Ten Apps to Show Off the iPhone

What if you really wanted to impress somebody with how amazing an iPhone can be? Suppose it is a friend considering buying an iPhone, but not yet quite convinced. They already know about what Apple brings to the table: Web browsing, email checking, the camera, even Siri. It will be up to third-party apps to determine if the scales tip in the iPhone’s favor.

If you found yourself in this situation and were limited to showing off only ten apps, which ten would you choose? These apps needn’t be the most practical or most-likely-to-be-frequently-used. Rather, I’m looking for knock-your-socks-off, I-can’t-believe-an-iPhone-can-do-this apps, the sort that will elicit a “Wow! I gotta have this” reaction. 

My guess is that if you asked 100 people this question, you’d wind up with 100 very different lists. Here’s mine.

[Note: Similar competing apps often exist; the apps listed below are the ones I prefer, however slightly.]

10 9.  Solar Walk and SkyView. To start off the list, let’s head to outer space.

Break out your 3-D glasses. Solar Walk offers a stunning 3-D view of our solar system, everything from the satellites orbiting the Earth to the distant planets. Zoom in or out to go from a close up of Earth to the view from outside our galaxy. Tap the display to get more information about each object. You can even watch movies of events such as solar eclipses.

With SkyView, it’s best to go outside at night and look

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Written by Philip R. Powis | Simplypsquared.com

I'm a 30 year old guy living in Somerville, MA. I work for Intuit QuickBase supporting customer success with the product. I'm a technology junkie with an insatiable appetite for learning about the latest trends and products in the market. I've given up (for now) posting new original content, and am instead aggregating links to articles that I come across in my day to day reading. I hope you enjoy these finds!

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