As a newbie to the whole iPod/iPhone phenomenon (I now am the proud owner of an iPod Touch), I have become amazed at the plethora of applications available via the iTunes App Store that fundamentally do the same thing.  For example, there are several applications available for the sole purpose of formatting Wikipedia to the iPod Touch rather than simply using Safari to navigate to Wikipedia.com.  These applications tailor such searches for easier Wikipedia navigation on the iPod Touch screen in case you having the craving for research while travelling.

With that in mind, I took a fresh look at four of these Wikipedia applications, offer my thoughts on each and decide which I like best.

I’m quickly becoming a huge fan of Toodledo, the native iPhone iPod Touch app from Toodledo that works with their web-based take program.

While Appigo’s ToDo and Notebook are powerful apps that also work with Toodledo.com, Toodledo’s iPhone app is not only far less expensive ($3.99 vs $9.99), but it also offers a far greater selection of ways to organize and view tasks. For example, you can arrange by date, priority, tag, context and more.

According to the developer-

Toodledo is a powerful task manager that will help you stay organized and be more productive. You can use Toodledo as a standalone application, or you can have it seamlessly synchronize everything with Toodledo.com, one of the most popular online task managers. Toodledo is flexible enough to work with many different styles of list management. You can use the popular GTD methodology, or you can use your own system. You can keep things simple, or you can add as much complexity as you need. Keeping track of your to-do list has never been easier.

Only a few days after it was initially released, Toodledo has already received a big update. Toodledo Version 1.1…

We recently took a look at a couple of programs that allow you to quickly shoot off pre-formatted messages. Maildash came out on top.

With Maildash you can quickly launch the app, choose a recipient and a prepared message and tap "Send". In seconds your message is on the way. It is a simple, quick and powerful way to send emails quickly. Moreover, Maildash has the added benefit of allowing you to personalizing the message templates automatically.

While there is a bit of a learning curve with Maildash the time spent getting to know the app is well worth it!

Maildash received an update tonight that makes it even more powerful! The update adds-