Pocket Universe: is a 3D star map app for ($3) the iPhone 3GS, where you get complete astronomical augmented reality. It uses location services including, accelerometer data and the 3GS’s compass. Pocket Universe provides information about your stars, planets, constellations and general celestial objects things according to your preferences.
Seek ‘n Spell: is similar to the games for any other portable device and does not necessarily augment the non-gaming capabilities of the handset. Example: A location map is overlaid with letters and you want to interpret with words for collecting points which is very similar to Scrabble. This can be done by physically running your fingers through the alphabetic icons on touchscreen.
MSNBC: emphasizes on video content as well as Twitter feeds from MSNBC personalities. It is a free app which occasionally stutters, but it works fine. This iPhone app is an MSNBC product that uses Microsoft’s Advanced Technologies.
Fluent News: is similar to Google News including, collecting important news from several sources and grouping it sensibly for better viewership. Fluent is a free app and can cache the news for offline reading including, for plans, subways, caves or wherever. It also pre-fetches longer articles which are published with uncanny perception and all relevant data that could augment the users queries.
Skype: is another extremely popular app that comes free with live updates and augmented interface. The two most useful features for people who use Skype’s pay services include, text messaging with SkypeOut credit and Skype Voicemail support. The Voicemail support is easily accessible that is better than being out of touch completely.
Air Sharing Pro: is a solid file storage or viewing solution in its basic form. The Pro version is first of all very expensive at $10 but comes with several add on features including, expanded support for file storage services like, MobileMe, MyDisk and Drop.io.
Mainly, there are several new file functions including, emailing, direct printing via OS X printer sharing. The archiving abilities, include viewing archive contents without extracting. It is similar to a walled-in version of Finder and come closest to a proper file browser that you can get on a non-jailbroken iPhone.
Loopt: iPhone app is free and has been popular as one of the only useful friend locating apps. But it isn’t quite the same without GPS and its Wi-Fi location is really complicated.