| One of the more entertaining aspects of owning | | | | there seems to be limited things you can do with |
| an iPhone is the plethora of apps that are available | | | | it. Challenge your friends to a duel, maybe? |
| for your use and enjoyment. Some of them are | | | | One that may seem silly, but has popped up at |
| really helpful, informative, or at least interesting: | | | | concerts and rock shows a lot lately, is the Virtual |
| weather updates, celeb gossip, directions, movie | | | | Zippo. Gone are the days when you hold up a |
| times, etc. Then there are the completely | | | | lighter at shows if something moves you - now |
| superfluous apps that make you scratch your | | | | you have the virtual version. This is admittedly |
| head and wonder why anyone would ever need | | | | better than people just holding up their cell |
| that - right before you download it yourself.iBeer | | | | phones, which has always looked silly. |
| is probably one of the most pointless apps, yet | | | | CoinFlip is another that goes into the "is that really |
| everyone seems to have it. It's an app that turns | | | | necessary?" category, yet everyone seems to |
| your screen into a full pint glass of beer, and you | | | | have it. It does exactly what its name indicates - |
| can "drink" it by tilting your iPhone downwards. | | | | it flips a coin. |
| The beer then flows out of the pint glass. Sounds | | | | A pretty amusing app is the Abacus, which |
| simple enough, yet it's enough to reduce grown | | | | seemingly goes against everything the iPhone |
| men to giggles when they all use it. | | | | really is - cutting edge technology. But again, |
| Tickle Me! is another app that seems to be mainly | | | | maybe for the drunk folks trying to figure out |
| for the amusement factor - even if that factor | | | | how much money they have at the end of the |
| does wear off pretty quickly. The app enables | | | | night, this might work. |
| your touchscreen to respond to you tickling it, | | | | Too tired to yell enthusiastically for your sports |
| with a slightly irritating child's laugh. | | | | team of choice? Then the "Wooo!" app may be |
| One that still makes no sense is Hold On, an app | | | | for you. It's a button that shows up on your |
| where you hold your finger in one spot on the | | | | touchscreen, and every time you hit it, a tinny |
| touch screen for as long as you can. That's it. | | | | voice says "wooo!" Very exciting. |
| This could probably be amusing for a bunch of | | | | Lastly, there is the I Can Has Cheezburger app, |
| drunken people who are pretending to be sober, | | | | which sends you an update every time there's a |
| but that's about it. | | | | new location posted. Who doesn't need that? |
| Everyone loves to pop bubble wrap, which is | | | | There's something compelling about some of |
| most likely why the Bubble Wrap app is so | | | | these iPod touch apps, even though they do |
| popular. It just fills your screen with bubble wrap | | | | absolutely nothing useful, and in fact, just mostly |
| that you "pop" by touching each bubble. | | | | take up space on your iPhone or iPod touch. |
| While this one doesn't do it anything useful, it | | | | However trivial some of these applications may |
| certainly is cool - the PhoneSaber. It basically turns | | | | seem, they offer enjoyment to the hundreds of |
| your touchscreen into a light saber, complete with | | | | thousands of users who download them. After all, |
| visuals and sounds. It's pretty awesome, yet | | | | isn't that the point of these applications? |