Westbound Boarder

Though I can’t claim to own an iPhone of my own, working in the online technology space makes me want to go out and buy one just so I can play with the snazzy apps! (Sorry BlackBerry, you’re great for e-mail and TwitterBerry, but that’s about it).

Gizmodo displays a list of their ‘essential iPhone app‘ picks on the site; low and behold one of the items they picked as top 20 is a snow reports application!  From Gizmodo: “If you fait du ski/snowboard, Snow Reports will let you know when you should drop everything and head to Alpine Mountain for the weekend.”  OK, I’m sold.  Now my next task – get my company to ditch our BlackBerry Curves and replace with iPhones.  Think they’ll go for it?

More about the Snow Reports app from Gizmodo:  Released Oct. 13, 2008, “Snow Reports gives you the ability to create a personalized report of all your favorite ski resorts worldwide.”  $1.99 for the downoad.

Somewhat related, Yelp also has an iPhone app and apparently it’s pretty cool, too.  Though I’ve never used Yelp for mobile, I’m a huge fan of the Web-based version and can only imagine the mobile app would be just as great.  Next time you’re at the mountain and need a place to grab a bite after, Yelp for mobile would be a good resource to check out.

Anyone else with an iPhone have an essential app recommendation for Westbound boarders?  Shout out in the comments!