Ten great iPhone apps

With 15,000 apps to choose from, it’s easy to get distracted by the current best sellers. In our opinion, these are the ones you won’t want to be without.

Wikipedia Mobile (£1.19)
Perfectly formatted, complete with in-line tables and a captioned image viewer, you can even save search histories and pages for offline reading.

Facebook (Free)
Upload or browse photos, update your status and access an increasing number of new Facebook apps. You’ll either use it every day or not at all, but at least it’s free.

Tap Tap Revenge 2 (Free)
The iPhone’s own Guitar Hero-beater features 150 downloadable rock, pop and dance tracks. Tap along to the beat or shake left and right as the arrows fall. Groovy!

iDracula (£.59)
As reviewed here, iDracula plays like Diablo and looks like nothing else on the iPhone. Simple, addictive fun.

Ocarina (£.59)
A real musical instrument – Blow into the mic to play, hold down the touchscreen keys for notes and tilt for vibrato. You can share your melodies online too.

Radar (free)
Flickr-compatible, with the added benefit of being able to share movies, Radar displays thumbnails beautifully.

Dr Awesome (£.59)
Seal off various sections with the cursor to prevent the bacteria spreading. Steals names from your contacts list to use as patients, which is cute.

iTalk (Free)
Push the big button to start recording to an AIFF file, then use the iTalkSynch app to transfer it to PC or Mac. A must for journalists and compulsive memo-makers.

Shazam (Free)
As seen on the iPhone ad, hold your iPhone up to a radio, TV or speaker, tag a few bars and search iTunes for the artist, track or download. Magic.

Google Earth (Free)
Near ubiquitous on other platforms, Google Earth works perfectly on the iPhone. Fully searchable for cities or landmarks, you can even tilt to navigate round mountains.

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