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MLB.com At Bat v1.0.0 | Published by MLB.com | Via App Store | $4.99 | Released: 5-30-08

Overview

It’s not a product that is totally novel; MLB.com has long had a mobile site for convenient score viewing, and there are other iPhone apps that give you sports scores. But, unlike any other mobile site or app, MLB.com At Bat is the place to go for breaking video from every Major League Baseball game, as it unfolds.

Baseball fans without television or computer access, this thing will be a lifesaver.
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Wordpress v1.0 | Published by Automattic, Inc. | Via App Store | Free | Released: 7-22-08

Overview

Busy blogger, always on the go… moving from bedroom to living room, to kitchen, maybe out to Taco Bell if there’s nothing appetizing in the fridge. Okay, okay… successful bloggers really are on the go, attending press events and other things in cities all over, needing to update their sites as events unfold. Before now, bloggers had to flock to the nearest WiFi connection to do that… thankfully, Wordpress for the iPhone is here to change all that.

Bloggers, you’re about to meet your new best friend.
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NetSketch v1.0.1 | Published by J. Benjamin Gotow | Via App Store | $5.99 | Released: 7-18-08

Overview

While the iPhone helped ring in the age of mainstream touch-screen mobile phones, aside from manipulating images to get bigger and smaller, there was seemingly very little use for it. Now, NetSketch has fundamentally changed all that, by turning your cell phone screen into an endless easel.

NetSketch allows you to draw brilliantly detailed images with the touch screen, and provides an unlimited canvas to continue to expand and expand. Add in a WiFi connection and friends with NetSketch and you’ve got an unprecedented real-time collaborative effort.
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Restaurant Nutrition v1.0 | Published by Foundation HealthCare Network | Via App Store | Free | Released: 7-13-08

Overview

The iPhone is the perfect all-in-one phone, music and media tool, and now, it’s added a new dimension: on-the-go dieter’s best friend.

For some people, dieting is easy. Go to a nutritionist, get a detailed daily meal guide, tote around a detailed food calorie chart. For those of us living on planet Earth, however, it’s more likely that we’ll be grabbing fast food on the go, wondering just what we’re putting in our bodies as we enjoy its fried goodness.
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Recorder | Published by Retronyms | Via App Store | $0.99 | Released: 7-07-08

Overview

If you want to re-live that boring business meeting, unbearable college class or fun-filled honey-do list again and again and again, boy do I have the application for you. Actually, if you’re looking for a super useful, insanely simple to use utility that’ll cost you less than a buck, say hello to Recorder.

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Shazam v1.0 | Published by Shazam Entertainment Ltd. | Via App Store | Free | Released: 7-07-08

Overview

Already a mobile hit and a constant source of “how do they do that?” gawks, Shazam makes its way to the iPhone, better and more functional than ever.

A nifty bit of technology, Shazam allows you to answer that age old question: what the hell is that song? Hear something you like, open up Shazam and hold your phone up to the source… and a mere 20 seconds later, chances are, Shazam will tell you the artist and the album, as well as offer you the resources to buy it directly from iTunes if you can’t get enough. The best part? No more humming offensively to friends, trying to figure out who sang that sweet beat you heard earlier in the day.
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Pandora Radio v1.0 | Published by Pandora Media, Inc. | Via App Store | Free | Released: 7-09-08

Update

Pandora v1.1 released.

Overview

As an unabashed fan of Pandora Radio for the internet, this application for the iPhone is a dream come true. And if you’re a music aficionado, a bored office worker or a tech geek, you probably already consider Pandora a basic necessity. But don’t worry; even if, to you, Pandora is just the name of a dangerous mythical box, you too will be rocking out and finding new artists, all for the convenient price of free.

Pandora is an Internet Radio program that creates playlists based on an artist of your choosing. Breaking down that artist’s music into over 400 different attributes and using a complicated mathematical formula, Pandora finds similar artists and streams a seemingly endless playlist.
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