Short App Reviews And News

1Password [App Store] – A great app for storing your usernames and passwords. You can use it to login to sites and it syncs with 1Password for your Mac.

18,000 Cool Jokes [App Store] – If you like jokes, pick this app up. It’s full of every kind of joke. Great for daily laughs.

33rd DIVISION [App Store] – Draw paths for your soldiers to follow and get them across the screen without been seen by the enemy.

Aera [App Store] – Sidescrolling dogfighting game.

Air Mouse Pro [App Store] – Use your iPhone / iPod Touch as a remote over wifi to control your computer.

Angry Birds [App Store] - “Catapult” type game with the goal of using birds to knock down structures and destroy pigs.

Battle Bears [App Store] – Defend yourself against stuffed bears. Rainbows come out when you kill them.

BeejiveIM [App Store] - Top notch chat client with Push notification. Includes Aim, facebook, MSN, Google Talk, and more.

Blimp The Flying Adventures [App Store] - Use the accelerometer to fly your blimp around

Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies – A First Person Shooter with online multiplayer. The goal is to survive as long as possible against the non-stop horde of Nazi Zombies

Canabalt – Help your character escape aliens by jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Simply tapping to jump is the only control.

Car Jack Streets – Top down 2D Grand Theft Auto style game.

Castle of Magic – High Quality, fun platformer.

Chopper - Choplifter style game utilizing accelerometer controls.

Data Case – Turn your device into a wireless thumb drive to store and transfer data.

Doodle Jump - Possibly the best casual game in the app store. Accelerometer based jumping game.

DrawRace – Draw a path around the racetrack with up to 3 players and watch them race it out.

Enviro-Bear 2010 – The best one armed driving bear game.

Everest: Hidden Expedition – Well drawn picture searching game.

FaceFighter – Add your friends faces into this game and box against them. Includes wifi and bluetooth head to head fighting.

Fieldrunners – A great tower defense game with multiple maps to play on.

Fireworks Fun – Mindless tapping of fireworks to create your own show and gain points. (I real reason I added this is cause I currently hold the world record.)Fish Bling Bling – Take care and feed fish in real time and collect “bling” from them to purchase more fish.

Flight Control – Become a traffic controller and draw paths for planes to follow and land. Avoid any collisions.

Flight of the Hamsters – Launch hamsters through the air and tap the screen to give them a little lift. Collect powerups along the way to continue your flight. One of the cutest games in the App Store.

Galcon – Take over other planets in the simple to understand yet hard to master strategy game. Includes online and local multiplayer.

Gangstar: West Coast Hustle – 3D, in depth Grand Theft Auto style game.

GI Joyride – A fun accelerometer based side-scrolling driving game with the goal of not tipping over. Lots of airtime, flipping, achievements and fun to be had. Randomized levels so no two games are alike.

Gomi – A rolling platformer game with the goal of collecting junk and planting flowers.

Hero of Sparta – A hack and slash arcade style game with lots of play time.

Hippo HIgh Dive – Tilt your device back and forth to help the hippo go through the hoops and eventually land in the (way to small for a hippo) bucket of water.

HOMERUN BATTLE – Use the accelerometer to aim and tap the screen to swing in the online homerun derby.

iBlast Moki – An amazing physics based puzzle game. Get all the mokis into the target area using the items provided.

iCam (Webcam Video Streaming) – View a webcam from your home/business on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

iDracula – A very popular dual thumb shooter. Survive as long as possible while collecting powerups.

James Cameron’s Avatar – A beautiful 3D game set in the world Pandora, from the movie Avatar.

Knights Onrush – A great looking, fun, castle defense game.

Let’s Golf – A really fun, cartoony style golf game with lots of holes.

LightBike Online – Race on an open grid against 3 others while leaving a trail behind you. Don’t hit the any trails and be the last to survive. Online multiplayer too.

Line Rider iRide – Draw a mountain slope from the top left to bottom right of your screen, then zoom out and continue on. Press go and watch as a little guy on a sled rides on your drawn mountain

Midomi SoundHound – Sing, hum or whistle into this app and it will tell you the name of that song. It works great.

Minigore – A high quality, fun, dual thumb shooter. The graphics are cute and voiceovers add a lot to this game. It’s worth the money.

Monopoly – It’s the classic game for your iPhone.

MUST.EAT.BIRDS – A wacky japanese style game where you launch into the air to bounce around and eat birds. It’s odd, but fun.

N.O.V.A – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance – This game is as close as you’ll get to Halo on the iPhone. It’s a must have first person shooter.

Ocarina – Turn your iPhone into a musical instrument. Blow into the mic port and use the buttons on the screen to make music.

PAC-MAN Championship Edition – A great ramped up version of PAC-MAN

Pano – Make great looking seamless panorama photos by combining multiple images with this app

Peggle – One of the best games in the app store. Remove all the orange pegs with the limited amount a balls to continue to the next level. This is a great physics based game.

Photogene – Edit photos on your device, including levels, cropping, filters, speech bubbles and more.

Plants vs. Zombies –

Pocket God – Play God and do what you will with the pygmies that inhabit the island. Kill them in funny ways, give them food, and have all sorts of fun at the expense of the pygmies.

Puzzle Prism – Similar to Tetris but with four column in 3D.

pzizz relax – This app creates soothing music to help you relax and take a nap. It works great and the music is different each time.

Ragdoll Blaster – Fire little stick figures toward a target in this physics based puzzle game. It really is fun to play.

ReelDirector – Shoot and edit videos right on your iPhone. Works great!

RSS – RSS reader that syncs with google reader. It works very well.

Run! – A great sidescrolling reaction game. The stick figure runs and you must keep him safe by sliding under, jumping over and shooting the objects that get in his way. The game progressively gets faster. It’s a blast.

Samurai: Way of the Warrior – This is a violent top down hack ‘n slash game where you hold on the screen where you want to go and swipe across the screen in different motions to swipe your sword.

Scoops – A must have accelerometer game with the goal of catching ice cream scoops in your cone. See how high you can stack your wobbly ice cream cone! Catching vegetables will end your game.

SimplyTweet – The best Twitter app for the iPhone and iPod touch. It includes all the features you need including drafts and push notifications for mentions and DMs.

Sneezies – Tap on a Sneezy to make it explode. When other Sneezies come in contact with the explosion they explode. Try to remove them all.

Soosiz – One of the best platformers on the iPhone and iPod Touch. Fun gameplay with the way gravity shifts.

Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor – Some are calling this the best game of 2009.Learn the secret of Bryce manor while creating webs to capture bugs in this perfectly executed game. I hate spiders but I love playing this game.

Stair Dismount – Choose the amount of power and where to hit the ragdoll and then watch as you rack up points as the ragdoll tumbles down stairs. Hours can be lost at this game that will make you cringe while playing.

Star Wars: Trench Run – Star Wars fans should not hesitate to pick up this game. It includes dogfighting in space, then dodging pieces of the Death Star while running down the trench.

Stop and Go – A great time management game worth picking up. You control the stop lights and must get as many impatient drivers safely through the intersections without them crashing.

Hitchcock Storyboard Composer – Create Storyboards on your iPhone or iPod touch. A must have for filmmakers.

Streaks Motivational Calendar – Track the completion of habits or activities over time and don’t break the chain.

Sway – A unique platformer that utilizes dual thumb controls to swing your character across the levels. Very unique and fun.

Texas Hold’em – A great poker game made by Apple. It includes local wifi multiplayer.

Textropolis – Create as many words as you can from the name of the city.

Tiki Towers – Build bridges and structures with the limited number of supplies then let the monkeys go to see if they will make it across without the structures collapsing.

Toki Tori – Puzzle game with amazing graphics. Utilize the objects available to you to collect each egg.

Trivial Pursuit – Play the classic game by yourself or with friends on your iPhone. Pass ‘n Play or over local wifi.

TrueHDR – Take two pictures, one exposed to brighter objects and one to darker objects and TrueHDR will combine the detail in both photos to create one stunning looking picture.

V Is For Vortex – This is an iPhone takeoff of the game Portal. Reach the goal on each screen by shooting one portal at your destination and walking through another one you create.

What’s App – A great way to chat with friends and cut down on you texting. You can only send messages to those that have What’s App, but the app using push technology, so you don’t have to have it open to receive messages. Get this and your friends to get it and you’re all set. You can send pictures and videos as well.

Wheeler’s Tresure – A very unique platformer with the goal of getting as far as possible in or next to your giant wheel. It’s just like a scene out of the 2nd Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

Worms – Play the 2D version of Worms on your iPhone. All the great audio, weapons and more.

Zombieville USA – A 2D side-scrolling shooter. Play as a redneck and survive as long as you can while collecting money to upgrade your weapons.