for the iPad that lets users read e-books directly on the iPad; and that they’ll also be able to buy books, ranging in price from $8 to $15, from Apple’s new iBook Store… solidified my reaction. From $499-$699. Exiting, but cha-ching.