5 New iPhone Apps You Have Been Waiting For

January 3rd, 2008

I have had a bit of lull in installing anything new on my iPhone as I have been so busy before Xmas, however, having had a bit of time now, I’ve found some excellent new apps.

telekinesis

telekinesis iconstelekinesis is a remote control app for your Mac. It allows you access your computer from your iPhone and

  • Stream music and videos from your computer learn how
  • Screen capture with mouse click and basic typing support
  • Simple iTunes Remote control
  • Browse your files
  • Run applescript remotely
  • iSight image capture
  • Basic Spotlight search

This is a very early release and considered a prototype only and there would be some major security considerations to take into account. It does however provide a framework to easily create and add more apps, so if this is picked up we could so a lot more remote control functionality added quite quickly.

Read more on teleinesis at MobileWhack.com.

Camera Pro for iPhone

Camera Pro supplements the very, very basic functionality you get with the Apple Camera application.
Camera Pro

The Free version gives you:

  • Digital Zoom
  • Black & White
  • Image Size
  • Auto-orientation

Or if you are prepared to pay USD$19.95 you will also get:

  • Self-Timer
  • Burst Mode
  • Burst Speed
  • Silent Shutter

They are also working on Flickr integration, although there are already some good free apps that do this (iFlickr and iPushr). This is a great app especially for the ability to zoom, although I’m not sure I need the paid version.

iPhoneSender

iPhoneSender is not strictly speaking an iPhone app, but it is very handy all the same. I love the Google Maps app and use it frequently. All iPhoneSender do is allow you to look on Google Maps in your desktop browser and then with one click email a link to your iPhone that will then open up directly in Google Maps on the iPhone.
iPhoneSender

WiSync

WiSync is something that Apple should support right out of the box. As the name suggests, this let’s you sync files between your computer and your iPhone over a wireless network rather than using the cable. It does not replicate the sync that you get in iTunes, but is useful nonetheless.
WiSync
Apple must be working on a bluetooth and/or WiFi sync for iTunes, this functionality exists in Windows Mobile devices.

VoiceNotes

This functionality is available from Apple’s 1.1.3 software update, but if you don’t want to brick your hacked iPhone (like me) then this app will do the same thing. Get this via the Installer app.