Multimedia Messages

At last, multimedia message are available on the iPhone. If Apple wouldn't do it, at least someone else did. Open Multimedia Messages and you can send a photo with a text message to anyone you like. The app lets you snap a new picture or grab one from your photo library, and it lets you select addresses from your Address Book.

We love how easy this app (available here) makes messaging. There's a quick setup when you input your name and phone, but after that there's nothing to it. If you're tired of having to e-mail pictures when any other phone in the world lets you text them, this free app is for you.

Tweetie

With a full set of features and a low price ($2.99, available here), Tweetie has quickly become our favorite Twitter client. The app offers features we haven't seen in others, including themes (there's on extra theme, found under the iPhone's settings, that lets tweets take the form of conversation bubbles) and a location search that lets you know what people around you are twittering about.

The best feature, though is the trend search. We've seen Web pages that offer this, but not iPhone apps. The trend search shows you what the hot conversations are on Twitter at any given moment, so you can get in on the conversation. Other great features include a search tool and the ability to block or unblock users directly from your phone.

Post a tweet with Twitter and you'll be able to grab an image from your photo library or take a new one. At first we thought the app was missing a link shortening tool, but it simply does so automatically. There's no button.

This was Digg co-founder Kevin Rose's top Twitter client on a recent episode of Diggnation and now it's our fav, too. By the way, once you've started Twittering go to @tdreier and hit follow. Thanks.

DVR Remote

If you've got a TiVo Series 3 DVR, you're going to want to get DVR Remote ($2.99, available here), which lets you remotely control your TiVo and browse the Now Playing information right from your iPhone. Any TiVos in your house are automatically detected, so there's no setup at all. We love that you can edit the button layout, and that it works the same way as button re-arranging on the iPhone's home screen.

FreeSaurus - The Free Thesaurus

We've seen reference books converted into iPhone apps before, but they've always cost as much as a printed book. That's changing as free titles come along. If you write and you're occasionally at a loss for words, keep FreeSaurus (available here) on hand. It'll provide you with colorful synonyms so that you can find just the word you need.

Typing Genius - Get Emoji

Enabling emoji emoticons has become a hot feature for iPhone apps. Sure, this typing app lets you practice iPhone typing skills, but the reason people are buying it is because it enables the Japanese emoticon library called emolji on your phone. After you load the app, go to Settings/ General/ Keyboard/ International Keyboards/ Japanese/ Emolji and turn emolji on. After that, you'll be able to use over 400 adorable emoticons when typing in any app. Just press the globe icon next to the on-screen keyboard when typing. Check it out here for $.99.

WhatTheFont

We thought the iPhone's ability to identify songs was amazing (such as with Midomi (http://blog.iphoneguide.com/2008/11/app-of-the-week-free-midomi.html), but this app delivers something we've never seen before. WhatTheFont (available here) can identify any font you throw at it, after you've snapped a picture of some sample words. It's great for designers or anyone who simply cares about good design.

What's On TV?

No mater how you receive your channels, What's On TV (available here) will let you know what programs are on at any time. Keep this guide on hand and you'll always know when your favorite shows are starting up. This app is free and ad-free, so snap it up.

iStat

With iStat ($1.99, available here) you can see your iPhone's stats for memory, disk space, WiFi and Cell IP address, as well as uptime and load averages. You can also view and e-mail your phone's unique ID and MAC address. The polished app lets you view perfectly detailed stats about your iPhone, so you'll never wonder about system performance.

Ultimate Todos

Ultimate Todos ($0.99, available here) is a powerful and elegant to-do app for quickly managing and organizing daily tasks. It synchronizes with Toodledo accounts, lets you sort to-do items by importance, and lets you create custom folders. You don't even need to type in your entries with this app, as it lets you create voice notes just as easily.

Paranormal State EMF Meter

Ultimate Todos ($0.99, available here) is a powerful and elegant to-do app for quickly managing and organizing daily tasks. It synchronizes with Toodledo accounts, lets you sort to-do items by importance, and lets you create custom folders. You don't even need to type in your entries with this app, as it lets you create voice notes just as easily.

See the next page for the previous week's selection of hot iPhone apps.