App Store for n0obS

Otherwise known as... Essential (FREE!) iPhone Apps for New Users

So, these are mine (in no particular order):

1.) Facebook App

Though still a little buggy (hello crazy repeating Wall!?), it still makes mobile Facebooking fun and...relatively easy...

2.) Pandora Radio

What more could you want?  A free radio station that plays only music that you like!  Granted, some of the songs play too often, but that's Pandora's fault, not the app.  Or maybe it's my own for liking too many similar things.  Anyway, the app is great and the audio quality is pretty darn amazing.

3.) Shazam!

Since we're talking about music, Shazam describes itself...because it's like a little magical music genie in your pocket.  Watching TV and like the song in a commercial?  Shazam will find it.  At the theatre and love the song on the end credits?  Let your phone listen for 10 seconds and it will find it, direct you to the place to purchase it, or find it on YouTube for your immediate listening pleasure.  It's like magic and I <3 it.

4.) BoxOffice

And on the topic of movies (don't you just love these segues?!), BoxOffice is a pretty sweet app.  It brings up current movies playing in your area, sorted by Title, Score, or Release Date.  It grabs movie scores from Rotten Tomatoes or MetaCritic.  It lists theatres and showtimes near you.  And it even has reviews, trailers, and ticket purchasing basically built right in.  A must-have for any cinephile anybody....  Unfortunately, iTunes decided to can this one for some unknown reason!  Sucks.. Looking into 'Showtimes' now...

5.) Twinkle

Twinkle, I've found, is pretty much the bee's knees when it comes to iPhone twittering.  Twitterific just didn't cut it for me.  I didn't like how it parsed my messages from yours.  What's the matter, Twitterrific?  Can't we all just get along?  Twinkle does a good job of keeping the Twitter formatting, but in a sleek and shiny iPhone-like way (with pictures and pretty music, of course...).  I also like checking randomly from time to time, who the hell else is Twittering around me.  I'm sure I could meet a few cool new people that way...or at least getting a couple of dates out of it!  Just kidding.  I'm totally taken.  ;P

I'm totally bummed that BoxOffice was taken down.  That thing ruled.  And I'm currently syncing my phone to check out Showtimes, but if it erases my BoxOffice app, I will be highly pissed.  Check back soon to see if I post something about a flaming pile of horseshit...