App Store Essentials

Apparently these have been around since July of 2010, but until recently I had not paid much attention to a section of the App Store called App Store Essentials.  This is a part of the App Store that recommends apps in several different categories.

For example, the Apps Starter Kit section recommends 25 apps for the new iPhone owner looking to cover the basics.  It is a pretty good list of apps:

  1. Amazon Mobile
    Amazon Mobile - AMZN Mobile LLC
  2. Brushes
    Brushes - iPhone Edition - Steve Sprang
  3. CameraBag
    CameraBag - Nevercenter Ltd. Co.
  4. CNN
    CNN App for iPhone (U.S.) - CNN Interactive Group, Inc.
  5. Facebook
    Facebook - Facebook
  6. Find My iPhone
    Find My iPhone - Apple®
  7. FlightTrack
    FlightTrack – Live Flight Status Tracker by Mobiata - Ben Kazez
  8. How to Cook Everything
    How to Cook Everything - Culinate, Inc.
  9. iMovie
    iMovie - Apple®
  10. Mint.com
    Mint.com Personal Finance - Mint.com
  11. MotionX GPS Drive
    MotionX GPS Drive - MotionX™
  12. Movies by Flixster
    Movies by Flixster, with Rotten Tomatoes - Free - Flixster
  13. Netflix
    Netflix - Netflix, Inc.
  14. NYTimes
    NYTimes - The New York Times Company
  15. Ocarina
    Ocarina - Smule
  16. OpenTable
    OpenTable - OpenTable, Inc.
  17. Pandora Radio
    Pandora Radio - Pandora Media, Inc.
  18. Pano
    Pano - Debacle Software
  19. PayPal
    PayPal - PayPal, an eBay Company
  20. Pulse News Mini
    Pulse News Mini - Alphonso Labs Inc
  21. Shazam
    Shazam - Shazam Entertainment Ltd.
  22. Tunein Radio
    TuneIn Radio - Synsion Radio Technologies
  23. Twitter
    Twitter - Twitter, Inc.
  24. Yahoo! Sportacular Pro
    Yahoo! Sportacular Pro - Citizen Sports, Inc.
  25. Yelp
    Yelp - Yelp

Other categories include Hall of Fame, Games Starter Kit, Get In Shape, Food & Wine, Traveling Home and Apps for Toddlers.  There are tons of great apps in these lists, so check them out.

Click here for App Store Essentials.

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