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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There are plenty of iPhone apps out there to entertain, organize and give us the best in technology, but most of the good ones will cost you something, even if it’s only a few dollars. Considering that there are thousands of iPhone apps available, those few dollars can really add up, yet you want to get the best capabilities out of your phone. The truth is, however, that there are many iPhone apps that are completely free. They might not download your entire music library, but they might help you find where you are going or better organize your brain clutter. Check out these useful apps that come free for the asking.

Flashlight – A flashlight always comes in hand, and this free iPhone app turns your phone into one. Sending off bright illuminating colors, this app makes it easier to go down stairs in the dark, root through your car for those keys or read a book in the dark. This is one of those iPhone apps that are definitely worth keeping around.

iBear Timer – Keep track of the exact time that’s elapsed after an important event, or keep tabs on how long you’ve got until a big event happens, right down to the second. This iPhone app is great for planning, but it also makes a nice conversation piece to know how long you’ve got until that luxury cruise. Useful as well as fun, this is one of those iPhone apps that make time keeping a little easier.

If Found Please – If you lose your iPhone, this app might help you find it again. It’s simple but useful, displaying customized information on your wallpaper so someone knows how to locate you if they find your phone. It even works when the phone is locked.

Lotto Shake – Want to play the Lotto but run out of number combination’s? With this iPhone app, you just shake the phone for a random number combination. It works for the Daily Play, Thunderball, the UK Lotto and Euro Millions. If your iPhone number wins, there’s no reason you have to share the winnings with your iPhone, but it might be nice if you took it out to dinner to show your thanks. iPhone apps need to feel appreciated.

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Scour the web and you’ll probably discover iPhone apps that tell you how long it’s been since you did laundry. The iPhone puts technology in the palm of your hand. Some are good for fun; others get down to business. Here are a few of the best iPhone apps in town.

Bailout Wars – Wall St. make your finances collapse? Get even with Bailout Wars. While the graphics are just all right and you’re not going to get blown away, the humor will cure your social angst. Graphics are just okay, but blowing away corporate executives as they loot the Federal Reserve is pretty tough to beat. Many iPhone apps are out there to waste your time. Feel better about it as you waste AIG executives with an Apache helicopter.

Proactive Sleep – Think your alarm clock is sucking your soul? Put Proactive Sleep to the rescue. This iPhone app wakes you up to your music of choice, and then challenges you to a game. If you don’t feel like taking on Hal the All Mighty Computer too early in the morning, you can opt for a dream diary and figure out what that dancing penguin last night was really about. It also tracks your sleep and tells you when you’re below average. If you are constantly hitting your computer keyboard with your forehead around mid-afternoon, Proactive Sleep will tell you why.

iPhone Chat – Considering all the capabilities of an iPhone, you’d think it already come with a chat device, but think again. Iphones only do the impossible with the right iPhone apps. The iPhone chat logs you right into AIM where you can view contacts and chat away until the cows come home and ask what’s for dinner?

Gas.app – If the price of gas gives you a serious case of gas, find immediate relief with this iPhone app. You enter in your zip code and this baby finds you the best prices in town. Click on a station and view it on Google maps.

Go Movies – Many iPhone apps help you find the best movies, but this one tells you the local connection no matter where you are. It allows you to access the access the movie site Fandango by zip code and then maps your way through traffic. Find the latest show times, ticket prices and even view a trailer.

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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.