Articles and Reviews by Andrew Portela



iFish - Fishing On Your iPhone

Fishing has a way for humans to get food for thousands of years. It wasn't developed into sport until more recently and now there are professional competitions of fishing. iFish is a very simple game and easy to get the hang of, but unfortunately because of that it gets boring fairly quickly.  Fishing is a great [...]


Andrew Portela rated this app 3.0/5 | Category:


Sudoku Guru Leads the Way Toward Number Nirvana

The modern game of sudoku was developed in the end of the 1970's and garnered a large following in Japan during the 80's where it got it's name Sudoku, meaning single number.  Sudoku became popular world wide somewhere in 2005.  The game of Sudoku is a number puzzle that, in order to solve, must have [...]


Andrew Portela rated this app 4.5/5 | Category:


THTouch Texas Hold'em Poker Application

Texas Hold'em poker has been an extremely popular version of poker.  Recently it became the most played game of poker and often involves professionals and amateurs playing for large amounts of cash. THTouch does not involve actual gambling, but puts you up against 2-9 computer guided players with fake chips.  THTouch allows you to play [...]


Andrew Portela rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: ,


Sudoku (Free) Adds up to Good Times

Sudoku (Free) app icon

Sudoku has been a favored pastime for newpaper-gamers for a long time.  Usually right next to the crossword, it offers a game of numbers that is easier to conquer. For those of you who don't know what sudoku is, it involves 9 large boxes which has another 9 boxes inside each large box. The trick of the game [...]


Andrew Portela rated this app 4.5/5 | Category: , ,


Mobile Banking Apps Let Users Track Their Finances Securely

Bank of America - Mobile Banking app icon

On the scene for a while now, Bank of America was one of the first banks to get out an application for the iPhone.  I remember having their application when it was just a web app.  Not much has changed since it was a web app.  Actually I don’t think anything changed except for the [...]


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Jailbreaking Firmware 2.2. Is It Still Necessary?

It has recently been announced that firmware 2.2 for the iPhone has been jailbroken. For the free minds and geeks of our country this is more appealing than ever. For those of you who don’t know, jailbreaking of iPhones started with the very first firmware to come out.  Basically, what it does is unlock the [...]


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