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i Love Katamari

Those who have played the PS2 version of Katamari Damacy will be delighted to know that a version of the game has now been ported to the iPhone, renamed i Love Katamari. The same basic rules and storyline are preserved, as well as the original look of the game. For those not in the know, [continue reading...]

Charadium

Charadium from On5 is a lovely and addictive iPhone game that brings an online multiplayer version of Pictionary and Charades to the 21st century. Almost everyone has played this game, one time or another at a party, where you draw something on a board, and everyone has to guess the word it represents. Charadium [continue reading...]

Kerplinkus

Fans of classic puzzle games will enjoy Binary Square’s Kerplinkus. It is a wonderful addition to a category that fans remember for Tetris, Jewels, and Dr. Mario. The aim of the game is to get the highest score possible before the blocks rise to the top. Kerplinkus is unlike other games because there aren’t any [continue reading...]

Trap Master: Dragon’s Treasure

Leaders Association’s Trap Master: Dragon’s Treasure, originally named Dungeon Crawler, features an unlikely hero. Raymond Jean is a washed-up ex-army general who boozes his days away in a local tavern. Unfortunately for him, his liquor-addled brain volunteers him for a treasure hunt that’ll turn up profits greater than the wealth of the world…if [continue reading...]

Google Buzz now available on Android devices

Google Buzz, the search giant’s ill-fated Facebook-killer, is now available on Android devices as a standalone widget. Like the built-in YouTube widget, the Google Buzz widget provides quick access to the commonly used features available through the web interface on your desktop. Zak Cohen, Google’s software engineer with the mobile team, confirmed in a company blog

Blame Wintek for the iPad delay, not Apple

It appears that Apple’s touch panel supplier Wintek is to be blamed for a slight iPad delay. According to a Taiwanese semiconductor trade paper Digitimes, which relayed a Chinese-language report on Liberty Times, Wintek’s low yield rate has forced Apple to push the launch of its iPad from the original late March target announced at

The App Store is now on Facebook

Apple has launched a dedicated App Store page on Facebook late Thursday night. Interestingly, the App Store fan page is accessed via the facebook.appstore.com subdomain on the Apple-owned appstore.com domain. A short description explains that the page is meant to promote the new iPhone and iPod touch software arrivals (no mention of iPad apps): Welcome to

LinkedIn for iPhone v3.1 available

Back in December, LinkedIn launched version 3.0 of their iPhone app. Three months later and the professional social network has updated its app with the latest enhancements and performance improvements. Those improvements concentrated on improving speed and stability for users with large networks. A lot of work was also done to streamline the use of the

Pocket Piano

Pocket piano virtual piano with an excellent sound. Found under: piano , pocket , sound , music , entertaiment Download Pocket Piano Mobile friendly download

Paint pad

This application has features like setting photo for background, input text with different styles. Found under: paint , drawing , application , photos , text , tools , colors , entertaiment Download Paint pad Mobile friendly download

nLighter

Are you ready to smoke? Found under: lighter , application Download nLighter Mobile friendly download

Supermarket Helper

Supermaket Helper assists in the creation and use of shopping lists. Its operation focuses on the practice, and is based on the building of a list of articles, which can be individually marked as necessary. Found under: shopping list , supermarket , check list , articles Download Supermarket Helper Mobile friendly download

Microsoft Silverlight

Silverlight, a cross-browser, cross-platform implementation of the .NET Framework for building media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web on desktop computers, is also available for Nokia Symbian1 S60 5th Edition devices such as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini. Found under: application , silverlight , browser Download Microsoft Silverlight Mobile friendly download

Archery

Archery is a very entertaining free game for our Nokia 5800, 5530, 5230 or X6. Found under: games , archery , logic Download Archery Mobile friendly download

VIVmag concept shows why tablets and digital magazines are a natural fit

In case you didn’t notice, digital magazines are strangely absent from Apple’s iPad that seems to be all about e-books at the moment. Of course, that’s not stopping print folks – even fans – from creating e-magazine iPad concepts, as if the whole industry is trying to tell Apple something. Having seeing Bonnier’s truly remarkable

Hands-on: HTC HD2 for T-Mobile

At a T-Mobile event this week I had a chance to give HTC’s HD2 a test run. The phone has been out for some time now, in it’s expensive unlocked form, but we recently learned that it would be landing on T-Mobile. The phone has been reviewed a number of times, so check out those for

Geek.com newsletter – March 18, 2010 – Top Stories on Geek.com

In keeping with our newsletter format from March 11th, here are some of the top stories that appeared on Geek.com in the last week. March 12th – March 18th Contents 1 Geek Thoughts 2 This Week on Geek 3 Geek.com Web Picks 4 Don’t Forget About This 1 Geek Thoughts — Top Stories on Geek.com In keeping with our newsletter format from March 11th, here are some of

Palm feels the heat, sells just 408,000 smartphones in the last quarter

More devices have remained in the channel than have been put in the consumers’ hands throughout the quarter. Nevertheless, Palm sees a “strong potential” ahead for its webOS devices. Palm has posted its fiscal year 2010 third-quarter earnings Thursday and the results don’t look good. The Sunnyvale, California-based Pre maker reported a $22 million net loss

Holiday Camera

Looking for an iPhone app to spruce up your St. Patrick’s day? Holiday Camera is an app for St. Patrick’s Day, Valentine’s day & Christmas that lets you take pictures on your iPhone and turn them into holiday greeting cards using pre-built holiday themes to add flare and personalize your photos. Holiday Camera is [continue reading...]

Drunken Klaus 3D

Drunken Klaus 3D, the Carribbean Rum from ROOT9 is a physics based game for the iPhone featuring a severly intoxicated dude named Klaus who wakes up along a pier on the beach and desperately needs your help getting around. Tilt your iPhone to keep the wobbling stuttering poor fella from falling down or splattering [continue reading...]