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By Johnny, February 25, 2010 8:13 pm

So I attempted to start this post on February 8th but failed to continue putting some words around this. That was a few days after I bought an iPhone. I suppose posting back then would be a bit premature since I didn’t really had the opportunity to use this thing out in the wild. But now it’s been 3 weeks and this thing does rock.

Let’s put this in the context of a car-free-bicycling-riding bachelor. The app that I use most frequently is the Maps application. Wherever I am, I’ve been able to find my way back home or to my destination by pulling up directions on the Maps app. I use this thing religiously to find my way on the Metro, in a car, or on a ride out.

I made it a point to use my Google Voice number when I bought an iPhone. Having this number allows me filter my calls based on a schedule during the week or weekends. During the week at 9am – 6:30pm it will ring my work cell and work phone. From 6:30pm – 9am it will ring my iPhone. Then during the weekends, it will ring my iPhone only. If you tried to visit Google Voice from an iPhone it transforms the site to a web application where you can save to your iPhone dock. The web app let’s you text and call anybody in your contacts. You can have your text sent to your Gmail account as well so you can respond as an email. Once a text is forwarded from Google Voice to your phone, you can simply reply to the unique number. Get this, it will text the originator of the text with your Google Voice number even though you’re texting to this other number. What this means is you don’t need to maintain a conversation within the Google Voice app. You can start it there and continue by other means.

I use the Weather Channel app which gives me an expanded weather report compared to the default Weather app that came with the iPhone. I check this app every morning so I know what to expect.

Other apps I use frequently are Pandora for music discoveries, Yelp for reviews, IMDB for the times I need to know entertainment trivia, NPR News for news programs, Twitterrific to stay in touch 140 characters at a time, Flickr for access to my photos at all time, ESPN for news on my favorite sports teams, Mint to help keep track of my finances, and Words with Friends for ongoing games with friends and family.

It’s my complete all-in-one lifestyle device. I can’t believe I lived so long without one. Alright enough gushing but here’s a video I took with the phone which outlines why it is impossible to swallow cinnamon powder.