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  • Heads Up: THTouch by Pit Garbe

    Today we got a tip-off from independent developer Pit Garbe. He was looking for exposure of his new application released onto the store last Monday. It’s a card game, more specifically, Poker. THTouch.
    I’ll let Pit himself explain the game to you … (more…)

  • Ngmoco Debuts on the Store: Maze Finger & Topple

    Ngmoco have been in the news a lot lately, but they first hit it big for being one of the first companies to, aim development at Apple’s touch platform, and secondly, secure funding from the $100.000.000 iFund.

    The VC-funded Silicon Valley start-up ngmoco have this morning debuted two of their three killer apps onto the App Store. Committed to making iPod touch and iPhone the leading platforms they were created to be, and focusing on bringing innovation into the world of touch, ngmoco are certainly an App Store presence to watch.

    After the jump I get into what these two new titles offer,
    and why you’ll be falling over yourself to get their third … (more…)

  • [Sept/Oct] – Recent App Round-Up

    With the recent removal of the ‘All iPhone Applications’ and ‘Most Recent’ search features on the App Store, it can now be quite a task to find recent, decent applications. This was precisely one of the reasons for Arnold Kim launching App Shopper a few weeks back.

    However, I’d like to take a few minutes to look at some applications which have caught my eye, and that I think you may just have missed … (more…)

  • Hot Pick: FlipSide5’s Touch Hockey – [Updated]

    Ever since the App Store launched, we’ve seen many developers attempt to design ‘the’ retro table hockey title for the touch platform. Many have tried, some have even (in my opinion) failed.

    FlipSide5’s Touch hockey is one of the better titles.
    Hit up that jump for more information on this pretty hot game … (more…)

  • The Aftermath: Spotlight Turns to Notebooks

    After the overall disappoint of Let’s Rock, Apple again took to the stage yesterday announcing pretty much everything which had been rumored previous, but was it really enough to satisfy the market?

    I’ll first get down to what was initially announced, and then get into what I personally liked and disliked about the products announced. Then, later on today, Chris will also update this post with his opinion on yesterdays events … (more…)

  • Blog Changes [15th Oct]

    Hey guys, just a quick one – We’d like to point out a few new blog changes we recently implemented which we think are going to enhance the blog for the better. Hit the jump to fit out what we’ve added and why … (more…)

  • Rapid Review: Plasma, An Addictive Shooter. – [Updated]

    Applications priced at 59p can sometimes be hit and miss. I have to admit by first looking at Plasma’s sample screenshots on the App Store, my first reaction was “here we go again … low quality graphics coupled with terrible sound effects” How wrong I was. (more…)