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When doing a firmware update, make sure you let it sit there undisturbed. Even if you think it's finished, wait a few extra minutes to make sure because it might just be rebooting to complete the installation. I don't think that was my issue cuz I've been doing updates for 2 years, but it's possible because I was in a rush at the time. So it could've been that.

What are some favorite apps people have downloaded? Most of mine were free apps, but I did try the "I Zoom" for $1.99 to zoom with the camera. I'm not impressed.

I love the ESPN app, Weather Channel, DirecTv, Barnes & Noble, etc. I also have some that are games like euchre, chess, slots, and some "words of the day" and learning foreign langugage.

Like I have said before, the iPhone 3 G S is one helluva product.

These are all the ones I have at the moment. I've indicated those I think cost me a buck or three:

APPS

All Things Digital - Tech news
Amazon Mobile
AOL Radio
Baseball
Card Shark Solitaire premium [$]
Chirp! Bird Songs USA [$]
Cowbell Plus
Drums Challenge [$]
Emergency Radio [$] - pretty neat
Epocrates [$?] - medical app for Rx drugs
F-MyLife - Pretty funny
Facebook
Flashlight
GigBabyFree! - 4-track recorder that didn't work when I tried it
Google Earth
Google Mobile App
Holy Rosary Deluxe
Homes.com real estate
i.TV - TV listings
iHandy Level Free
iTrans NYC Subway [$]
Live Poker by Zynga
Loopt
Mafia Wars 20 Reward Points - lame compared to Facebook version
Mark of Mafia! FREE - been playing since January
Mediafly: Video + Audio
Movies (Flixster)
MySpace Mobile
Paper Toss [$?]
PayPal
PhoneFlicks - Neflix
Pocket Universe [$] - ID the night sky, pointing to stars - Amazing!
PocketGuitar
Puluwai Free Real Estate
Pure Sleep | AmbiScience
Real Estate Search (Blue Atlas)
Shazam - Supposed to ID songs you hear, but doesn't work often enough
ShopShop - Shopping list
SIRIUS XM Premium - Stream satellite radio; free app, but monthly fee
Skype
SportsTap
TwitterFon
USA TODAY
Virtual Zippo Lighter
vSNAX Videos
The Weather Channel
1Password
300 Bowl

WEB APPS

ESPN
Live Scores
TV Guide
eBay
iRadio
Mobile Pod
Britanica
TippyTops (tip calculator)
Guitar Tuner
Ruler
FlightView - plane flight info

Geoff, you have some cool titles that I am going to check out.

Some others that I have:

All Recipes
Big Oven - recipes

Fast Food - this tells you any restaurant, food, coffee house, drink based upon your GPS location. Took this on vacation and it was very valuable.

Drum Kit Lite
True Drums
Touch Chords

Mixology - mix any drink
Drinks Free
NY Times
Wall Street Journal
Amazon Kindle

I have a song that I really like. I cut it down to a 30 second clip that I'd like to use as a ringtone. I dragged it into iTunes and it's under Music. I wanted to use it as a ringtone but when I right-click on it to select that option, it says I can't use it because I didn't purchase it. Is there a way around this?

Don't know, Irish... I haven't played around with Ringtones yet. Perhaps try browsing or asking on Apple's iPhone forums

Yeah, I was on Apple's website earlier and it looks like for any song you buy, can make that into a ringtone (which I think is a crock). I'll look at the forum though. Thought it was worth a shot to see if anyone knew on here.