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Spin the Coke more fizz than fun

There are any number of purposes that iPhone apps serve. They can help you manage your life, provide breaking news and even entertain you from time to time. Then there is Spin the Coke, which is a blatant ad and waste of time. Aside from marketing, the only real purpose of the Spin the C ... Full Article »

August 21, 2009 9:35am

Simple iDork Lite a little slow for pros

This is a game for the right kind of dork. That's not me. A doodle, iDork, is trapped in a homework. You use your finger to draw lines to help him escape through a tear in the paper. Sounds simple. Not so fast. Poor iDork is prone to turning into nothing more than a bloody splat if any obstacle, s ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 4:57pm

Waterslide Extreme a fun iPhone ride

Haven't visited a water park recently? Waterslide Extreme offers a not-so-wet but really wild alternative. In lugelike action, the Waterslide Extreme's takes you through twists and turns across a cityscape. Along the way, players collect as many diamonds and other items as they can without losing c ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 4:53pm

Restaurant Nutrition more useful for finding food than calorie counting

I don't eat at Taco Bell, Wendy's or White Castle regularly so I don't use this app to track my daily eating habits. But it sure comes in handy when you have a craving for a Dairy Queen Blizzard. Restaurant Nutrition includes a map that I used to find a DQ and to locate a Panera Bread outle ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 4:15pm

Sportacular takes a gambler's view of sports

There are plenty of iPhone apps to update sports scores but not many for practicing your betting skills. Sportacular does that and more. Like any worthwhile sports app, Sportacular provides live updates of nearly every popular sporting event, including four different international soccer leagues. B ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 4:08pm

Free Word Warp lacks imagination but will spark the brain

Free Word Warp is a standard letter jumble game and is a fine app for those seeking a simple, not stressful, word game. The puzzle game app doesn’t have flashy graphics and the interface is bland. Basically you're given six letters and asked how many different words you can spell. Free W ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 4:02pm

Ragdoll Blaster prides itself on being a 'physics puzzler'

Never before has an iPhone game where the aim is to fire rag dolls from cannons captured the imagination of so many. Backflip Studios' Ragdoll Blaster is the first of its kind and you don't have to be a physics teacher to play, but it wouldn't hurt for the more difficult levels. One might not expec ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 3:55pm

Yahoo! application for news is hit and miss

When you first access the Yahoo! iPhone app, all the signs are good. The search engine’s signature plum purple color and expressive explanation point take you back to the '90's, a time when your memory-trained fingers were as likely to type Yahoo as they were to type Google. The good memories ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 3:49pm

Slip the New York Times in your pocket

It used to be that you tucked the newspaper under your arm on your way to work. With the iPhone’s New York Times app, you can slip it into your pocket. Why bother dirtying your hands when you can access “All the News That’s Fit To Print” on your sleek mobile de ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 3:45pm

Bible app commands our attention

The best-selling book of all time can now be downloaded and read for free on your iPhone. How divine. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible application displays the entire Bible in 40 different translations and 22 different languages. Offline use is active for 28 of the translations. Release ... Full Article »

August 20, 2009 2:01pm


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