App Reviews for iPhone and iPad Devices

Do you crave the best iPhone apps? Check out these reviews for insight before you download. Leave a comment for apps you've tried and let us know what you think!

Beating Texas Hold'Em on the iPhone


Flying cross-country twice over the past week gave me a chance to spend a little more time with the Texas Hold'Em app for the iPhone. While a great application, unfortunately the AI is very weak and easily beatable, even in the tournaments with the most expensive buyins. The key is to fold early and often. [...]

Read the app review ⇒

Posted 08.07.08 in | Similar iPhone apps: , ,

Navigating the iPhone App Store


Browsing through the iTunes App store is a very simple and intuitive process thanks to Apple’s unparalleled taste in simplicity and aesthetics. It is the latest spin-off of the wildly popular music store that also boasts movies, music videos and iPod games. Compared to other clunky online music-purchasing services, the iTunes Store was quickly the [...]

Read the app review ⇒

Posted 08.07.08 in | Similar iPhone apps: , ,

Guy Accidentally Buys $999.99 iPhone App


This is priceless. Guy "jokingly" clicks on "buy" button when looking at the $999.99 "I Am Rich" app and gets burned. The quality control on the App Store needs some serious work. Looks like they're starting to crack down on some of the more absurd apps (like this one, which has been pulled) but they [...]

Read the app review ⇒

Posted 08.07.08 in |

iPhone Gaming: Aye or Nay?


Let’s get something straight: the iPhone is not just a phone, a media player or an internet browser. Whether you like it or not, the iPhone is an extremely powerful device capable of running applications. It’s also very stable, very simple, and anyone who is willing to buy one can figure out how to use [...]

Read the app review ⇒

Posted 08.07.08 in | Similar iPhone apps: ,

"I Am Rich" iPhone Application Pulled


How unfortunate - the $999.99 iPhone app that did nothing but exhibit your taste for conspicuous consumption was pulled from the App Store. Via Blorge.

Read the app review ⇒

Posted 08.06.08 in |

Exposure: A good free flickr viewer


A lot of us use flickr to store our photos online. Bought by yahoo in 2004, this service is the "gold standard" in online photo management, and is in some ways the poster child of web 2.0. Undoutably, Yahoo will eventually release a native flickr app, but for the time being we have Exposure, a [...]

Read the app review ⇒

Posted 08.06.08 in , | Similar iPhone apps: ,