Or, more specifically, my trusty old Razor did when it fell into a rainwater-filled planter at Home Depot. After two years of decent service culminating in a clumsy and sudden death, my phone came back to me a few days later in the form of an iPhone. Yes, the phone so fancy, it precedes itself with the most predominant pronoun out there.

As the AT&T service rep described all the features, pretty colors, and heat-sensitive nature of the phone, I mean iPhone, all I kept thinking was "This is an actual phone, right? I can call and text people, correct?" Sure enough, it handles calls and texts just fine. It can also:

• Tell me the weather in the cities of all my relatives, friends, colleagues, and frenemies
• Calculate tips, discounts, and fantastical (albeit mostly mythical) royalty checks and bonuses
• Remind me of events and nag me about deadlines
• Take pictures of my pony, er giant Akita-Husky who was such a cute little fuzzball just a year ago
• Show me maps to everywhere - including my own location, presumably so my keys can find me when I misplace myself

And obviously, it does quite a bit more. But you probably know all this seeing as I am admittedly a little behind the icurve.

But one massive universe I have yet to venture into beyond the periphery is the world of apps. Currently, the number of approved apps is approximately 25,000 with over a billion downloads and counting (well, I'm not personally counting; that'd just be silly).

I did scan the Top 25 lists on my iPhone and the Top 10 lists online (there's even an Education category) since those lists are easy to access and digest, but that's about it. Oh, and some friends downloaded the free iShoot Lite app so we could missile each other while we waited for our dinner order to be up (that was nice). But really, I'm appalled to find that I'm apparently feeling a bit apathetic when it comes to downloading apps. This is where my appeal to you comes in - you must have some favorite apps that you appreciate. I know they're out there - what are they?

All suggestions are applicable and will receive appropriate mental applause. (Is it just me, or do you too suddenly have an appetite for an apple?)

UPDATE: Pandora Radio for the win! After receiving a whole lot of online and offline recommendations for apps, everyone (and I really do mean everyone) included Pandora in their list of must-haves. In addition, Wired magazine reports that, after almost a decade, Pandora predicts its first profit ever in 2010. Nice to see that music still rocks our world.