iPhone Apps Round Up

It seems every time you blink, there's another iPhone app hitting the iPhone App Store. And since it's been a while since we've taken a look at the greatest of the latest in iPhone apps, it's about time for another iPhone App Round-Up.

News

Designed for news-hounds who love RSS feeds but hate having to manage them, iNewz is a handy iPhone app that makes newsfeed subscription management as easy as clicking a checkbox. While not an RSS reader itself--and therefore unable to manage blog subscriptions, for example--iNewz is an aggregator for use with your existing RSS reader that can handle up to 450 feeds from 65 media sources worldwide. iNewz was made by ourLivez and costs $2.

Audio/Video

Vudu is a leading HD internet movie player, and now there's a Vudu iPhone app that lets users enjoy high-definition movies and TV shows on their iPhone. Of course, since the Vudu iPhone app only supports HD movies rented from the Vudu catalog, the Vudu iPhone app itself costs nothing.

Games

Meanwhile, Wired Magazine has just released a listing of 10 "must-own" iPhone games. The list includes old familiars like Yahtzee and SimCity and new inovations like Edge and Rolando as well as nifty indie entries like Crayon Physics Deluxe and GW Helmet.

Productivity

While not a unique iPhone app by any measure, this latest in Craigslist-iPhone interfaces is certainly a worthy contender. Joining the ranks of CraigSearch, CraigsMobileList, and Craigsphone is CraigsPal, an iPhone app that lets you browse, search, bookmark, share, post, and map Craigslist ads. CraigsPal comes from Visceral Labs and costs $1.

Utilities

Analytics, just as it sounds, is an iPhone app that allows you to check up on your websites' Google Analytics via your iPhone. Put out by ZipBangDrive, tere's a basic, free version of the software as well as a $4 "Pro" version which comes with 19 reports and lets you run reports according to date.

Miscellaneous

And on the mindless-useless-entertainment front, we have Crack! and if it was a physical, tangible product (like a board game or a newspaper) it would be sold in a Novelty/Gag Shop. With Crack! you can mess with your friends' minds by simulating the appearance of physical cracks in your iPhone's display screen. While this seems like it would be a better gag if perpetrated on your "victim's" iPhone, but you can still set it to fool your friends into thinking that, while they were using it, they damaged your iPhone.