iPhone-4 must have apps. IYHO

[Arclight]

First cell phone and its a iPhone4 . Sooo many apps to be had. I've downloaded a few and its been hit and miss pretty much with my selections.

And utilities that will make a difference?
Games?
etc,...

Take any and all suggestions you wanna give.

[Isgrimnur]

Shazam - never ask what a song is ever again.  Have the phone listen to it and tell you.
Pandora - never be without the ability to listen to whatever music genre strikes your fancy ever again.
Kindle - work your way into the e-book world and always have something to read.  Plenty of free books available to see if you can manage it without spending a dime.

[CeeKay]

Check out Epic Citadel. It's free and you'll be amazed that it actually runs on the iPhone.

[farley2k]

Sword and Poker 2
Helsing's Fire
Monkey Island


All great, great games.

[corruptrelic]

Galcon. Simple and addictive game, up to 4 players online FFA and team based modes.
Don't think I've ever spent as much time on a cell phone game as I have Galcon, especially since it's online.

[Arclight]

Great start guys, thanks.........Oh and ya can keep'em comin.

[godhugh]

AroundMe - always find the closest gas station, coffee shop, bar, etc, etc...
UrbanSpoon - great app to resolve the age old question "where do you want to eat tonight?"
Fluent News - best news app available as it pulls from every major news organization (you can customize it, I removed Fox News) and sorts into sections
Tapatalk - Great app that makes browsing forums much easier (forum has to support tapatalk and thankfully OO, GT, and QT3 all do)
MobileRSS - Integrates with Google Reader for a pretty nice RSS reader
Undercroft - brand new free RPG, very reminiscent of Dungeon Master and other old-school hardcore RPG's.

[YellowKing]

Shazam - never ask what a song is ever again.  Have the phone listen to it and tell you.

SoundHound can also do this, but unlike Shazam it will even let you sing a song and identify it (it's not as accurate unless you're a really good singer, but it's a nice option).

[Clanwolfer]

Games are fun and all, but here's the apps I consider must-haves.

Instapaper - bookmark stuff from any web browser and download for phone-formatted, offline reading.
Twitter - if you're into that sort of thing. The official app is the best one out there, in my opinion.
NewsRack - far and away the best Google Reader/RSS app I've found for iDevices.
NYTimes - The site is fine, but if you get the app, you can read offline, which is valuable for elevators and such.
Pandora - as discussed. Never be without any kind of music.
Kindle
The Weather Channel
Netflix
Navigon, if you want a GPS nav program

[rickfc]

In no particular order:

Facebook - self-explanatory
Twitter - self-explanatory.  Best Twitter app
CNN (Paid) - self-explanatory
NPR News - self-explanatory
The Weather Channel - self-explanatory
ESPN ScoreCenter - Keep up with the latest scores and livecast of games - pro and college
Amazon.com - Amazon at your fingertips
AT&T My Wireless - View your usage (voice and data), pay your bill, and edit your plan from your phone
eBay - full-feature eBay from your phone
Slacker - Much more granular control of your stations than Pandora, IMO
iMovie - create and edit full HD videos on your phone
Camera Sutra (Paid) - adds some cool photo-booth effects to the front-facing camera
Hipstamatic (Paid) - adds old school camera effects to the rear camera
Photoshop Express - add filters and basic editing of photos on your phone
Mill Colour - Similar to Photoshop Express
TiltShiftGen (Paid) - more photo filters, etc
Pixelpipe - Upload photos and full-res videos to different web hubs, such as Facebook
Speed Test - self-explanatory
iHandy Level - self-explanatory
Fandango - Check movie times and purchase tickets from your phone
Flixster - Check movie times and reviews via Rotten Tomatoes
AppShopper - Track apps' price drops, etc...nice addon to the Apple app store

[Canuck]

The apps I use all the time are:

List!: Allows me to make lists about anything I please.  I have a "google this" list, "movies to watch" list, "books to read" list, etc etc.  You know how you always think 'Man I've gotta do this/check this out" but then you never do because you totally forget about it?  Well this program helps me not forget.  So next time when I go to the video store, instead of dinking around wondering what movie I should watch I'll have a full list of stuff I'm interested in seeing.  It's not perfect yet-it doesn't do reminders very well but I'm hoping they improve it.

iXpenseit:  Every time I make a purchase I use this.  It keeps track of all my expenses and income each month and shows me in graph form exactly where my money is going (or where it's coming from)

[Canuck]

Oh and congratulations on making it all the way to 2010 before getting a cellphone!!  I thought I was late to the party when I got my first in about 2003.

[Arclight]

Yeah, they annoyed me more than anything for years, just never saw, or felt the need for one.

[CeeKay]

don't forget the iPhone 4 has pretty good voice commands, and I think it'll even understand Canadian 

[Arclight]

A couple of more apps I've found very entertaining.

Jet car stunts.
Paper Pilots

[Gratch]

Games that rock:

-  Chaos Rings is my favorite iPhone game to date
-  Fruit Ninja
-  Baseball Superstars 2010
-  Angry Birds
-  Scrabble
-  Sally's Spa (looks ridiculous, but it's incredibly addicting)
-  Space Miner (an asteroids clone that might be one of the funniest games ever)
-  Peggle
-  Sword & Poker 2
-  A ton of other suggestions in the iphone game thread

[WinoMcCougarstein]

Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope.

[leo8877]

Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope.

Fun game!

[Mystic95Z]

Utilities:
1Password

Games:
Angry Birds

And if you play WoW get the WoW Mobile Authenticator & WoW Mobile Armory apps.

[Ridah]

Facebook
iXpenseIt - Manage my expenses
Shazam - Tells you what song is playing
Amazon.com - Great app for shopping on Amazon
Yelp
Fandango - Movie reviews, buy tix, etc.
Netflix
Pandora - Free streaming music
Red Laser - Scans barcodes of products at stores and finds online stores selling the product cheaper
Battery Magic - Tells you info about our battery charge, how to save power, extend the life of your battery, etc.
MSN Live Messenger.

[Graham]

Rise from your grave!!!!

I will soon be switching over to the Dark Side.  I will have an iPhone 4S in my hands hopefully tomorrow, otherwise on Monday.  Are these still good apps to get, or have newer ones replaced them?  I really would like a good turn-by-turn GPS, but I'm looking for other suggestions too.

[Isgrimnur]

Waze GPS: Free and crowdsourced traffic.

Shazam still comes in handy on occasion.  Pandora is a life-saver while I work to this day.  And I still read more books on Kindle than I do in any other format, especially now that public library lending is available through it.

Tapatalk for forum browsing on the go is a must. 

I use iFitness to track my workouts, Lose It! to track my weight, Netflix to get me through my workouts

Twitter when I have nothing else to do but read my celebrities' brain droppings.

IMDB is great.  The Wikipedia app I use about 50% of the time, the others going tstraight to the website. 

[rittchard]

Make sure to get and post your Game Center ID somewhere here if you are into multiplayer gaming.

A few of us are starting to rev up on the (mostly asynchronous) gaming scene, which has been quite a nice diversion.

Words for Friends - Scrabble-lite (2 player only)
Poker Pals - poker/scrabble puzzle game (2 player)
Kard Combat - MTG-lite (2 player)
Uniwar - TBS space game (8 player and multi-platform)

[ravenvii]

Make sure to get and post your Game Center ID somewhere here if you are into multiplayer gaming.

A few of us are starting to rev up on the (mostly asynchronous) gaming scene, which has been quite a nice diversion.

Words for Friends - Scrabble-lite (2 player only)
Poker Pals - poker/scrabble puzzle game (2 player)
Kard Combat - MTG-lite (2 player)
Uniwar - TBS space game (8 player and multi-platform)

Speaking of Game Center IDs, what's yours?

[rittchard]

Make sure to get and post your Game Center ID somewhere here if you are into multiplayer gaming.

A few of us are starting to rev up on the (mostly asynchronous) gaming scene, which has been quite a nice diversion.

Words for Friends - Scrabble-lite (2 player only)
Poker Pals - poker/scrabble puzzle game (2 player)
Kard Combat - MTG-lite (2 player)
Uniwar - TBS space game (8 player and multi-platform)

Speaking of Game Center IDs, what's yours?

I thought there was a list somewhere but maybe not.  I'm rittchard (surprise!), I know skystride is skystride, and harkonis is harkonis :-) 

[CeeKay]

Make sure to get and post your Game Center ID somewhere here if you are into multiplayer gaming.

A few of us are starting to rev up on the (mostly asynchronous) gaming scene, which has been quite a nice diversion.

Words for Friends - Scrabble-lite (2 player only)
Poker Pals - poker/scrabble puzzle game (2 player)
Kard Combat - MTG-lite (2 player)
Uniwar - TBS space game (8 player and multi-platform)

Speaking of Game Center IDs, what's yours?

I thought there was a list somewhere but maybe not.  I'm rittchard (surprise!), I know skystride is skystride, and harkonis is harkonis :-) 

I'm LadyGaGaSpearsAguilera74.

[Graham]

Well, my wife has an account already set up on iTunes. Can we both have an account on the same computer, or do we need to share the same account?

[hispanicgamer]

Make sure to get and post your Game Center ID somewhere here if you are into multiplayer gaming.

A few of us are starting to rev up on the (mostly asynchronous) gaming scene, which has been quite a nice diversion.

Words for Friends - Scrabble-lite (2 player only)
Poker Pals - poker/scrabble puzzle game (2 player)
Kard Combat - MTG-lite (2 player)
Uniwar - TBS space game (8 player and multi-platform)

Speaking of Game Center IDs, what's yours?

I thought there was a list somewhere but maybe not.  I'm rittchard (surprise!), I know skystride is skystride, and harkonis is harkonis :-) 

I'm LadyGaGaSpearsAguilera74.

LOL, I tried adding you as a friend and it said it didn't recognize you. You got me!

[CeeKay]

Make sure to get and post your Game Center ID somewhere here if you are into multiplayer gaming.

A few of us are starting to rev up on the (mostly asynchronous) gaming scene, which has been quite a nice diversion.

Words for Friends - Scrabble-lite (2 player only)
Poker Pals - poker/scrabble puzzle game (2 player)
Kard Combat - MTG-lite (2 player)
Uniwar - TBS space game (8 player and multi-platform)

Speaking of Game Center IDs, what's yours?

I thought there was a list somewhere but maybe not.  I'm rittchard (surprise!), I know skystride is skystride, and harkonis is harkonis :-) 

I'm LadyGaGaSpearsAguilera74.

LOL, I tried adding you as a friend and it said it didn't recognize you. You got me!

it would have been hilarious if someone had actually used that name 

[Graham]

My Game Center ID is GrahamGT.

[Suitably Ironic Moniker]

Flipboard is an awesome app for reading various websites and media.

[shaggydoug]

Apps (besides several mentioned above):
Occipital's 360 App (best panoramic picture taker I've seen)
Instagram
Camera+ (let's you set exposure point separately from focal point)

Games (yes, some are on other platforms but they are still really good on iOS):
Jetpack Joyride
Rick O'Shea
Infinity Blade  (2 comes out next week)
Osmos
Rolando
Crayon Physics
World of Goo
Angry Birds (all 3 versions)
Tiny Wings
iBlast Moki
Doodle Jump
Words with Friends (my wife is seriously addicted to this one)

And coming soon: Any app that works with your sphero

My Gamecenter id is ShaggyD0ug  (that's a zero)