Smart Phones of today

Well since I blogged about the TOP 10 current iPhone Apps the next step was to publish the Top 5 Most Wanted iPhone Apps of the moment. While some are just around the corner from release Some others we’ve still got a month to wait for. And it’s going to givesome real competition against Installer 4.0.

SO HERE IS THE LIST:

1. DATACASE One of the big complaint I have against the iPhone is the inability to use the device as a portable storage. I really hope that I could use my iPhone to store files temporarily and access them anywhere as you could with a flash drive or portable hard disk. This dream will soon come true with the announcement of DataCase.? DataCase is an iPhone App that turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a ?hand held wireless drive?. You?ll be able to drap and drop files from your computer (both Mac and PC is supported) to your iPhone and vice versa. What?s more, you?ll even be able to preview your files on the iPhone. This App will be released on July 28th and will cost you a mere 6.99 USD.

2. WordPress for iPhone -? this is one of my most anticipated iPhone App. Users of the other popular blogging platform, TypePad, already has a iPhone client available via the iTunes App Store and we just can?t let them get all the fun with blogging on the iPhone. The good news is that based on the video on the Official WordPress Blog, it looks like the app is ready for prime time and will see the light of the day anytime soon.

3. Slingbox Player - For those that don?t know what a Slingbox is, you can check it out at their website. In short, the Slingbox, as it?s name suggest, is a box that you hook up to your internet connection and cable service, allowing you to stream live TV from the box to your Slingbox client from anywhere where there?s a connection. Sling Media have already announced the development of the Slingbox Client for the iPhone and we can expect it to appear on the App Store within the next couple of months.

4. Spore – Ok, I know, this is not exactly an application, but nonetheless will be distributed via the iTunes App Store. Spore is a popular game that allows gamers to create their own creature within the game. This is highly anticipated, however, no release date have been set as of this post.

5. GPS Navigation – It turns out that point-and-turn GPS navigation application will be in fact allowed on the iPhone and various companies are already working to bring this feature onto the device. I think the iPhone is very suitable for being a GPS device as it?s large 3.5 inch screen will be very suitable for showing maps and direction. Although there are various popular phones on the market with this feature already, such as the HTC Touch Cruise, it?ll still be great to have this on the iPhone.

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By now we all know that the iPhone 3G was a huge success on it?s debut weekend.? Now the question is:? Will its international popularity hold up, or did first weekend sales boom due to curiosity for the sleek device?

With Apple announcing 1 million iPhone 3G sales in the first three days, they neglected to offer a regional breakdown to show exactly how many in each country sold.? We do know that in Japan, Softbank Corp. carrier sold out of the device on the first day.? What we don?t know is how many they had in stock and available to the public.? Without this information, it is hard to gauge the iPhone?s actual success in the tech savvy country.

For those in Japan that did get their hands on the device, don?t expect them to give up their existing Japanse-made cell phone quite yet.? While many were impressed with the iPhone?s quick internet connection (some Japanese cell phones show Web pages, but access on even the latest models is slower than on the iPhone) and the endless entertainment its connection to YouTube offers, some are still skeptical that the iPhone will culturally catch on, as it is missing many of the social feature young Japanese swear by.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Japan?s cloistered mobile system has its own icons for e-mail and other unique tools.? That means many people are likely to stick to their old-style phones lest they be left out of the familiar communication circles.? For example, many Japanese made phones share phone numbers, email address, and other contact information via infrared connections.? While the iPhone has Bluetooth wireless links, it has yet to adopt infrared connections. Being without those instantaneous exchanges would be the death toll for every single, bar-crawling Japanese male.

The iPhone also lacks certain technology features that have become staples in Japanese cell phone?s. Such as digital TV broadcasts, built-in camcorder, voice recognition and an ?electronic wallet? function?.Not to mention mounting debt and time travel.? (We only kid.)? Other missing features include a hole in the handset for hanging trinkets.? (Keep in mind, what one country finds tacky, another considers social norms.)? Additionally, the iPhone requires the use of both hands while typing most of the time.? In Japan, one thumb is typically used to text ? so much so that experienced users are dubbed ?oyayubi zoku? or ?thumb tribe?.

While many Japanese consumers are open to the iPhone?s ability to show them some new tricks and infiltrate the Japanese cell phone market, many fear the iPhone to be just a trend that will fail to penetrate the mass market, remaining a device coveted only by the tech savvy. Kentaro Tohyama, who waited overnight in line to get the device states that, ?Until I owned an iPhone, I didn?t see as clearly how closed Japanses content was.? It was not a global standard at all,? the SMH reports. ? Toyhama was also quick to note that every now and then he still taps into his old Japanese cell phone, most likely to access its special smiley icons and unique images for email.

What the iPhone has succeeded in doing thus far has been its ability to bridge the technical gap between cultures and create a global standard of technology and communication for all. By continuously bringing high-technology to consumers (and making it easy to use), Apple will further itself from its competitors in every country and market,? Japan included.

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Alright, so perhaps that iPhone 3G?s GPS system leaves a little to be desired for the hardcore automotive crowd, but that doesn?t mean that your brand new purchase can?t prove useful to you for more than its normal mobile phone abilities. Since you?re reading this article here on AutoblogGreen, we are going to go ahead and assume that you are interested in saving gas, either for the planet?s sake or at least for the sake of your wallet. Take a look at this program which was designed to help owners of a brand spankin? new iPhone save a few bucks on gas. From fuel mileage tracking to finding the best gas prices in your area, developers have jumped on the ability to develop new applications for die-hard Apple users like nobody?s business. Best of all?ONE IS FREE !

WHERE & GasBuddy team up to get you the cheapest gas prices from the nearest stations.

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I’ve had the new firmware with the App Store installed since Thursday night so I’ve had ample time to play with it. The App Store vs. Installer.app debate is definitely relevant as they both do things well.

The most shocking thing about having a non-jailbroken iPhone is the battery life. I swear that whatever apps I got off Installer cut it in half with their background processes.

As far as apps go, I must say that the installation process works well but I wish I could queue programs to be installed like in Installer. It is much easier to remove apps now because you just hold the icon until it jiggles and hit the X.

So far the apps I’ve been using the most are AIM and Twitterific. Sadly, neither one holds up to their counterparts on Installer.

Don?t take off your pants yet. Very soon, DevTeam will release a way to Jailbreak your 2.0 iPhone so please wait!

You will be able to have App store AND installer co exist with each other. So you can have the quality of the app store applications and the productive utilities from jailbreak installer!

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