I’m a fan of Rotten Tomatoes, the popular movie review site, which is where Boctor’s Hot Popcorn derives its movie reviews. That’s one of the first places I check before heading out to see a movie. Now, all I have to do is reach into my pocket and pull out my iPhone (or iPod touch). (…)

It’s always fun to get mail. Whether it’s regular old snail mail or a digital notecard, it’s nice to know that someone is “Thinking of You.” HiCard Suite is the best app I’ve seen to send electronic greetings. Not only are the e-cards beautiful, but they are so simple. (…)

The folks that created cartoonizeme for adding comic faces, props and frames to photos have another entertaining app called Wanted that turns your iPhone pics into sepia-toned wanted posters. You can customize the name, reward amount, and add western-style props to any photo in your library. Nothing good in your library? You can also choose to take a new photo and start with that instead.

I thought Gotham Waves Games’ iLava, Virtual Lava Lamp, would be a groovy kind of the thing. You know, something that you and your frat-boy friends would gawk at and say “Gee whiz!” or something like that.
Alas, what you see is what you get: A simulation, and not a very good one, of a lava lamp. (…)

The new Snowdome app from Yotta Digital is quite easily the most beautiful snow globe app available. Snowdome’s “motion-sensitive 3D movement” sets it apart from the others. The graphics are elegant with stunning photography capturing 6 different scenes.
I didn’t really expect to be mesmerized by a digital snow globe. (…)

Spawn Illuminati by Elements of Design is an iPhone and iPod touch beauty. Even though Spawn Illuminati serves no other purpose than entertainment it still creates some rich effects that can be controlled and altered with your fingers.
iPhone and iPod touch apps don’t get much simpler than this. No menus, no options, no bells and no whistles. (…)

If you want to have some fun with your pictures, Cartoonizeme by Portegno Apps will let you add cartoon enhanced features to your personal photos. With Cartoonizeme, now you can make your friends and family look as silly as you want with anything from hats and wigs to googly eyes and crazy smiles.

If you’re a regular concert, theater, sports or other big-event goer, you’ll like Tiggets, at least at first glance. This app, from FurrySoft, gives you access to millions of tickets in venues in the U.S. and in many other countries. (…)