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That wasn't idle chatter. 4M iPhones were sold the opening weekend. More iPhone 4S boxes went out the door than iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 had on opening weekend - combined.
Welcome to Apple, my BlackBerry friends. Come on in, the Kool Aid's warm .. err .. cold.
My Facebook feeds and Twitter streams and office at work have been filled with new iPhone users wanting to know "what does this thing do" and "what apps should I get."
So here you go, my definitive list of favorite Apple apps. The ones I use the most. The ones I love the best. The ones I think you'd like.
GAMES
The Heist - brain food game that riffs on familiar brain teaser styles and breaks them into bite size pieces.
Fruit Ninja - slice and dice the flying fruit
Doodle Jump - a fun game that looks like it was scribbled on paper and is as addictive as it claims
Angry Birds - the classic
Scrabble - the classic
Flight Control - drag the planes and helicopters to their landing strips
Lux Touch - a Risk clone
iGammon - backgammon
Plants v Zombies - a fun strategy game that has you putting plants to fight attacking zombies
SHOPPING
Shop Savvy - a barcode reader that lets you scan items in store to price compare
H&M - every now and again they put coupons on this app
Great Clips - you can check wait times at nearby salons and remotely check in to get to the front
MUSIC
Rdio - subscription service that pumps a full roster of music
Shazam - can't identify the song on the radio? This app will solve it
TuneIn Radio - simply the greatest list of streaming radio stations from around the world
Audiogalaxy Mobile - stream your home music collection through the web and this app
NEWS / INFORMATION
Instapaper - a handy clipping tool to save articles you want to read
Globe News - app for Globe and Mail
CBC News - app for CBC
National Post Mobile - app for National post
WeatherEye - I like the Weather Network's app better than the included one
SPORTS
TSN Mobile - app for TSN
NHL GameCenter - app for NHL to track scores and news from around the league
ScoreMobile - my favorite app to track scores from a variety of sports (MLS to NFL)
PRODUCTIVITY
Dragon Dictation - dictation tool
Evernote - organization and syncing across multiple devices
Dropbox - cloud storage
FOOD AND WINE
Epicurious - ultimate compendium of recipes
Yelp - crowd sourced restaurant reviews
Urban Spoon - crowd sourced restaurant reviews
Hello Vino - free food and wine pairing suggestions
SOCIAL
Facebook - official app
Twitter - I prefer the official app, you may love HootSuite, TweetDeck, Twitteriffic or any of dozens of others
That's my list, anyway. Feel free to add your own first-to-install and must-haves for new iPhone users in the comments.
