How many of you are reading this right now on your iPod Touch, or your iPhone? The answer is probably a greater number than one would think. The iPod touch has been dominating eBay sales pages, web rankings, and browser searches for a long time now, and the heat has not died down. There is no forseeable end to the iPod craze, and the iPhone is still outselling smartphones by the scores. So what does that mean for you, the average iPod Touch or iPhone user? Well, it means a fuller experience with your hardware due to the massive amount of software becoming available for your iPod and iPhone.

The categories are as endless as the people using their latest generation model from Apple. Whether you are the business person who is looking for the latest productivity software, the High School student who wants to email your friends from class (thanks to the Wireless Network at your school), or the guy sitting at Starbucks, challenging his friends to Bejewelled, you are likely an iPod (and iPod Touch Software addict)!

So how do you sift the quality software made by reputable companies from the trash out there! There are a hundred books on how to program software for your iPod Touch or iPhone, so anyone is making cheap (or malicious) software for your iPod, and you want to get the best out there, and stay away from the risky stuff.

Well, take my advice on the top software and games for your iPod whether 1st, 2nd, or 3rd generation, and you will not have many issues with your new toy... I mean... productivity machine!

Don't worry, I promise I will get to iPod Touch Games in a few, short paragraphs! (If you are getting antsy, don't be embarrassed to skip forward).

Microsoft Office:
I just want to be able to view that proposal in Power Point, grab the embeded Excel document from my desktop over wi-fi, and write my presenter's notes in Microsoft Word. Can I do all of that with my mp3 player? Well, now you can! There are several software packages out there that will allow you to read, edit, share, and retrieve files from any number of places on the net.
Quick Office Mobile Suite seems the best way to do all of this, and even email the resulting file to myself for later usage!

iPod Touch as a Planner:
You can actually do this for free. Since I use Google for everything these days, I am fond of using Google calendar, and so have discovered Nuevasync which allows me to sync my iPod Touch or iPhone with Google. Heck, it even syncs your Gmail, RSS feeds, and mosf of Google's offerings!

Now here is what we all have been waiting for! The iPod Touch and iPhone games available. Well, besides the old standbys of Mahjong, Sudoku, Minesweeper, and Tetris, there are modern and complex games coming out every day.

Bejeweled, an Internet sensation, has become the game of choice for many iPod and iPhone users. The mind-numbingly obsessive click and dragging becomes a physical addiction as your fingers beg for more action.

If you need a more familiar game, Worms has its own iPod version, there are First Persion Shooters online, and available for free, and there is even a version of Metal Gear out there, and pretty popular!  There are free games, and games you pay for, solitaire games, and online games you can compete or cooperate on.  Make sure you buy your software directly from Apple's iTunes site, and you should be pretty safe as far as malicious software goes, and you can also find firmware upgrades there as well, too.