Here’s a neat idea: an app that links your iPhone or iPod Touch to whatever Blu-ray movie you’re watching and serves up extra content, a remote control, a soundtrack listing, and even Facebook integration so you can tell friends about the movie. Pocket BLU is that app. It’s free, it works, and it’s pretty cool–but …
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Digital-magazine publisher Zinio just released an eponymous app for the iPhone and iPod Touch (iTunes link), meaning you can now read electronic editions of Automobile, PC Magazine, Popular Science, and other pubs on the go. Very interesting timing, no? It can’t be a coincidence that the app arrives mere weeks before the iTablet, iSlate, iPad, or whatever Apple calls the …
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Hanged for iPhone is Hangman like you’ve never seen it before. Freeverse Do they give awards for “Most Inventive Re-Imagining of a Classic Paper Game”? If so, I nominate Hanged for iPhone (which should also be in the running for “Best Stop-Motion Love Story” and “Game Most Likely to Make You Pull Out Your iPhone and Tell Friends, ‘You Gotta …
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It’s the same sad story: You’re cruising along the Interstate, hungry for lunch, so you pull off at the first exit that has food–and end up at Burger King. (The horror. The horror.) Then you get back on the freeway, only to discover there’s a Panera Bread at the very next exit. And a Chik-Fil-A! Oh, wretched fate. Allstays.com’s new …
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Bar code apps are all the rage these days, and with good reason: with one quick pass of your iPhone’s camera, you can get all kinds of information about a product. Joining the ranks of RedLaser, Pic2shop, and SnapTell, the aptly named Barcode Reader helps you compare prices, which is great for those times when you’re out shopping and want …
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What’s the most you’ll pay for an iPhone/iPod Touch game?(answers) Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a cheapskate. (I even have a blog that says so.) Needless to say, when it comes to buying games for my iPhone, I tend to choose titles that are free or supercheap. In fact, my buying habits work like this: If a game …
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Shopping is supposed to be fun, dangit! But it’s invariably a hassle-filled experience, especially at this time of year. That’s why I never walk into a store without these three iPhone apps at the ready. They’re all free, and they make shopping faster, easier, and sometimes even a little less expensive. CardStar Newly updated with an improved interface and support …
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Let’s just come right out and call this the Year of Resurrected PC Games. So far in 2009 we’ve seen iPhone recreations of Civilization, Command & Conquer, Doom, Myst, and even the ancient Lemonade Stand. Earlier this month, Gameloft brought back one of my favorites: Driver. I know, I know, the game first appeared on the PlayStation, but it’s the …
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Along with Beeker and Fozzie Bear, Animal ranks among my favorite Muppets characters. So it’s great not only to see him starring in his own iPhone game, but to report that the game’s a blast. At first blush, The Muppets Animal Drummer from Disney looks like something out of Rock Band: you’ve got five drums that light up and change …
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Remember the Simpsons coin-op arcade game? It’s about to get the iPhone treatment. EA Mobile is soon to release The Simpsons Arcade, which it calls “a throwback to the actual arcade game from the early 90s.” How soon? EA swore us to secrecy for some reason, but let’s just say you won’t have long to wait. Update: The game is …
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