Will your phone read you 18th century love poetry as you go to bed at night? With the right choice of iPhone apps, it’s possible. Iphone technology achieves the impossible every day, from streaming your entire CD collection to finding the lowest hotel rates in Brazil, all in the palm of your hand.

The iPhone can in fact do so much that not all of it is worth doing, admittedly. Some iPhone apps are merely an excuse to give some techie guy a job without really accomplishing anything. Others can dramatically improve what you can get done every day. Here are a few iPhone apps worth bragging about.

Yelp – Get lost in the city with no idea where the good bars or restaurants are? Give your best Yelp and find what you need. This iPhone app locates the best bars, restaurants and banks that are closest to wherever you are. If you aren’t sure about the place, read thousands of reviews from other regular Joe users who don’t work for the New York Times. Also available is Urban Spoon which offers locations to local eateries.

NYTimes – Speaking of the New York Times, this iPhone app allows you to stream the voluminous sections of New York City’s biggest newspaper right from your phone. You can find stories by their section or just stream the most popular. Each article comes with full color photos, and the text is surprisingly easy to read on the screen. At this time, there are hardly any other iPhone apps that stream entire media publications, but expect more on the horizon.

Stanza – If you get stuck with some down time without a book, the Stanza lets you read the classics or anything from their large volume of public domain files. Add lengthy Word or PDF files from your computer so you can edit your term paper or look over a report from your cell phone. This is one of those iPhone apps that can appeal to anyone, from college students to federal lawyers. Don’t expect to find Heathcliff Laughs Again in the public domain, however, if your reading tastes are still stuck in the third grade.

Jott – Does the iPhone’s virtual keyboard give you carpel tunnel syndrome of the brain? Jott transfers voice mails into text to file for future reference. You can leave yourself messages for up to 15 seconds. It’s great for text messaging if you don’t like putting in all that text.

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It’s hard to believe that only a year after the iPhone app store opened its doors on the web that nearly 60,000 iPhone apps have been created. Some serve important purposes. Others aren’t worth the battery juice they’ll sap.

While not all iPhone apps are worth mention, here are a few that will improve your world.

1. Hey Where Are You? While you may want to be trailed by the IRS or bill collectors, it helps being connected by letting friends and family know what you are doing and where. This iPhone app allows users to ask and answer the question, “Hey, where are you?” Keep up to date on where you are and what you are doing. Hanging out at the Cheers bar and want to kick it with a crowd? Let the crowd know you are there with the Hey Where Are You iPhone app. Like many iPhone apps available, this one makes it easier to connect and include people in your life.

2. Print and Share Let’s be honest. Our printing ambitions usually end up as pipe dreams. Sure, I’ll get you that New Year’s Eve photo as soon as I recover from New Years, but I’ll probably lose it all in the New Year’s Day hangover. The best intentions don’t get off the ground unless we act on them right way. Print and Share lets your iPhone tell your computer to print, so you can print the goods while you are far away from home. It’s one of the good iPhone apps that make it easier to do today what could easily be put off until tomorrow.

3. Read it later. How often do you come across the most interesting web page when your hands are already full? One of the reasons the Internet can be such a big time sucker is what we discover on accident. Come across an interesting web page, and you might not have time to read it, even though you need to learn and probably won’t be able to find the page again. Like many of the iPhone apps available for easier information, Read It Later allows you to save pages to your iPhone so you can check out that article on global warming or bamboo bikes from your cell phone as you ride the bus.

Stan Kermin writes blogs about the many iPhone apps that are changing the world. Read his blog in order to get the most out of your iPhone.