During my brief “road trip” last week I discovered how incredibly useful the GPS/location feature on the iPhone 3G can be. Thanks to its simple interface and an increasing number of apps that leverage the location-feature the iPhone 3G
 
Unsure about the accuracy of the iPhone’s GPS, I grabbed my wife’s GPS from her car before leaving. I didn’t need it.

Sure, unlike the stand-alone GPS, the iPhone doesn’t have turn-by-turn directions (At least not the kind that I consider Turn-by-Turn– you know… "Turn left in 500 meters"). I missed this feature, but quickly discovered that the iPhone works just fine without it. I was able to enter my start and end points and within seconds had accurate directions.

Our stand-alone GPS unit is a small basic unit. At the time (a couple of years ago) it cost well more than the iPhone 3G does. It is no more accurate, and is far more complex when trying to input waypoints, than the iPhone. The iPhone, with its much simpler user interface and superb accuracy (in my experience) is far far better!

UPDATE: Apparently it is no longer free. Sorry. There is, however, a free version that can be found HERE.

I’ve already missed out on a few apps that were temporarily free becasue I waited too long so… having just played a "round" of Fuzzle I want to suggest you stop reading this, jump to the end of the post and click "HERE" to be taken to the App Store where you can download Fuzzle and (right now) save two bucks.

Seriously- this game looks, sounds and is FUN.

It is the kind of game you want to download and leave on your iPhone because you’ll be coming back to it here and there when you have a few minutes to kill.
 
The developer explains Fuzzle this way–

It’s Baack… (sorry, wrong movie)

PhoneSaber, the absolutely useless app that puts the image of a Star Wars lightsaber (and the requisite “swooshing” sound) is back after initially being pulled due to trademark issues.

And it’s “better” than ever!!!

It now not only carries a new name and a completely new interface but it includes…

Ahh trademarks!

Once again an app had to change its name due to potential infringement.

Mailgram, a neat little, time-saving app for quickly sending pre-formatted email messages just got a new name and an update.

Now known as Maildash, this update not only changes the name from Mailgram but also…

Wikipanion, one of the multiple Wikipedia apps currently avalable for the iPhone/iPod Touch was updated yesterday.

As we prep the next round in our Wiki-Off, it is nice to see this new version.

This update…

ScribBall, Howling Moon Software’s arcade game for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available.

ScribBall is…

…an arcade/puzzle game with all of the addictive fun of the Mac version. The simple touch controls and realistic physics make for an easy-to-learn and intuitive game. Furthermore, ScribBall makes full use of the tilt feature, so as you move your iPhone or iPod from side to side, the balls will tumble and roll just like you’d expect.