This is a question I like to ask my friends who have an iphone.  I have checked out different apps that people have to see if I like them and if I would find them useful.  Right now I have about 100 apps on my phone.  The way I have things set up that equals to about 8 pages of apps.  Here is how I have them broken down.

Page 1 – The top apps that I use on a daily basis

Page 2 – Apps that on a semi-regular basis

Page 3- Again, apps that I use on a semi-regular basis

Page 4 and 5 — Games

Page 6-7 – Apps that are more “fun” apps that might pose themselves useful in certain situations

Page 8 -  Apps that are installed by apple that I will most likely never use (stocks, clock, you tube, ect)

That’s how it is broken down for me.  I would like to share the most useful apps for me, the ones that I use on a daily basis on my home screen.

Iphone Home ScreenContacts — I considered moving this to the last page on my iphone because I am not sure how often I use it vs going to the phone app on the bottom of the phone.  But for now I will keep it where it is at.

Calendar - I would be lost without my calendar app.  I also need to make sure that I add things in there — otherwise I can very easily double-book myself.  Right now I have my calendar synced with my Google Calendar directly.

Facebook - Need I say more?  I love facebook and I am on there all the time thanks to my Facebook app.

Weight Watchers Mobile- My wife and I recently joined up with weight watchers -  I don’t think I would keep track of my points if it was not for this app.  This app is the main reason that I signed up for Weight Watchers.

Byline -  This is my mobile blog RSS reader.  This syncs up nicely with my Google Reader.  Right now I subscribe to 89 blogs (I will try and update my link page to reflect that soon).

Maps-  I used this all the time before I got my GPS.  Since my iPhone is the first generation (2G) the GPS capability for my phone is not as good as the 3G or 3Gs.  In a pinch I still will use this app.

Tweetdeck – This app is my go to mobile Twitter app.  I like how it syncs with my desktop version.

Evernote -  I love the concept of Evernote and I am trying to use it to its full potential.  Recently I found  a great blog post on Evernote at The 2.0 Life.  This has really helped me in my search for the best way to use Evernote.

Olive Tree NASB Bundle – This is my Bible Reader of choice.  Olive Tree is a great company for anything that has to do with religious mobile readers.  This is the most expensive app that I bought (because I got the NRSV bundle) but it is well worth it, as a pastor I use it all the time.

Camera – The camera in the iphone isn’t the great but it is better than nothing.

Messages – I use this for text messages…duh!  I can’t wait until I am able to use the MMS messages (when I get the 3GS)

PocketMoney - I use this to keep track of my expenses on the run.  This is a great companion with YNAB.

IPod - My iPod – I have some of my favorite songs and videos on here.

GuitarToolkit -  I use this all the time with my guitar.  It is a great tuner and chord finder.

Sirius -  I love Sirius Radio.  I love how Sirius Radio is on the iPhone, I would love it even more if I could listen to the Patriots on my iPhone.

Then on the bottom of my phone I have the apps I use most often:

Phone — Duhh, it IS a phone you know

Mail -  I am obsessed with my email, so this works nicely for me

Safari -  I use Firefox on my desktop but this is a great way to surf the web on the run

reQall - I used Remember The Milk for a long time as my Todo app.  But a friend told me about reQall and I think it is great.  I especially love how I can add my todo’s with a voice recorder.

Waaay back in 2003 a little company called AT&T took a chance on me.  They gave me a cell phone plan.  It was not the greatest plan but it worked for us.  We stuck with them through thick and thin.  In February 2004 AT&T took bids to buy the company and  Cingular won.  That was okay…..I guess….It really did not affect us at all, we actually got roll over minuets.  We were happy with it.  In 2007 the name of the cell phone company went back to AT&T.  Lots of the “extras” that Cingular gave us stayed with AT&T.

You don’t know how excited I was when I heard that AT&T was the exclusive carrier of the iphone.  It took me about a year to be able to get the iphone. Actually it was not until after the 3G came out tha I was able to buy the first generation from an ebay sale.

That was fine.  I did not mind not having the 3G speed – and the GPS feature that the 3G had.  It was not until I started having problems with my iphone that I started getting frustrated with AT&T.  I brought my phone in to see if it could get fixed and I had no luck.  I decided to upgrade.  I heard that since I was an iphone user that I could upgrade with no problems.  Well that is true if you got your iphone BEFORE the 3G came out…..even though I have been a customer of AT&T for the last 5 years!!!!!

I can’t sync my iphone with my computer which is frustrating, be even more frustrating is reading this article from engadget:

“Been holding on to that now-antique EDGE device to keep from extending your contract with AT&T? Well, if you’ve been experiencing some sluggishness — and not just general EDGE sluggishness, mind you — you might have more to blame than just those recent outages. Open for Business reports that AT&T has been quietly lowering EDGE signal strength to give more 3G love to all you iPhone 3G and Bold users. To add to the shadiness of the situation, AT&T reps are all offering up the same solution — buy a 3G device. Unsurprisingly, AT&T’s Mark Siegel has denied Open for Business’s claims, and says that the mega-carrier is not requiring anyone to switch to a 3G phone. We’ll put on our Sherlock Holmes outfits and try to do some digging, but it’s not like we actually expect these guys to admit to a move that would definitely lead to a lot of backlash.”

Not only is my phone not working, and I can’t get a break on the new 3G phone (only because mine is not working) but now they are basically ignoring the Edge network to spend more time on the 3G network.  That is understandable to some degree because that is the future.   HOWEVER there are a number of us still using edge and we need reliable phone service as well!!!

News like this almost makes me want to ditch AT&T and try out the new Palm Pre

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