Ever since they debuted two years ago, the applications available from Apple Stores, the makers of iPhones, iPads, iPods and other Apple gadgets had the world mesmerized. When the applications began to roll out, they kept people hooked. The applications were not as many back then but it was still tough to choose with all the superb features they offered. Today, they are so many more of them; they tally at about 300,000.

It is possible to do almost anything you can imagine with all the iPhone applications. You can for example, stay on the right side of the law by checking your blood alcohol level before getting behind a wheel. The games one can play are endless, and so are the movies and music one can keep continuously streaming in.

Some applications have made a name for themselves over others, however to become the best iPhone applications. The applications are divided into five categories; fun, games, productivity, video and music and utilities.

Under productivity, EverNote takes the cake. It makes a neat collection of your photos, written memos and voice messages which it then makes available from either the phone or a PC. This application will also scan posters and business cards into text that can be searched so there’s no need to key in key words or names to search. It certainly takes care of those with a less than good memorable.

Under games, the Doodle Jump has taken many hostages. It takes only a few seconds to learn to play and then, it keeps you pressing those buttons for hours on end.

In the video and music category, the award for best loved application goes to Pandora. This application works the same way as the website Pandora.com which spins a song or artist into a stream of music that never works. You can keep shuffling the play list around as you wish. Perhaps what has endeared it to so many is that it works even beyond metropolitan 3G coverage. It works in EDGE zones as well so your music never stops unless you’re in the thick of a jungle.

In the utilities category, what people mostly seek information about is the weather. That makes the Weather Channel the most commonly used application. It’s very quick to read and use with an interface that gives the current weather forecasts in durations from as short as one hour as well as 36 hour and 10 day forecasts. What’s more, one can view weather maps on Google maps and there is even a facility to zoom in and even animate the radar data.

Do you know a favorite thing people do for fun on their iPhones? They delve into the lives of celebrities. They do this with by going to Fandango. It enables them to go ahead of the queue of the ticket line without offending anyone by using the application to buy tickets ahead of the next person who doesn’t even get to the window first. One also gets information on upcoming movies and their trailers, showing times and movie theatres in their location.

There are hundreds of thousands of other applications and it will be a long time or never before one can say they have tried them all. It’s a matter of trying to find what fits your needs. Whatever they may be, there is an iPhone application to take care of it. But there is always some of the iPhone apps are the top iPhone apps.