1) Yelp

With Yelp you will never find yourself bewildered as a visitor to a new city. This GPS based application tracks your location and makes suggestions on the best local places to dine, catch a movie, crash for the night and more.

2) Chase

There are many banking applications on the iPhone but only Chase allows users to remotely deposit checks my taking a picture of the back and front of the document. How convenient is that?

3) Word Lens

This nifty application can translate real world text, on, say, a foreign menu, into any of the select languages.

4) Facebook With over 150 million users world wide, there is no better application for staying in touch with friends and family.

5) Shazam

This magical app allows users to identify live music and buy the song directly from iTunes.

6) Google Goggles

Yet another concoction from the labs of Google, this application allows users to search via live images through your phone’s camera rather then text.

7) Twitter

The best platform on which to express yourself in 140 words or less is also available on your phone.

Foursquare

One of the more unique location based social apps, Foursquare allows users to document their location and notifies allow other Foursquare users when they’re in the vicinity.

9) My6Sense

This RSS reader gives users access to all their news and blog feeds all in one place.

10) Foodspotting

This app lets users take photos of and share their dinning out experiences.