I finally got an iPhone last week. I love gadgets, but rarely am I an early adopter. I tend to wait awhile, see how the early adopters do, wait for the bugs to be worked out, and then… if all looks good… jump in.

I believe I waited just the right amount of time for the iPhone. The new iPhone connects to the Internet with 3G speed. Many of the more obvious problems with the phone have been fixed. Some problems remain – but what works is good enough to make me wonder how I ever did without it.

This won’t be a review of the hardware. Instead I’ll cover software – the applications (“apps”) that I’ve had a chance to try out. Some stuff is essential, some stuff is just fun, some stuff I decided I could do without.