Chapter 15

Apps-O-Lutely!

In This Chapter

arrow Browsing for cool apps

arrow Searching for specific apps

arrow Getting apps onto your iPhone

arrow Getting the scoop on newspapers, magazines, and books

arrow Deleting and organizing your iPhone apps

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One of the best things about the iPhone is that you can download and install apps created by third parties, which is to say not created by Apple (the first party) or you (the second party). At the time of this writing, more than 425,000 apps are available and well over 10,000,000,000 (yes, 10 billion) apps have been downloaded. Some apps are free, other apps cost money; some apps are useful, other apps are lame; some apps are perfectly well-behaved, other apps quit unexpectedly (or worse). The point is that of the many apps out there, some are better than others.

In this chapter, we take a broad look at iPhone apps. Don’t worry: We have plenty to say about specific ...

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