I said that a few weeks ago: iPhone is all about the apps and I’m more convinced of that than ever.

As I was scanning the Wall Street Journal on my iPhone, I got to thinking about some of the other apps I have on this mobile device.

54 in total so far (click the image to see the larger detail). That seems an awful lot yet it also illustrates just how compelling this platform is, for developers to develop and users to use.

I don’t use all those 54 apps. In fact, many of them are ones I’ve installed to try out and haven’t used since. So they’re just cluttering up the iPhone. (Heh, how desktop PC bad habits are so easy to transfer to other platforms!)

Of those 54, though, many really stand out for their utility, their functionality and, in many cases, the sheer fun of use. The vast majority are free.

Here are my top ten favourite apps, the ones I’m currently using more than any others, in alphabetical order (I’ve marked with an asterisk * the apps that you have to pay for):

• Audioboo: Record audio up to 5 minutes in length, publish on the web. Astounding audio quality. New service features include commenting on boos and following other audiobooers (must find a better descript...

The Nambu Network (beta) is a Mac OSX Twitter client and a lot like my favorite-Tweetdeck but with a few powerful additional options. Yes, you can group your friends and display your stream in different columns just like Tweetdeck, and the user interface looks similar, but Nambu does a whole lot more. How about seeing your Twitter stream in threaded conversations for a change. Shorten URLs with tr.im (also developed by the Nambu team), send pictures through pic.im. Multi-lingual stream? No problem, Nambu can translate pretty much anything into English.

Plans are in the works to