Every week, we point you in the direction of some of the App Store’s best free offerings. You’ve probably downloaded a few of the apps just to see whether or not you'd actually use them, but some apps are so incredibly useful that it’s hard to imagine why they don’t come standard on every smartphone.
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Last Friday, VentureBeat put together a list of ten apps that are good enough to be core smartphone features. It’s a list worth checking out, but if you don’t own an Android device, much of the list won’t apply to you. We’ve combed through the list to find a few iPhone-specific apps while adding a few of our own as well.
