iPhone Apps We Hope to See, #20-#16
20. Unit Converter
If you find yourself routinely having to convert yards to meters, ounces to teaspoons, and Fahrenheit to Celsius when you're on your Mac, Dashboard's Unit Converter widget can handle all the work for you. A similar converter on your iPhone would let you handle the same tasks on your next trip abroad while also figuring out just how low the dollar has sunk in the eyes of the international banking community.
19. Blogging Client
Have you ever wanted to write up a blog post without having to contend with clunky Web interfaces that aren't designed for the iPhone? If so, you may be in need of an iPhone-native blog client. Though the iPhone's on-screen keyboard probably wouldn't be ideal for cranking out thousand-word missives, a native client would likely make frequent bloggers very happy indeed.
18. Finger-Painting Tool
At first glance a finger-painting app might seem like just another program to keep the kiddies busy on long plane trips and car rides, but it could also come in handy for adults too. Imagine that you need to draw a quick diagram for someone, but you don't have a pen and paper--just pull out your iPhone and scribble away on the screen. Your idea would take shape in no time.
17. Radio Client
Sure, you've packed your iPhone with great music, but what good does that do you when you want to tune into the ball game or latest presidential debate? With a built-in Internet radio client, you have the best of both the prerecorded and live-audio worlds.
16. A Better Calculator
TLA Systems' PCalc is a snazzy $19 calculator that blows the iPhone calculator away. Heck, even OS X's Calculator can do advanced operations. How about a new calculator for geeks who aren't satisfied with the mind-numbingly simple calculator in the iPhone? Sometimes when you're on the go, you've just gotta do math.
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