iPhone Apps ∞
A few of the apps I have found to be most useful for my iPhone.
Byline
If you use Google’s Reader to keep up with RSS feeds from websites such as this one, then Byline is a great companion on your iPhone. It syncs perfectly, and allows for off-line reading of starred items by caching locally when you have an internet connection. This feature is also handy when travelling with an intermittent/slow connection. You can read the headlines, starring those you would like to read as you go, and these are downloaded in the background to read later.
Phantom Fish Website & iTunes Link to Byline
National Rail Enquiries
Quickly look up train times with this, but the best feature is live progress/arrivals/departures for trains — although it only seems to update when the train leaves a larger station. I have noticed recently that, surprisingly, it seems to be more accurate than the notices displayed on the platforms at stations.
iTunes link for National Rail Enquiries
Empire Movie Guide
All of the reviews from Empire magazine in your pocket, in an easily searchable database. Very handy if you’re swithering whether to see a film/what film to see. Plus, it doesn’t need an internet connection to view. One drawback is that it is a bit slow on my 3G iPhone, but not excessively so.
Empire website & iTunes link for Empire app
RadioTimes
Listings on your iPhone. Simple idea, but useful. Although not brilliantly designed, or perhaps it just doesn’t match my mental model, but I sometimes struggle to get the view I want first time.