A few days ago I found one of my new favourite iPhone apps – Stanza.

My typically journey time each day is around 2/2.5 hours and I generally spend the time reading books but sometimes they are thousands of pages and can be a bit of a pain to carry around.. I looked at the Kindle and whilst it looked pretty good, it’s yet another item to carry around with me on a daily basis and is the kind of gadget I’d buy and use a few times before it ends up in gadget heaven, aka, my bedside cabinet with the Archos, PSP and DSi.

A quick google search revealed a free ebook app for my iPhone, Stanza.  Once downloaded it gives you the chance to download books from either some free stores or buy them and download straight to your phone from other ebook stores…. this is all well and good but the best bit for me is the Desktop application (also free) that allows you to convert any existing ebook that you have and Sync it via Wifi straight onto your phone.. Within minutes I had the Terry Goodkind novel that I am currently reading transferred onto the phone and into my pocket, probably saving me from developing arthritis later in life.

I also got a free Google reader app recently that lets you tweet / share stories quickly and easily aswell as bringing a few other useful features that make it easier to use than the typical webapp, so another one to try if you’re a news junkie and have plenty of time to spare on public transport.