The iPhone has a terrific range of features but to get the most from it you will have to  download various bits and pieces of content. There are loads of options including wallpapers, ringtones, music files, video files, applications and games. There are loads of places to find content for your iPhone and while many have an associated cost you can get a lot of downloads for free.

The first port of call for any iPhone user is the iTunes store. You’ll find an absolute wealth of content including the latest music, both albums and individual tracks. You will also find music videos, episodes of your favourite television shows and films. There are also audio books, podcasts and games on offer. The App Store includes over 35,000 choices and in addition to more games you can find applications for all sorts of purposes from learning new languages to finding recipes or even personal fitness.

There are charts in the iTunes store to show you what the most popular downloads are and you can search by category. The majority of the content costs money but there are some free options in there as well. It is an essential piece of software for any iPhone user and making purchases or selecting free downloads is a quick and easy process.

If you want to find great iPhone downloads you don’t have to rely on the iTunes store. There are some alternatives and a great website for helping you find new and interesting content to download is iPhone Gizmo. The site is divided into categories so you can easily skip to articles about the kind of content you want. One of their most recent posts shows you how to get some free music tracks by signing up for free trials of music websites. By downloading the maximum allowance and cancelling your membership before the fees kick in you can get loads of the latest songs for absolutely nothing.

If you want to find a trustworthy website which provides direct downloads of all sorts of useful bits and pieces for your iPhone then check out Cnet. That link will take you to several pages of iPhone downloads including things like Google Earth and Facebook as well as apps that allow you to make your own ringtones and lots more. Some of the options are reviewed and rated so you can see at a glance what the best downloads are.

Another good site which has a handful of useful downloads for your iPhone and some reviews is Cool Gorilla. Their best downloads are the travel guides and the talking phrasebooks which can prove incredibly useful for travellers.

At the end of 2008 Apple released lots of interesting charts which showed what the most popular downloads for the iPhone had been over the year. You can see the charts for different categories at Mobile Crunch and it makes for interesting reading. You can see the top downloads for paid and free options overall and broken down into categories for games, entertainment, utilities, social networking and music.

If you are still looking for ideas and you fancy some photo or video related iPhone downloads then you should check out the article at Brainz. It gives a run down of 20 excellent apps for mucking about with photo and video content on your iPhone.

As you can see when it comes to downloads there are literally thousands of options out there. Apple recently announced that there have been over 1 billion apps downloaded from their App Store.