Virtual Villagers: A New Home

A phenomenally popular casual game, Virtual Villagers was originally released in 2006 by Last Day of Work to wild acclaim and an incredibly enthusiastic fan base. It now has a handful of sequels, and the iPhone app, released by Big Fish Games, tries to... 

Choice of the Dragon

Anybody else remember those old Choose Your Own Adventure books? I used to love those as a kid, spending hours agonizing over what path will lead to the “best” ending. Sometimes I just met a lot of gruesome ends, but that was still pretty awesome.... 

1000: Find ‘Em All

Pikachu, I choose y–oh, wait. Sorry, wrong game, but you can’t really blame me for the mistake. Unlike Pokemon, 1000: Find ‘Em All is entirely an exploring and collecting game (sorry, fighting fans!). Instead of pets, you go through... 

Open Cellar

Open Cellar is a virtual Wine Cellar app by Matthieu DUCROCQ that has everything the wine connoisseur would need to keep track of their wine collection. You can keep track of your wines in both “workbook” (list) and “graphical”... 

iAssociate

In a lot of ways, iAssociate feels like MadLibs for smart people. Instead of filling in the blanks for non sequitur hilarity, you fill in the blanks to make intelligent, logical associations, unlocking more of as you go. It’s an extraordinarily... 

iDerby

iDerby has got to be the sharpest, most elegant, thoroughbred horse racing iPhone gaming app. The colors, the sounds, the choices and did I mention you can play/race with people all over the world For just $1.99. This is the future people and it looks... 

iD Generator

Platform’s 76’s iD Generator lets you pretend to be someone else for a little while (on a badge). It’s something I imagine Barney Stinson in “How I Met Your Mother” might use. Flash the badge as an introduction to get an... 

Math Blazer

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say this game could be addicting, in a good way. It’s like Scrabble, but with numbers. If you or someone you know is struggling to learn math or just simply not enjoying the process at all, then may I present... 

Verizon iPhone arriving in September, says WSJ

If the stars align and the rumors are true, Verizon Wireless should air pro-Apple adverts come this Christmas because a special-run iPhone catering for the Verizon network is being designed as we speak. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is... 

Japan may end SIM carrier lock amongst wireless carriers

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could just go into a shop, buy any phone you wanted, and then plug your existing cell phone SIM card into it to get it to work? Imagine the possibilities: you’d be able to buy the hottest phone whenever you... 

Sharp unveils IS01 Snapdragon MID

Before the sudden surge of touchscreen devices like the iPod Touch, mobile internet devices uniformly came in hopeless, five-inch form factors that aped the conventional design of laptops, but with both keys and displays far too small to ever be usable... 

SIMPants: the world’s first, electronic, texting pair of

Some of the greatest inventions have been convergence devices. Just take one gadget that does one thing and slap it together with another: heck, that’s basically the iPhone, a combination mobile phone, gaming handheld and mobile internet device.... 

Google to sort out Android platform fragmentation by Ginge

Although Google’s Android OS is finding its way on to new smartphones at a staggering pace, the platform is not without its problems. Google has been working at break neck speed to get Android up to fully-functional, feature-rich status, and in... 

The iPhone HD: High-res display, multitasking, videoconfer

The famed Apple pundit John Gruber has shared a few details regarding the fourth-generation iPhone that’s expected around the summer. The outspoken blogger didn’t spare words criticizing the Wall Street Journal report from yesterday. Watchful... 

The iPhone’s sexy stainless steel bezel? Patented!

Remarkably, Apple has managed to patent even the iPhone’s trademark stainless steel bezel. The patent, filed on July 10, 2008, was granted Tuesday morning by the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Apple fans can breath a collective sigh...