Vlingo

Vlingo interfacePersonal assistants are not just for the rich and famous: They're also available to smartphone users. In virtual form, that is. Vlingo is an app that doubles as your own virtual personal assistant, doing whatever it is you tell it to do, whether that's updating your Facebook status, firing off a text message, or searching the Web.

Few could say it better than MC Hammer himself, who is quoted on Vlingo's iOS App Store page. As he says, "Vlingo is dope."

Note: This link takes you to the vendor's site. where you can download the latest version of the software appropriate to your phone's OS.

--Liane Cassavoy