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With all of the iPhone news lately, I thought it time to post my list of apps for my Cingular 8525. I’ve had two people ask me about my list of apps today, so it’s a good reason to blog.

• Today screen plugin: SBSH iLauncher: task manager, launcher (with tabs), meters, speed dialer
• Today screen “shell” plugin: SBSH Pocketbreeze: “PocketBreeze is a tab-based Today screen plugin featuring tabs for: Calendar, Tasks, Notes, Contacts, Messages and Special Events.” This adds a lot of functionality to what is essentially your portal to the device. You can add tabs for any application, and stack them vertically to make use of the portrait resolution.
• Contacts plugin: SBSH ContactBreeze: Search on contacts using on-screen thumb keyboard, and adds smarter context menus for handling contacts
• Today screen plugin: SBSH Pocketweather: Today screen plugin for weather, and a full weather “console” with maps, weather, and more info than I ever need
• Utility: HTweakC: Tweak your HTC device, like turning on HSDPA, turning on hidden features, and so on. As a side note, any HTC owner that wants to really get into the guts of their device should check out http://xda-developers.com/
• Utility: PHM Regedit: It’s a Windows device. You’ll want to hack the registry. I did to turn off the damned loud Cingular 3G loading screen.
• Map software: Google Maps: Works great.
• IM: Skype: You can even use Skype over the data or WiFi connection. I’ll just pay for the minutes, but the IM functionality is still valuable.
• Internet: wmIRC: “Hey, old fogey, what’s IRC?”
• Internet: Ilium Newsbreak: RSS Reader. The one app I want to see on the iPhone that I have yet to see is an RSS reader. With just EDGE (WiFi non-withstanding), offline reading mode is a necessity.

For the SBSH apps, you may also want to check out SPB, as the two development houses compete in the same space. The competition leads to some really solid products.