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Jeff Campbell
06-30-2011, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.cultofmac.com/ten-apps-is-all-i-need-how-few-can-you-live-with-have-your-say/102118?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cultofmac/bFow+(Cult+of+Mac)' target='_blank'>http://www.cultofmac.com/ten-apps-i...w+(Cult+of+Mac)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Here's a great post over at 37 Signals, posing the question: how many of the apps on your iPhone do you actually make frequent use of? David Heinemeier Hansson says that the only third party apps he actually uses on a regular basis are Echofon and Bloomberg."</em></p><p><img height="319" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1303417243.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;" width="500" /></p><p>For me, I have several on my iPhone that I use on a regular basis. Obviously the Apple ones for Messaging, eMail, Calendar, Phone and Camera are the major ones, but a couple more that I use regularly are Shazam, Starbucks Mobile Card, Chase, Wells Fargo, Pageonce and 1Password. After that, they pretty much decline in use and I have them stacked away in folders on back pages on my iPhone. I deleted most of the less used apps at one point, but every now and then I find some of them useful so folders was the way to go for me. On my home screen, I have the four major ones (Phone, Messages, Mail and Calendar) prominently displayed, and the other ones in three folders. So, what are your thoughts? What apps do you use on a regular basis? Do you go the clutter free road or do you stack em in folders on a back page in case you need them like I do?</p>

Brad Adrian
07-01-2011, 01:57 PM
Since apps are so easy to organize into folders, I've taken to the "more is more" approach and have more than 120 apps installed on my iPhone. I regularly use about a dozen and I occasionally use about 50 more. The rest are there just for funsies or because they're cool and I might use them once every couple of months. Some, like Zippo Lighter, are totally useless but fun to play with.