Must have iPhone Applications….continued

As more and more new and exciting apps are introduced every week onto the Apple iPhone App Store, here are some more of my must have iPhone applications

1)    Sky Mobile TV – This application is great for those that do not have Sky but like to watch the occasional football match and enables you to watch Sky Sports 1,2,3, Xtra, Sky Sports News, ESPN, At The Races and Sky News all live on your device!

It also allows you to browse the channel guides and see what’s playing over the next 24 hours.  The down side is it is not free and will require subscription to Sky Mobile TV for £6 per month.  For non-sky customers this is reasonable but for Sky TV customers already paying subscriptions I can understand this could be an issue and they may expect this for free.

There is an offer on O2 where you can get 3 months Sky Mobile TV FREE on your iPhone by sending a text to SKY to 2020 for your promotional code but is limited to the first 150,000 customers only.

Overall it is a great application but Sky is only able to offer this service over Wi-Fi.  I am still debating if I will subscribe after the 3-month trial.

2)    Tesco Finder – This app by Tesco lets you find any Tesco’s in the UK using your iPhone GPS location capability and once inside the store of your choice you can find any product on any shelf.

The Tesco Finder app is great and integrates with Google Maps to give you directions to you store, shows contact information and what services are available.  The second part of the app then lets your search for any product in the store and shows you the latest offers with the exact isle and shelf the product is on.

So no more annoying the Tesco staff who are usually always busy stocking the shelves, you just search on the app and find the products yourself.

3)    Bobba Bar – This is a different application altogether but stumbled upon this in social networking section of the app store.  It is similar to second life where you have places to go and avatars but simple and effective on your iPhone.

The app has a great intuitive interface and look/feel where you can set up your avatar then move around different areas.  The initial take-up has been great since introducing this app on the iPhone.

4)    Knocking Live Video – I found this application yesterday and think its work a try and first of its kind I have seen which lets you share instant video between two iPhones on 3G or WiFi.  New features like sound and recording should be coming soon along with support on other platforms like Blackberry and Android.  See the Knocking Live website for more details.

5)    Google Wave – There is a simple web app from google and you can access by going to wave.google.com in mobile Safari on your iPhone. It will warn you that you are not using a browser supported during the preview, but if you click through, it should work ok.

You can then get rid of Safari wrapper altogether by saving to a bookmark on your Home screen, and it creates a little icon which launches mobile Safari to that page. Next time you launch from the home screen you get the look and feel of a web app and works ok but slightly slow.