iPhone AppStore apps round-up

The anxiously awaited iTunes AppStore, due alongside the release of the iPhone 3G on July 11th, is sure to debut with a few surprises given the reticence of many major third-party developers thus far. With the aid of some keynote demonstrations and a few NDA-skirting announcements, however, we’ve cobbled together a list of currently planned native application releases to complement our previous games preview. If you know about a native iPhone app that will be available through the iTunes App store please let us know.

• OmniFocus iPhone version of the popular task management software for Mac OS X. Uses the iPhone’s location sensitivity to create a custom list of tasks you can complete nearby. Cost unknown

• AOL Radio gives you free access to online radio stations. Allows access to all 200+ AOL Radio stations and 150+ CBS Radio stations. Compatible with original iPhone and iPhone 3G, but can only stream over WiFi or the 3G network. Uses location sensitivity to find closest radio stations. Free

• Ebay> auction notification app that displays the status of auctions and allows direct execution of bids. The app can display auction information, items photos and a summary of your Ebay activity. Free
• Loopt a location-based social networking service with a native iPhone App that lets you see where your friends are and what they are doing. The application operates in a fashion similar to Twitter.
• TypePad native blogging application. Allows users to write and post weblog entries while on the go. You can even include photos from the iPhone’s camera. Free
• Band lets you play various musical virtual instruments — like a scaled down version of GarageBand (a Mac oS X application) for the iPhone. Cost unknown
• At Bat: MLB’s answer for those of us needing a baseball fix while on the go. It will show live scores, who’s at bat, and who’s on base. The best part: real-time video highlights from games that are in progress. $5
• Modality medical reference tool for students. Using mobile flash cards, the user will be able to pan and zoom displayed. There will also be a pop quiz feature. Cost unknown
• MIMVista will be offering additional medical software that includes imaging software for the iPhone. An example was shown at an Apple keynote in June. The App was shown displaying a CT scan with a PET scan wherein the images could be merged, drawn upon using a finger stroke to draw lines and simply erased by shaking the iPhone. Cost unknown
• AIM AOL’s instant messenger client App was demonstrated in March 2008 at an Apple event. A demo showed a live buddy list and chats in various boxes shown in series with text and buddy icons. A user could hold multiple chats at one time using their finger to switch between chats. While not mentioned at the WWDC 2008 keynote directly, a mysterious messenger like icon appeared on the iPhone 3G during Steve Jobs’ demonstration. Free
• Twitterrific a native Twitter application for the iPhone. Cost unknown
• Mariner Calc lets you view and edit Excel spreadsheets on the iPhone. No conversion will be needed. It will support spreadsheets with up to 1,000,000 rows and 32,000 columns in size and multiple sheets in one spreadsheet. Support is available for charts and objects. Cost unknown
• FlickrExport an application that will allow you to submit and store photos directly from your iPhone to Flickr. The application itself can be used in place of the iPhone’s camera App to take photographs and directly upload them to Flickr immediately. Cost unknown
• MetroMagnet helps users navigate public transportation. The goal is to provide maps for New York currently with plans extended to San Francisco and Boston later. $3
• Urbanspoon native app that will take advantage of the A-GPS and tie into the company’s Web site. The site features restaurant reviews from professional food critics and the public. The app will act like a magic 8-Ball, as follows: Launch Urbansppon and it will find your location. Shake the iPhone and it will randomly suggest a restaurant to you from the ones in your current area. Urbanspoon will offer a variety of variables the user can set to find their favorite kind of foods, price, etc. thus filtering out at that $30 steak for the $5 hamburger for college students or the frugal. Cost unknown
• Daylite Touch can manage schedule, tasks, projects, email, work flow, etc. It will feature over-the-air syncing so that you can delegate tasks, etc. It appears that this application make take advantage of the announced notification services available on the new iPhone OS 2.0. Security features like remote wipe, etc. will be available. Licensing will be on a per-iPhone basis and a server back end will be required called Daylite Touch Server. Cost unknown