Apple iPhone apps: Top 10 latest free apps that your iPhone must have

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June 11, 2011 1:15 PM EDT

With more than 350000 apps and counting, the iPhone app store is really huge. It has turned into a billion-dollar industry in only a few short years, and with new apps coming up every other day, it's quite apparent that app exposure is of critical importance today.

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Here is a compiled list of 10 latest iPhone apps that can be downloaded free of cost.

Leafsnap (Free, iTunes)

Updated: May 15, 2011

Developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution, Leafsnap uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves. Thanks to this app, you can easily you identify trees by taking a picture of their leaves. The app contains beautiful high-resolution images of leaves, flowers, fruit, petiole, seeds, and bark.

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Voice Brief - Lite (Free, iTunes)

Released: May 17, 2011

If you are busy to sit down and read important news and updates, Vocie Brief - Lite will collect and read them all. With this virtual assistant app, you can listen to your schedule, news, Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, stocks and more while you drive, eat, shave...whatever. The quality of voice is also of high quality.

Yahoo! Messenger (Free, iTunes)

Updated: May 18, 2011

The new Yahoo! Messenger app lets you do free video and voice calls, send free text messages to your friends whether they are on the iPad, mobile or PC. You can also share photos and videos with your Messenger contacts in real-time. This new IM app has been optimized for the iPad as well.

Trover (Free, iTunes)

Updated: Jun 03, 2011

Trover is a great local discovery app that lets you share discoveries with friends and fellow explorers in a fun, visual way. You can discover remarkable places and things nearby and post your discoveries by snapping a photo. Anyone can browse discoveries in Trover. Adding content to Trover requires Facebook log-in. Users can invite friends via Twitter also.

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