Following is a list of the Apple iPhone apps I use for mobile reporting. Obviously only a partial list of what is possible so if there are other apps you find useful leave a comment on this post.

Also the list is just iPhone as that is the only smart phone OS I have used in any depth so if you are an Android, Blackberry, Windows or Symbian smart phone user please add your list as a comment. Don’t want to offer an iPhone bias but it is the only toolkit I can speak to in any depth. Would be great if this was as comprehensive as possible for any students who are just starting out with mobile reporting or haven’t experimented with it yet.

General

Evernote – Create ‘notebooks’ on any topic including voice memos, images and text. One really great feature is text in images is processed and accessible through search.

Awesome Note – Great way to keep your thoughts organised on the fly. Replaces the OS Notes app for me.

Quick Office – Don’t use it as often as I thought but great for editing excel or word documents on the move.

Reeder – My RSS app of choice

Tweetie 2 – My Twitter app of choice

Wordpress – update your blog from anywhere

PicPosterous – They will probably be coming out with a fuller mobile app in the near future. But Posterous in general is a great way to share your videos, audio, and images from the field in an instant. Very easy CMS working through email. Can also upload to your Wordpress site. We will be convering this in greater detail in Lab #9.

Skype – Lots of the functionality is lost by the ability to only run one app at a time so when Skype is on, nothing else is running. But still good for free telephony in the field.

Maps and Google – Use the Google digital app to access all their mobile apps including Earth. High literacy in Maps is a must to include GPS in content.

FTPontheGO – Best FTP program for editing files live on web servers.

Safari/Layar – Traditional and Augmented Reality web browser

London Tube Deluxe and London Bus – Be super efficient in your travel planning as you move around London. Tube Deluxe is incredibly useful as you can see exact schedules of tubes on all lines.

Video

Reel Director – Currently best-in-class video editing app

Slowmo – speed up or slow down frame rate with this basic video app

ReelMoments – Time-lapse photography app

Qik – Send a live video feed to your channel online or embed it in a webpage. Great for covering live events but still lots of bandwidth issues.

Storyboard Composer – Super powerful storyboarding app for video. Am using it for creative projects but would be interested to see if there is any application for broadcasters. Certainly documentary makers would benefit.

Audio

FiRE – Great audio recorder. Just shares through Soundcloud so not always a stand-alone solution. But best for capturing broadcast quality audio in the field.

AudioBoo – There are tons of sharing sites emerging for audio and this is just one of  them. Record audio through the app and upload to your account for immediate access online. Embed in webpage is easy.

Voice Memos – Still my most used audio app even though it is weak on features. Just offers the basic functionality to record audio and upoload/share.

Images

Snapture – Adds zoom to iPhone camera functionality.

ShakeitPhoto – Digital Polaroids

Autostitch – Creat panoramas. If you shoot in reasonable light it is very good at automatically stitching the images together.

PS Mobile – Basic Photoshop on your mobile.

TiltShiftGen – Bit quaint but buying a lens that does this for an SLR costs upwards of $1000. Particularly effective when photographing from perspective (high or low). Creates miniatures.

Hipstamatic – Same functionality as hipstamatic cameras. Great for magazine photography.

Accessing News

Al Jazeera – Live TV news and offers relatively unique functionality of working across network, not just WiFi. Served up by our friends at LiveStation.

Guardian/Telegraph/NY Times – These are the trio I use but this is obviously down to personal preference. But each of these offers strong usability.

NewsFuse UK – Just basically a bookmarking service but I use it all the time to see what is happening in the tabloids and BBC.