Being so customisable, the Apple iPhone offers many different possibilities for owners to make it their own. One of the key ways people like to customise their iPhone is to add apps. While in the past we needed a variety of different gadgets and toys in our pockets or handbags, the iPhone promises to be an all-in-one. With a built-in phone, navigation system, calculator, game device, music player and internet browser, there is no need to carry separate devices for each purpose. The iPhone offers all of this as a standard. It is when you add apps of your own choosing that the device truly becomes your own.

Categories of iPhone Apps

The huge number of iPhone Apps available for download means there are many ways for iPhone owners to simplify their lives by rolling many tools into one device. The categories of applications include: Calculators, Entertainment, Games, News, Productivity, Search Tools, Social Networking, Sports, Travel, Utilities and Weather.

Calculator, Productivity, Search Tools and Utilities

This category of iPhone Apps is by far the most practical in terms of helping iPhone owners with their day-to-day lives. Apps can be found to record driving logs, calculate federal tax and compound interest or even convert currencies according to daily exchange rates. Productivity Apps offer great tools for budgeting, tracking receipts, to do lists, daily expense trackers and so on. Utilities Apps are often resource-style tools such as dictionaries, eBook readers and calorie counters.

Entertainment, Games and News

Apps used for entertainment are usually locally themed and offer guides to the nearest restaurants, bars and movie theatres for an area. There are also TV guides and local event listings for those always looking for ideas on where to go out.

Games on the iPhone are plentiful and are probably the most popular kind of app. There are games to suit every interest including puzzles, strategy, action, role-play and more. Some even allow you to play other people online.

For news junkies or those who like to stay in the loop, the news apps are probably the most enjoyable. There are radio apps that tune you in to your favourite stations, plus apps that continually update with the latest headlines and breaking news in all genres including entertainment, politics, sports, music, gossip, world and more.

Sports fanatics will be chuffed with the iPhone Sports app. For one, it offers Live Stats Tracker that means no matter where you are, you can get sports updates on the go. Both international and domestic sports apps exist so even if you’re in China you can find out the AFL results from Australia in real time.

Weather apps are self explanatory but none the less useful. There are local weather apps as well as apps where you can learn the weather in various destinations across the world – especially useful if you’re travelling internationally.

In a nutshell…

While you probably own a calculator, portable game console, MP3 player and mobile phone and have been reasonably comfortably toting them around for years, buying an iPhone is worth more than the pure convenience of an all-encompassing device. Making the device your very own and tapping into the world of applications will be the kind of experience you won’t be able to ever step backward from.

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