what's ya phone number

after spending waaay too much time in line, i finally got my new iphone. so far i LOVE the thing. it's awesome. i think more than any of the hardware changes, like the added gps and 3g connection, the new app store makes this thing great. i haven't had much chance to play with many of the apps much. here are my thoughts on some of them:

remote: remotely control itunes with your iphone. i've been wanting this for my ipod touch. works great.

loopt: location aware social network. i haven't been able to use it much since i don't know anyone else on it yet, other than terence.

pandora: i'm really excited about this one. listening to the pandora music network will be great on my walk to work. so far though, it's a bit slow to load, and sometimes while on the 3g network, it skips while buffering. i'm looking forward to be able to discover new music. unfortunately, since apple does not allow apps to run in the background, you cannot do anything else on the iphone while pandora is running.

yelp: it's great to be able to search reviews while on the go of restaurants, bar, etc around you.

google maps: the gps functionality is sweet. having maps on the go is even better.

urban spoon: randomly choose restaurants around you. fun gimmick but i wish it would let you filter by ratings too.

city transit nyc: map of the new york city subway system. it will even tell you which station is closest to you and if there are any service advisories.

midomi/shazam: similar apps. they record a snippet of sound and then will tell you what song that snippet is from. i've had better luck with shazam than with midomi but midomi is supposed to be better when there is more background noise. i showed arch, but she was skeptical at first when it picked up a stevie wonder song i had been playing since i just controlling the itunes with the iphone anyway. she put the thing to the test. it successful figured out some of the most obscure songs she could think of ... then she tried it with hindi and tamil songs, which shazam was also successful with! pretty cool. it even gives you youtube links to the songs if there are any.

bomberman: i love the bomberman series. this one is fun too; though, i'm still getting used to the controls.

phone saber: fun but pointless app that makes lightsaber sounds while you swing around your iphone.

cube runner: fun game, in which you navigate through a field of cubes, trying not to catch.

those are the ones i've been using the most so far. obviously push email is cool, as is having the internet constantly at your fingertips. i haven't used the phone part much yet but nothing to complain about at all in that department. some of the apps will crash every once in awhile. most crashes are minor and just take you back to the home screen; though, some force the iphone to restart. so far, the only apps which i've paid for are city transit nyc ($3) and bomberman ($8); there rest were free.

they did have trouble with porting my old 619 number, which means i have a new york 917 number for the next few days ... and have to carry around my old phone too ... sucks.