[Glenn]

Shouldn’t this be in breaking news?

[TexasCajun]

Dude, Get back to work and quit playing around with your new toy. :)

[Izzy Dunne]

What is the purpose of Free Republic?

Got a clue?

[GingisK]

Try using it as a doorstop.

[Neidermeyer]

I suggest the best application for a PHONE is to make and receive PHONE calls.

[GeronL]

Is there a Free Republic app?

My niece got one too. She has downloaded a hundred free games. Bought some too. But I never play with it.

[mel]

Checkers

[9422WMR]

How about, “text and drive”.
It’s a blast right up till you crash the car.......

[Terpfen]

Depends on what you want to do with the iPhone. I consider apps like iheartradio and iRadioNOW essential, because I'm a talk radio addict and my car has built-in Bluetooth. Facebook, Dropbox, Bank of America, Skype, and AT&T myWireless are all pretty useful too.

This list by Gizmodo is a little outdated but still nice to tinker with, and pretty much every publication has their own list. eWeek, TechCrunch, etc.

[Petronski]

Great timekiller:

Yes, it's bubblewrap.

Once you figure out the trick to it,
the scores really rack up.

[peteram]

Pong. I hear its all the rage (again)

[Petronski]

Also, if you don’t mind the permabull cheerleading, the CNBC app is supposed to be quite good.

I haven’t tried it yet, though.

[Lokibob]

Iphone apps for conservativers:
Elephant logo with “proud Repblician”

bobble head congresscritters phone numbers and addys.

The U.S. Constitution, bill or rights etc
Just this week, an app called “conservative talking points”
The federalist papers, all of them.
and I just downloaded Kindle for Iphone, the reading app for amazon.com

That should get you started.

.....Bob

[gilor]

Shotgun is pretty cool, Shazam works and GPS by Motionx works well too.

[Dead Corpse]

Mixology. MathRefFree. Do Not Press. AccuWeather. Google Earth. WinAdmin. JDictionary Mobile.

Just to name a few...

[pgyanke]

Here are my favorites:

MotionX GPS Drive... for turn by turn GPS
iXpenseit... for tracking expenses
Trip Cubby... for tracking mileage
Calc10BII... financial, conversion, bond, amortization, et al calculator
Weather Channel... obvious... free version only
Stanza... Book downloading and reading... and free
Facebook... obvious... and free
Shazam... Identify music—This one is awesome... and free
Pandora... Streaming Radio... free!
TuneIn Radio... Streaming Radio (you can choose the name of the program you’re looking for—find “Rush Limbaugh” et al anywhere...)... Free!
iDisk... Take files everywhere you go... Free!
Kayak... Air travel app... Free!
ESPN Scorecenter... Keep up with favorite sports/teams... Free!
USA Manual... Amazing compendium of historical documents
iPieta... Great Catholic app (if you’re into that sort of thing... which I am...).

[gaijin]

Wired magazine: Best 10 iPhone apps

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Weather Channel is a good free app.

[goseminoles]

I don’t own a computer. Do all my freeping from a blackberry. That’s all I need.

[JaguarXKE]

On a semi-serious attempt to answer your question:

1. iHeart Radio - lets you stream radio stations from all over US (Free) I use it to listen to Rush and Levin, Hannity, etc.
2. Pandora - this requires you to register an online account (free) and then you "build" your own music stations based on the music you like.
3. The Weather Channel (tell you local forecasts, severe weather warning and even has streaming video of weather reports (also free)
4. Free RSS - lets you push RSS feeds from your favorite web sites for news, etc.
5. iConvert - converts just about any measures for length, volume, area, temp, currency, weight, pressure, energy
6. Scanner911 - Streaming police and emergency radio traffic from all 50 states.
7. Bible Verses - gives you a different Bible verse every time you open it. (free)
8. Carpenter - a set of useful tools, including a plumb bob, level, protractor, etc. There is a free version and a paid version with more tools than the free version.
9. Sudoku (number game). Free and paid versions.
10. Cell Tracker (free). Keep track of your cell/data usage.

These are just a few I find especially useful, but there are thousands of others.