Not too far back, I was given the opportunity to play with Midway’s Touchmaster series of games for my iPhone. A series of 5 games taken from Midway’s successful Nintendo DS title. You can get each game individually for $.99 or the whole bundle of 5 games for $3.99. The 5 titles available are:
Spellwinder – This is a word search game with a twist. Only adjacent letters can be used to create a word. Make words in any direction without using the same letter twice.
Dice King – Swap two adjacent dice to form matching combinations of three or more dice. Attempt to form the listed combinations displayed on the top portion of the screen and watch your score rise.
Prismatix – Prismatix is an easy to play hexagonal matching game. The wheel shows a color sequence. Try to eliminate gems by matching the sequence in any direction.
Combo 11 – With face cards removed from the deck makes sets of 11. As cards are eliminated, you can press the “Next” button to add available cards to the playfield. If no moves are left, you can use “Jumble” to mix up the cards.
Carpet – A new take on the card game you know and love… Solitaire. The object of the game is to move all cards to the foundations where the aces have already been dealt.
“Hey iPhone user, Come on Down!”. The long-running game show, The Price is Right, has come to the iPhone as a game. Upon opening up The Price is Right, you have the opportunity to set up a contestant. From there, you are taken through the game, playing miscellaneous price-guessing games.
While the actual meat of the game is fun, there are some huge defects. For starters, it takes quite awhile to load game and scenario. While this isn’t a huge problem, it’s annoying and not ideal for a quick game while waiting in line at the grocery store. Also, actual gameplay is slow. I hardly ever find myself playing The Price is Right when I’m out and just wanting to kill time. It is fun, for say a sunday afternoon when you’re just sitting around and relaxing – and have plenty of time.
At the time of writing this post, The Price is Right is selling for $4.99. Whether or not it’s worth it at $5 is up to you. I can say though, that it is not my absolute favorite iPhone App.
With the holiday season almost here, it can be a major chore trying to get all your shopping done. If you are also like me, you also like to check prices online before making a purchase in a retail store. If you do, then the new Amazon app for the iPhone will help you right along. I enjoy shopping at Amazon, and being able to do that with one-click on my iPhone is an even better experience.
The app is fairly simple and easy to use, with the most common features (search, cart, etc.) easily clickable wherever you are at. Search results provide a clear and informative result of the item you are looking at. The detailed item view gives you all the features you will find on the website such as ratings, reviewing, images, along with the ability to purchase and save to a wish list.
Speaking of wish lists, this has been the most handy feature of all, as I have placed the Christmas lists of several people on Amazon, so they are now nearly viewable in an instant. A feature exclusive to the app is the ‘Amazon Remembers’ feature. If you are out somewhere, and see something you want, just snap a pic with your phone, send it to Amazon via the app, and it will give you reminders along with products which might match what you are looking for.
Overall, this is a fantastic app, and the best part is it’s free! Download the Amazon app from iTunes.
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