The iPhone is proving to be more than just another cell phone. In actual fact, the iPhone is really a computer more than a cell phone. No, it is more like a computer that can act like a phone and much more. You can call on it, send and receive text messages, take a picture, watch a video and check out your stocks on the web. But thanks to Web Apps, the iPhone can do much, much more.

A Web App is a software application that is accessed from a unit like the iPhone over the web or Internet. Web apps are very popular with developers because you can distribute an application across a number of computers or receiving units without actually having to install software on any of them. Users love Web Apps because they don't have to buy expensive software to install on a unit such as the iPhone, all they have to do is pay for access to an existing web application. And this is important because these web apps are our websites that are designed specifically for devices like the iPhone that has a small 3.5 inch screen. Your normal software program will be hard to read on the iPhone while the web app is designed specifically for that screen and it makes the viewing experience simply amazing.

It's easy to get started with the iPhone web apps. All you have to do is use your browser to go through the Apple iPhone web app library and choose what you want. Want to get the BBC's pod casts? It's there. Looking for wi-fi hot spots in your area? Choose JiWire Wi-Fi Finder's directory of 200,000 paid and free hot spots in 135 countries around the world!

Serious Web Apps for the iPhone are also available. There is actually an app called TimeClockOnline that actually lets your employees record their time for payroll purposes. Or they can record their time on a project for purposes of billing your clients or doing analysis. And the system can be locked down to fingerprint identification and verification to prevent unwanted access to your system. And all this is available through the iPhone each employee carries with them. Talk about being in the future!

There is also a neat Web App called WeatherBug that lets you receive live, yes live, weather conditions, weather forecasts, radar looks and the output from weather cameras right on your iPhone screen. Marine.mobi will give boaters access to marine weather conditions and aviation.mobi gives flyers aviation weather reports and airport information such as airport diagrams and access to lightning/approach aids, obstruction data, runway end coordinates and more.

Would-be chefs can have online access to cookbooks and search for needed recipes on the go with their iPhone in the kitchen. Movie goers can access movie show times by zip code, budget minded folks can find the nearest [and cheapest] gas station by zip code and you can actually get a very useful app that allows you to build an organized and easily accessible list for your next shopping trip. Are you listening ladies?

All in all, Apple's new iPhone is bringing us into an era of communications and data retrieval in a small but easy to use and see package. Don't be left behind.

About the Author

Learn more about the amazing iPhone Galore.