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I’ve had my iPhone for well over a week now, and I love it. I also love some of the great apps in the App Store, and I am very excited about some upcoming apps.

So, which are these awesome apps, worthy of my excitement?

Existing apps:

• Twinkle: Awesome Twitter client from the folks at Tapulous. The best twitter client out there, really; which says a lot, seeing as it has some very tough (ADA-winning) competition from Twitteriffic.
• OmniFocus: I’ve learned to expect greatness from the folks at Omni Group. The ADA-winning iPhone version of OmniFocus is no exception. It has built-in syncing with the Mac app, which makes this the best GTD app for the iPhone.
• Super Monkey Ball: Really cool, not to mention very favorably priced; iPhone game. Stunning graphics, innovative controls, this has everything needed for a great game.
• Brain Challenge: This little nugget of gold I bought yesterday, and it too is a very good game. I have only used it for two days now, but I’m hooked. It is varied, it comes with different difficulty settings, so that you can make it as hard or as easy as you wish and it’s a blast to play.
• Tap Tap Revenge: Another app from Tapulous. It’s a really fun game, and if you think that SMB is favorably priced, Tap Tap Revenge is even more so, seeing as how it’s free. It does leave things to wish for, namely more songs, but that is on it’s way.
• Enigmo: This is the second ADA winner of this list. A challenging game, which works really well for the iPhone. You may remember that Brian Greenstone from Pangea Software talked about this at the WWDC keynote, and said that they think the iPhone version is even better than the Mac version. I totally agree. This is a game that is great on the iPhone.

All of these apps are excellent, not to mention worth their price. In all of the above cases I think the developers easily could have added another $5-$10, and it would still have been worth it’s price.

I do want to give an honorable mention to another app as well, Exposure¹ by Connected Flow. It’s a Flickr client, and at that a pretty good one. Well, it is the best one available for the iPhone, and while a lot of things works very well, photo viewing could work even better, and I certainly look forward to seeing what happens with the app with future updates.

Upcoming apps:

• Friend Book: This app was out on the App Store for a while, but was pulled due to privacy concerns. This is another app from Tapulous, and with the high quality they’ve had already I expect nothing less from Friend Book.
• Rolando: Holy Macaroni, this game looks like a ton of fun! Some people have compared it to Loco Roco for the PSP, and while I recognize that certain elements are similar, Rolando looks like an awesome game. I can’t wait until it’s released.
• MarsEdit: There have been some whispers of an iPhone version of MarsEdit on Daniel Jalkut’s Red Sweater Blog. It will be very interesting to see what he cooks up.
• Béchamel: Yes. There will be an iPhone version of Béchamel. A totally awesome iPhone version. And guess what? I’ll be able to try it out before everyone else! (Mostly because I’m developing it ) While we’re not ready to release any specifics, be prepared to have your minds blown.
• Secret upcoming iPhone App from Smiling Plants: We have another app as well, in the pipeline. It’ll be released before the iPhone version of Béchamel, and it’s going to be a very useful and very beautiful tool. Keep your eyes open.