Tapping into your blog, posting pictures online, or just telling the world what you’re up to: it’s never been easier than on the iPhone, and here are the best Apps to get you started.
We’ve got everything from tools for hardened bloggers, to handy apps for updating your social network profie on the bus.
Best of all, there are a ton of apps to share photos with the world, no matter where you are. Tap into our top choices, and get become a mobile publisher in minutes!
LifeCast (£free)
This ultra-handy blogging tool lets you write posts on the move, upload photos, and even tag your entries with GPS data, so your readers will know where you were at the time. There’s support built in for Google’s Blogger platform, as well as Tumblr, with more promised soon.
ShoZu (£free)
ShoZu has been kicking around on Symbian and Windows smartphones for a while, but now it’s on the iPhone, letting you upload photos to all your favourite social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. There’s also support for less common sites, including Blip.tv, the BBC and ITV News. If you see something newsworthy, ShoZu will get it on the news fast!
Twitterrific (£free)
Been bitten by the Twitter bug? This “micro-blogging” craze just found its way to the iPhone, letting you post instant messages known as tweets direct to the web. Let the blogosphere know what you’re up to at all times, or just give your stalkers more tasty info morsels to chew over!
Exposure (£free)
Put Flickr in your pocket and keep track of your friend’s photoblogs while you upload yours. Exposure has all the functionality you’d expect, including photo search, and it’ll even serve up photos that were geotagged near your current location. Spooky, but very cool at the same time.
Sodasnap Instant Postcards (£free)
Send instant postcards to your friends, just take a snap, attach a message and send it to them. OK, it’s not blogging in the strictest sense of the word, but if your blog platform accepts posts by e-mail, you could use it to send a postcard to all your readers while you’re away on holiday!
Zintin (£free)
Keep in touch with people around you and find out which of those are close by. This handy app puts you in touch with friends in the vicinity. Of course, you’re likely to get overloaded the second you set foot in the local pub, but if any of your mates pop up when they’re not already with you, its the perfect excuse to give them a ring. You can also blog to your circle of friends using the built-in Wall function.
Facebook (£free)
The ultimate timewaster, sorry, social networking tool. Use Facebook’s dedicated iPhone app to keep in touch with everyone you know and update them with your every move. If you’ve tied your Facebook profile into your blog, it’s the next best thing to a twitter feed.
Graffitio (£free)
Attach messages to locations with this ultra-smart app. It lets you write on a virtual graffiti wall no matter where you are. Next time someone else fires up Graffitio in the same spot, they’ll see your messages. Great for blogging secret places, or leaving a virtual breadcrumb trail for others to follow. Know a secluded spot just off the A14? Use Graffitio to tell other people to meet you there…. Just hope they’re the friendly sort when they show up.
MySpace Mobile (£free)
Sure, it’s packed with unsigned bands and endless teenage diatribes, but MySpace is also a social networking and blogging superpower. Install this dedicated app and you’ll soon be able to blog on the move, send messages to your friends and make new ones. You never know, you might even discover the next big thing in music too.
AIM (£free)
Keep in touch, send instant messages and check up on your friends’ statuses. The AIM app is rock solid, and even works with Apple’s .Mac or MobileMe accounts. You can hold multiple conversations at once and set your status to tell the world what you’re up to, no matter where you are.
