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My pick for the top 5 apps to have on your iPhone are:

FaceBook (free)
Air Sharing (paid)
Cold War (paid)
AirCam (paid)
Shazam (free)

extras to the list:
Shazam (free)
Fring (free)
BofA (free)
Funky Punch (paid)
 
My top 5 favorite at the moment are:

What's On (tv guide, paid)
Mobile News (associated press news, free)
Files (carry your files, paid)
WinAdmin (remote desktop app, paid)
iShoot (game, paid)
 
Beejive (Paid)
NetNewsWire (Free)
Facebook (Free)
Tweetie (Paid)
iPedia+ (no longer available for some reason)
 
In no particular order:

(1) NetNewsWire (free - newsreader)
(2) ReQall (free - voice recognition to do system with web/iCal integration)
(3) Wunder Radio (paid - internet radio)
(4) Google Mobile App (free - google that's um, mobile)
(5) Melodis Dialer (free - voice dialer)

One more - 1password. An awesome app to store passwords, credit cards, logins, etc that syncs with your mac. iPhone version is free - Mac version is paid.
 
My top 5 apps other than the ones that are on the iPhone when purchased are....

ToDo (Appigo)
Facebook
Splash Money
Solobon Solitaire
Gas Cubby
 
Games: Rolando, Field Runners, Touch Physics

Others: Shazam, Pandora, Wunder Radio, Weather Channel, Sportacular, Facebook
 
I am going to list five apps not mentioned yet

1. Appsniper *paid* but worth it for app hunters like myself
2.Dizzy Bee 1, and 2 *PAID awesome games
3. Pet Notebook PAID for per lovers like myself
4. Juxtaposer PAID awesome face morphing app
5. Pocketpedia FREE It's helps you keep track of all movies and games you own
 
the most usuefull apps... Hm...

In no particular order:

Chess with friends
Rick Rocketson - (though not me but one of my kids)
TED
Crazy Penguine Catapult - (once again one of my kids)
Facebook

Not particular usefull but the ones that runs on my phone the most currently - so they might not be the ones I like the most, but in terms of "use" these are the ones currently - this changes though...
;)
 
Games:

Galcon ($4.99)
Super Monkey Ball ($7.99)
Raging Thunder ($2.99)
Squares (FREE)
Artifice (FREE)

Honorable Mentions (Games):

Save Kitty ($0.99)
Tap of War ($0.99)
Watermelons ($0.99)
Cro-Mag Rally ($0.99)
Nanosaur 2 ($1.99)
Cube (FREE)

Other Apps:

Facebook (FREE)
AIM (FREE)
Mobile Translator (NibiruTech LTD., $4.99)
i.TV (FREE)
If Found, Please... (FREE)

Honorable Mentions (Other Apps):

Zenbe Lists ($2.99)
Google Earth (FREE)
World Wiki (FREE)
Dictionaire: The Simple Dictionary (FREE)
 
Facebook

Remote

X-Plane Extreme (well worth $10)

Pandora-Streaming Internet Radio

Around Me- Powerful app that locates restaurants, theaters, etc.
 
I'm going to add a few more apps to my already long list...

Saisuke - copy and paste of events makes scheduling my lessons fast and easy. It looks cluttered though.

SplashMoney is great.

GeoDefense - vector graphics, extremely challenging TD game. I don't know how many times I've tried to beat the first level in the medium difficulty pack. It took a while to pass a few levels in the beginner pack as well. Lots of fun!
 
My top 5

Facebook
Groups
Holy Bible KJV
Picture Dialer
Darkroom

Noteworthy apps ...

Pangea VR
Midomi
iBear Timer
Seadragon
Super Dial
 
Top 5 iTunes Apps

Evernote
ooTunes
Pandora
BillMinder
TouchTodo

Honorable Mention: ABContacts

Top 5 Apple Apps

Phone
SMS Text
Mail
Safari
iPod
 
The "must-have" 5 for me would be:
Solebon
AIM
MLB At Bat
i.TV
And then which sports app I choose to open at the time (iSports or Sportacular)
 
More notable apps, in addition to the 5 I previously posted.

FCTasks by Franklin Covey
Groups
SaiSuke
Gym Buddy
Notebook by Appigo
Bejeweled2
MLB At Bat
Fast Food Cal
Splash ID
Splash Shopper
 
Hi

With my iPhone sitting in it's box waiting for me to get home, I was wondering if we could compile a list of the absolute must have apps for the iphone? And what are the first 5 applications i should download?

what are your top 5 apps?

ibeer
Imilk
Imunchies
Feildrunner
Facebook (if you have 1)
Cuberunner(free) and (if you dont have facebook)
 
BeejiveIM (paid)
Facebook (free)
Dr. Awesome (paid)
Bejeweled 2 (paid)
Backgrounds (free)


IMO there are no apps that I "need", so I like to stick to social networking and games, like most people tend to these days.
 
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