If you frequently search for product information, user reviews and price comparisons over the Internet in order to get the best deal, SnapTell Explorer from SnapTell is definitely an iPhone app you need to install on your iPhone.

You simply need to launch the iPhone app from your iPhone’s home screen and take a photo of the cover of any book, CD, DVD or video game. The application automatically identifies the item and gives you the links about the product to Amazon, YouTube, Wikipedia, eBay, Barnes & Noble, etc. The app correctly identifies just about everything ranging from Xbox games, Pocketbook O’Reilly manuals, The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom, Kurt Vonegut novels, to a number of more obscure books. You can get all the product information along with the product review at one place. The app also looks up the price of the item and shows you the lowest price. You can just click on the link to purchase the item online.

The recent upgrade of SnapTell Explorer adds support for local price search. Users can now view the availability and price of the product at local stores by making use of iPhone’s location service. You can also get directions to local store or call the store directly. This feature is a great addon to this amazing application.

SnapTell Explorer uses its proprietary image matching technology to recognize a product image from the company’s 5 million+ product database in only a few seconds. This handy application recognizes different product covers, including book cover, camera manual, CD and DVD accurately even in low/bad light condition.

As of now, SnapTell Explorer only supports the search of book, CD, DVD or video game. The application would be more useful if SnapTell expands the scope of product search from just books, CD, DVD or video games.

Free money management web based service Mint.com has released their own mobile application for Apple iPhone users. The application enables users to monitor and track bank accounts from their handsets.

Similar to its online site, Mint’s iPhone app allows users to view balances, monitor budgets and check their net worth in real-time. In the event that an iPhone is lost or stolen, Mint.com has a feature which disables mobile access to the online account. 

– Your finances while traveling.
– Status on spending versus personalized budgets, and cash flow.
– Your investment performance, distributions and dividends.
–Alerts on bills due, unusually large expenses and deposits.

But because of the sensitive nature of the information, Mint recommends that users password-protect their mobile units. The service is now the top finance offering in the App Store, the company reports.

With the iPhone app, Mint delivers the same simple yet powerful experience you get from their web service — right to your cellphone. During this busy, festive season discover the comfort and joy of having access to your financial information anywhere, anytime.

Most of us switch to laptops whenever we want to resend large files or check the delivery status of files sent to clients. A website called FileChute from Yellowmug.com makes sending files easy. It helps you to effortlessly upload and send large sized files.

FileChute is powerful because it can send all types of files that usually do not fit in an email like movie files, astronomical size image files etc. Using Filechute, you simply need to drag the file (large or small) to a target on the application and it will upload that file. You can specify if you want to compress the file and provide a short URL. FileChute then automatically creates an email with the URL ready to be sent. The recipient has to click on the URL to download the file, or see it displayed in a browser, depending on the type of file you have sent.

Recently, Yellow Mug added an iPhone version of the application which has made life really simple for iPhone users.

FileChute for iPhone is a companion app to FileChute. It runs on iPhone and iPod Touch with software update 2.1 or later. It lets you browse the files you have sent and resend them right from your cell phone. You can create and choose from multiple accounts, just like you can with FileChute on your Mac. For instance, now you can keep your favorite home movies in your “Friends” account and send that video clip to anyone from anywhere.

There are myriad ways to transfer files, but this application stands out because it makes it so easy. It also saves on time as now you can forward download links via your iPhone rather than emailing a link when you get back to the office.

This app is available for Free. All you need to do is download this app from AppStore

Apple has improved its Google Maps version by introducing many welcome additions. Maps on iPhone 3G combines GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell tower location technology with the Multi-Touch interface to create the best mobile map application ever. Now, you can find your location, get directions, and see traffic — all from your cell phone.

Google Maps on iPhone lets you switch between views of map data, satellite images, hybrid view, or street view. Multi-Touch including Tap to zoom, pan, and change your view on the move makes all the difference.

The most helpful and eye-catching feature of Google Maps is Street Views which Apple has seamlessly implemented into the iPhone. If you’re traveling to a location for the first time, it allows you to see a street-level image of the address or neighborhood you are looking for. You can pan around, go up and down and move forward by just pressing the onscreen arrow laid in your path.

In the past, you just got driving directions on your iPhone, but we all know that driving isn’t always the best way to get from location A to location B. With Google Transit in your iPhone, you can even plot the fastest course by foot.

The most interesting addition here is the transit routes, which gives you the ability to locate the nearest bus or subway line. Maps will tell you when the next bus or metro is leaving, when it is expected to arrive at your destination and also the cost. Now, you can switch between driving, walking, and public transportation with a single tap on your iPhone.

Google Maps has schedules for public transportation systems in more than 100 cities across the world. You can now avail this information on your iPhone. As more transportation agencies share their schedule information, their routes will be available on the iPhone the instant they appear in Google Maps on the web.

You can also email information about a location to your friends in the latest version of Google Maps for iPhone. Simply drop a pin to mark your location, bookmark it, or share it with others via email. This can be a boon when you are planning a get-together with your friends’.