Sometimes you just need to take a few minutes and do something mindless and fun. There’s an app for that. Actually, there are hundreds. Here are three ways to take a small mental holiday.

Oz Punch

One thing people of all political shades can agree on: sometimes you want to punch your elected officials in the face. With Oz Punch you can do just that. If you’re tired of hearing Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott exchange barbs on TV and want to watch them finally get down to brass tacks, Glide PTY’s Oz Punch lets you select one of six Aussie politicos and duke it out against the computer or another player.

Sleepmaker: Rain

Ah, the power nap. Find a hidey hole and get your head down for a few. But getting to sleep can be tough when you’re in the middle of the city. Or maybe you just need to take a moment and re-centre yourself. The solution is Sleepmaker: Rain Pro. This app consists of real recordings of rainfall in World Heritage listed Tassie forests. Featuring programmable sleep timers and fade outs and mulit-tasking functionality, this app lets you take a quick jaunt to Tassie whenever you need a break.

Oz Quiz

Want to test your knowledge of Australia fair? Oz Quiz contains over 600 questions and answers on topics like geography, sport, history and more. With version 3.0 or later you can compare your scores online or you could always play on your own.

There you have it. Whether its political frustration, insomnia or existential angst over lack of knowledge of your home country, these iPhone apps can clear out the mental pipes and get you back on track. All are available on iTunes for about a buck except for Sleepmaker, which is 4.99.
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Or needed some advice if you should make the next move and ask them out?

Thankfully, your iPhone now has the ability to help you overcome these complicated romance problems, with the dating application Should I Date Him/Her?

Should I Date Him/Her? is a fun and light-hearted application that aids your decision making process with the opposite sex. It helps you clearly identify, and rate, the pro’s and con’s of a saying yes to a date, and the probability of each happening.

Once you have put the basics in, such as names, age and initial thoughts of the person, the application instantly supplies you with a decision.

The formula is not scientific, but rather a secret process which the developers of the application will not reveal.

Should I Date Him/Her? Is a great ways to come up with a quick decision that is often hard for you to make, and the best part about it is that it is made with less emotion and more thoughtful reasoning.

The app will help you with a starter list of pros and con’s to get you going, but then you can add or own as you wish.

Once you are ready, you press a button and the answer displays.

So, if you’re struggling to come up on a decision with your most recent fling, get an answer today with the help of Should I Date Him/Her?

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Take your fitness seriously? Utilise your iPhone 3G’s GPS capabilities with a running app to track how far you run, walk or ride.

Those who haven’t use running applications in the past will have to suspend their judgements until they give RunKeeper or Nike+ a go on the iPhone. It is hard to believe that your phone can help you be a better runner, but RunKeeper actually is as good as it can get outside of a personal trainer or a stint on the Biggest Loser.

RunKeeper comes in two different versions, free or Pro, both can be downloaded from the iTunes store. Here’s what you can expect:

• Track the distance and how far you run, ride or walk
• Track your pace, speed and elevation
• Record and map your routes using the iPhone’s GPS and Google Maps
• Share your fitness activities and progress with your friends
• View the number of calories burned

If you’re keen to take advantage of your iPhone’s personal trainer-like qualities, the Pro version of RunKeeper is even more valuable. You can program a route and then get an automated voice in your headphones to remind you of how far you’ve travelled, your pace, and the time elapsed every kilometre or every 5 minutes. A personal trainer won’t do much more than that, and at $9.95, everyone can afford it.

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While some developers are trying to change the world with groundbreaking new iPhone apps, iiQuota’s objective is quite simple: track mobile phone usage.

The application is simple to use and even elegant in design: two horizontal gauges provide peak and off peak data/time usage in a similar fashion to iTunes’ familiar capacity scale, while a small pie chart displays the remaining time in the given billing period.

The main problem with iiQuota is that it doesn’t support all Australian mobile phone networks. If you’re with TPG Mobile, TPG Broadband or Vodafone Prepay, you’re better off saving your four bucks until the next version comes out. On the other hand, those with iiNet, Optus Broadband, Optus Mobile, BigPond, Telstra Mobile, Internode and Vodafone Mobile are set.

Another convenience of iiQuota is that you aren’t limited to viewing usage with a single provider. You can have up to nine simultaneous user profiles with various service providers and can switch between them using the two arrows at the top of the screen.

Given that iiQuota has such as simple, straightforward purpose, there is little that you can fault it for. Apart from a few minor navigation annoyances, iiQuota can easily become a useful tool for those who need to keep control of their mobile or data usage.

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The iPhone Australian News App features over 40 Australian sources in a simple and easy to read news navigation system. You can even choose which news sources to display, mark news stories as read and browse the latest headlines even when offline.

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Meburnians, Sydneysiders as Bris-Vegasers rejoice, peak hour will no longer stress or confuse you with Traffic Australia on your iPhone.

Well, we can’t guarantee it won’t, but at least you won’t be surprised after Traffic Australia tells you the current traffic conditions before you get to the built up bits. You can customise your listings and easily switch back and forth between maps to view and monitor all the traffic around you.

Powered by the SUNA Traffic Channel, Traffic Australia shows you information on the severity of traffic items and pinpoints the location on the map so you can modify your journey as you wish.

Traffic Australia on iPhone

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