Best Money Management Tools For The IPhone
August 28, 2010 by icoolphone
Filed under Iphone Software
The popularity of the iPhone far exceeded everyone’s expectations, and continues to be the highest selling phone many years after its launch. One of the main reasons why the phone has succeeded so well is that it allows for almost unlimited uses and can be customised for individual needs. Budgeting is among the most useful [...]
Apple IPod Touch Game Reviews: Foodle
September 25, 2009 by icoolphone
Filed under Iphone Entertainment
With the iTunes App Store being a few months over a year old now, it’s nice to see apps marking their first year anniversary. One that is commemorating its 1-year with a sale is the list manager Foodle.
Created by Anything Honest, Foodle sets out to be the best iPhone list manager out there. [...]
Apple IPod Touch Applications Reviews: IBlast Moki
September 25, 2009 by icoolphone
Filed under Iphone Software
Last night Godzilab released their much anticipated iPhone physics title iBlast Moki. We previewed the title in early July and fell in love with the graphics and gameplay. Since then we have been eagerly awaiting the official release into the App Store. Not since the release of the original Rolando have we been [...]
Apple IPod App Reviews: Alchemize
September 25, 2009 by icoolphone
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Perhaps you’re familiar with the age-old dream of turning lead into gold or Alchemizing. Based on this premise, a mysterious new puzzle game has entered the App Store ranks. Alchemize by Schiau Studios aims to turn the Match-3 gaming experience into gold by way of impressive visuals, unique gameplay, musical depth, and an intriguing [...]
Apple IPod Touch Applications Reviews: The Dot
September 25, 2009 by icoolphone
Filed under Iphone Entertainment
Today ustwo has released their latest iPhone title into the App Store. Following the same pattern of fashionable style seen with Steppin’ and MouthOff, .™ brings a whole level of simplistic curiosity to the table. What was the title you say? .™, yes, .™
The story behind .™ is perhaps as interesting as the [...]
Apple IPod App Reviews: GPush
September 25, 2009 by icoolphone
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Owning an iPhone can bring a lot of joy to one’s life. But for some, it’s not all sunshine. We’ve heard complaints about battery life since the onset. But for Gmail users, another shortcoming seems to plague them – the lack of push support for Gmail. With GPush, Tiverias Apps plans to fix [...]
Apple IPhone App Reviews: Laser Puzzle Game
September 17, 2009 by icoolphone
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Laser Puzzle Game, a new offering from Sven Schramm, is available in the app store. Despite its sometimes head-scratching puzzles, this game disappointingly offers little in the way of polish or quality.
Laser Puzzle Game cuts right to the point. There is no music. There are no instructions. There isn’t even a loading screen or main [...]
IPod Software Reviews: Fling!
September 9, 2009 by icoolphone
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Fling!, a terrific new logic puzzle from CandyCane, is available now in the app store. Playing like a Royal Rumble-style, last-man-standing match with colorful furballs, this deceptively simple game is sure both to frustrate and delight.
The player is presented with a grid containing multi-colored furball characters in a small number of the squares. You eliminate [...]
IPod Touch Software Reviews: Guitar Rock Tour 2
September 4, 2009 by icoolphone
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Guitar Rock Tour 2, Gameloft’s follow-up to the successful Guitar Rock Tour, as been released in the app store. Boasting more stages, characters, and songs, this “tap tap”-style title brings the rock and then some.
Do you just wanna rock? Well, if you just can’t wait, jump into Quick Play mode and you’ll be shredding in [...]
Apple IPod Game Reviews: FluxTunes
September 4, 2009 by icoolphone
Filed under Iphone Software
Click-wheel iPods. Sure they’re not the latest and fashion statement. Nor do they hold the same “I’m Tech Savvy” clout as the iPhone or iPod touch. But for music-loving multitaskers they do have one strong advantage over their touch screen brethren: the ability to change songs effortlessly without looking at the screen. [...]
Apple IPhone Software Reviews: Music Quiz Frenzy
September 1, 2009 by icoolphone
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Ever since we turned in (actually eBay’ed) our iPod Classic, we’ve been yearning for a little trivia time ala the iQuiz game available on our old click-wheeled friend. If you’re not familiar with the iQuiz title, it’s a game that scours your iPod music library and presents a wonderful trivia experience based on your [...]
Apple IPod Touch Applications Reviews: 10 Pin Shuffle
August 30, 2009 by icoolphone
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10 Pin Shuffle, a highly addictive sports-based iPhone app featuring both shuffleboard and bowling, has been released by Digital Smoke and was recently updated with wi-fi multiplayer support. With its beautiful 3D environments, highly accurate physics engine, and addictive gameplay, 10 Pin Shuffle is one of the best deals available in the app store.
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IPod Touch Applications Reviews: Lifeboat
August 29, 2009 by icoolphone
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Lifeboat, a new action game from Fuel Games, has been released into the app store.
Captain Rickety’s boat, the S.S. Anchor, isn’t quite up to code when it comes to battling the elements. Eventually, his ship’s going down and we need to get as many people off of the boat as possible before that very last [...]
IPod Touch Applications Reviews: DropSum
August 27, 2009 by icoolphone
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DropSum, a relatively new number puzzler from The Game Creators, has hit the app store. Playing like a cross between Drop7 and DownToZero, DropSum offers a game of simple addition in an appealing, addictive wrapper.
DropSum presents the player with a 7 x 7 grid into which you must drop numbered balls. The object is to [...]
Apple IPod Touch App Reviews: Lunarcy
August 27, 2009 by icoolphone
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Lunarcy, the self-described “arcade type, puzzle orbit simulation game,” has been released by The FABRIK in the app store. Though it sounds like a mouthful used to describe a complicated game, Lunarcy is actually a simple, yet challenging, offering.
The goal in Lunarcy is to use your spaceship to dock with the space station for refueling, [...]
Apple IPod Game Reviews: Circuit Strike.One
August 25, 2009 by icoolphone
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If you’re an iPhone owner, you’re used to graphics looking clean and polished. Eye candy is old hat to you. However, with the rise of the iTunes App Store, the OS is open to developers lacking, shall we say, UI design prowess. If you’ve found yourself wincing at many an app you’ve downloaded, [...]
Apple IPod Applications Reviews: Block Drop
August 25, 2009 by icoolphone
Filed under Iphone Videos
Block Drop, a beautiful and addictive new strategic puzzler created by Dan Russell-Pinson, is now available in the app store. With randomly-generated level structures and musical compositions, you’re sure to enjoy an experience than can never be duplicated.
Block Drop has a simple premise: remove all of the blocks on each level until only the block [...]
Apple IPod Touch Applications Reviews: Spider The Secret Of Bryce Manor
August 25, 2009 by icoolphone
Filed under Iphone Entertainment
Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, one of the most inventive and unique games that we’ve come across for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has been released by Tiger Style in the app store. Creating a ton of buzz and receiving rave reviews (at one point, iTunes showed 102 5-star reviews and nothing below a [...]
Apple IPod Applications Reviews: Cartoon Wars
August 25, 2009 by icoolphone
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Do you like comics, strategy, and action? If so, Cartoon Wars – a castle-defense title by Blue – is not a game you’d want to miss! The objective is to push through an onslaught of enemies, reach their castle, and destroy it. In a genre that seems to be reaching its watershed point, it is [...]
IPod App Reviews: Str8ts
August 25, 2009 by icoolphone
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Str8ts, a stellar new Sudoku-style puzzle game from Syndicated Puzzles, is available in the app store. A cross between a Sudoku puzzle and a crossword puzzle, Str8ts is sure to give Sudoku fans something to get excited about all over again.
The Str8ts board is a 9 x 9 grid full of mostly white squares with [...]
IPhone Applications Reviews: Numbrix
August 19, 2009 by icoolphone
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Numbrix, an addictive new puzzle game created by Marilyn vos Savant and developed by Threemagination, Inc., is now available through the app store. Featured in PARADE magazine in Sunday newspapers across the country, Numbrix has followed the success of other popular newspaper puzzle games, such as Sudoku, from print to the iDevice.
On its face, Numbrix [...]
IPod Touch Game Reviews: Puzzlings
August 19, 2009 by icoolphone
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The Match-3 genre simply fits the iPhone OS like a glove. Perhaps that’s why the App Store is littered with games in this category. Most don’t bring anything new to the table and aren’t even worth mentioning. Yet, a new introduction has caught AppSmile’s eye.
Puzzlings is a full featured match-3 title with a twist. And [...]
IPod Touch App Reviews: Dirt Moto Racing
August 19, 2009 by icoolphone
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Dirt Moto Racing, an action-packed ATV racer released by Resolution Interactive, recently roared into the app store. A terrific follow-up to Aqua Moto Racing, their previously-released, jet-ski-infused racing title, Dirt Moto Racing takes the torch and powerslides its way into our adrenaline-fueled hearts.
Dirt Moto Racing features both Career and Single Event mode across 3 levels [...]
Apple IPod Touch Game Reviews: 4×4 Jam
August 19, 2009 by icoolphone
Filed under Win Iphone Free
4X4 Jam, an off-road, all-terrain, 4X4 racing game from Invictus, serves up an enjoyable driving experience, whether you choose to outlast your opponents in a checkpoint challenge or outrace them in a “closed” track setting. Of course, the most enjoyable aspect of 4X4 Jam is the ability to roam freely throughout the gaming environment, getting [...]
IPod Touch Software Reviews: Robot Master
August 19, 2009 by icoolphone
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Reiner Knizia’s Robot Master, a highly addictive, number-based puzzler from Conlan Rios, was recently featured in the What’s Hot section of the app store.
Robot Master presents the player with a 5 x 5 grid upon which colorful, numbered cards must be placed. The value of the cards will be totaled in both rows and columns, [...]
