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A few weeks ago I was wondering aloud why I hadn’t seen any type of Delicious client for the iPhone. Apparently I wasn’t the only one thinking this, because an enterprising developer seemed to be thinking the same thing. The fruits of Douglas Richardson’s labor is Bookmarks (iTunes link).

Booksmarks is a free application that allows you to browse your Delicious links. When you first open the application you’re prompted to enter in your Delicious account information. Once you enter in your account information, Bookmarks will begin to download your tag information. After a short delay, you’ll see your Delicious tags. Tapping a tag will show you your saved links with that tag. Tapping a specific link will open the link in Safari.

Booksmarks is a great download if you want to view your Delicious links without navigating the Delicious website. While Bookmarks is easy to setup and use, it’s also pretty basic right now. You can’t delete any of your links or drill down into multiple tags (e.g. PHP then Tutorials). I’d like to see the ability to drill down into multiple tags and delete capabilities. It’s also be nice if you could browse the popular links and add them to your Delicious links straight from the iPhone.

For a free app and a 1.0 release though, Bookmarks is worth your time to download if you are a Delicious user. Thanks to Douglas for releasing Bookmarks!

Disclaimer: I own a small number of Yahoo shares. Delicious is owned by Yahoo Inc.