Wired reviews 10 Most Awesome iPhone Apps of 2008:
10. Stanza
A book reader that grabs free titles from public domains, making the iPhone a worthy competitor to Amazon’s Kindle. Download Stanza (Free)9. SayWhere
DialDirections was the first to introduce speech-recognition capabilities to the iPhone with SayWhere, which translates users’ speech into queries for Google Maps, Yelp, Traffic or Yellow Pages. Download SayWhere (Free)8. Tweetie
Tweetie is the best app we’ve found to follow your Twitter friends. The app neatly separates Twitter feeds
into categories, and the interface resembles the bubbly iChat interface. It even lets you search Twitter and save those searches for later. Download Tweetie ($3)7. NetShare
Nullriver’s NetShare, an application that turns your iPhone into a wireless modem, disappeared from the App Store shortly after its release. Apple banned the app because NetShare violated AT&T’s terms of service agreement. The benefits of unlimited iPhone tethering, which normally costs about $30 a month, for a one-time price of $10. Bummer!6. Shazam
Hold the iPhone up to a speaker playing an unknown tune and the app will identify it — album, artist and song title — just like that. Download Shazam (Free)5. Ocarina
Blowing into the mic simulates the experience of tooting into a flute; you play around with four virtual “holes” on the screen to change the note. Ocarina users around the world can even hear what you’re playing in a globe mode. Download Ocarina ($1)4. TapTapRevenge
Tapping blinking lights on a screen to catch tunes isn’t exactly the same as rocking out on plastic guitars and drum pads, but it’s still highly addictive. And Tap Tap Revenge is so popular it’s even offering the option to download new tracks to tap to, similar to Guitar Hero and Rock Band’s music stores. Download TapTapRevenge (Free)3. Trism
Trism is such an addictive and appealing game that it blessed its developer Steve Demeter with $250,000 in profit in just two months. There are three different modes to keep you hooked. Download Trism ($3)2. Pandora
Pandora’s alternative music distribution made this happen, and the app is cool as hell on the iPhone. Add a station for an artist you like, and the app will play that artist’s music as well as similar tunes. Download Pandora (Free)1. Google Earth
Displaying satellite imagery around the world in a 3-D globe, Google Earth is one of the most intense, mindblowing apps that truly shows off the powers of the iPhone. Download Google Earth (Free)
Apple’s iPhone Apps Store has hundreds of great iPhone apps available for downloading. Here are Gizmodo’s 20 Essential iPhone Apps, Techcrunch reviews, C/Net’s favorites and Appvee reviews. Animoto’s new iPhone app, for example, lets you snap photos and use the app to turn them into awesome videos.
