Category: I-phone

This week the anti-harassment website ihollaback.org has released an iPhone app that they hope will help encourage women to stand up and report cases of harassment in public places.

The Hollaback iPhone app does pretty much what you’d expect it to do. If you’re being harassed or are witnessing someone being harassed, you can whip out your iPhone running Hollaback, take a photo of the violator and upload it to the Hollaback servers along with location data. A follow-up email comes back to you later, where you’re asked to detail what happened. Once that’s done, the scumbag’s photo and your story are posted for all to see on the company’s website. Though the US$0.99 app is now available in the App Store, I wasn’t able to test it out because, well, I doubt I’d find volunteers to try it out on.

Allowing these incidents to be reported so quickly and easily could be a great way to help authorities nail down problem-ridden locations, but I have to wonder if whipping out a cell phone rather than running away or calling for help is the answer. Maybe you’re better off pretending to make a call. Also, why is there a price tag on this app, when it was reportedly paid for already with donations?

Hollaback: an iPhone app to combat harassment originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amazon has just backed down a bit on its newspaper publishing program for the Kindle service, and it’s possible that it happened as a result of pressure from Apple itself. Amazon has announced a new plan for newspapers and their content that would give them a full 70% royalty split, a deal very similar to the ones Apple is making with all kinds of content developers lately. Originally, Amazon had contracted various newspapers around the world to provide content to its Kindle service under a much more restrictive plan, but as we’ve reported here before, Apple is now trying to do the same thing for iPad, and that is likely giving newspaper content creators some leverage against Amazon’s original agreement.

Under the terms of the new agreement, it may even be possible for newspapers to submit their content to both Amazon and Apple, and that was previously not possible before. That means that next January (when Apple is expected to introduce a second version of the iPad), we may finally see an Apple-run way to get newspapers and even blogs on the device, perhaps through iBooks or another brand new app.

This is all speculative, at this point — right now, all we know is that Amazon has moved towards a more Apple-like deal in terms of sharing newspaper content. But it certainly seems like a deal to bring more newspapers to the iPad is coming soon.

Amazon deal could affect Apple’s publishing efforts originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to a memo acquired by The Boy Genius Report (BGR), Apple has altered its policy on treating iPods with water damage. Under the new guidelines, service personnel will be required to do two things. First, confirm that the device’s internal Liquid Contact Indicators (LCIs) had been activated. Second, the tech must positively identify secondary evidence of water damage. Previously, they were only required to confirm the LCI activation. BGR wonders if Apple has begun to mistrust the LCIs, and therefore ordered the search for secondary confirmation.

Last year, a number of users complained of damage suffered while using the iPhone during a workout. Yes, the iPhone plays music and has that spiffy Nike + app, but if you’re going to hit the gym, we suggest picking up a US$49 dollar — and significantly more liquid-resistant — iPod shuffle.

[Via iPodNN]

Apple changes policy on liquid damage to iPods originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A keyboard called WOWKeys is trying to make good use of your little touchscreen-based iPhone when it’s just sitting there charging itself up. The keyboard includes an actual iPhone dock, and with a switch on the device, you can go from controlling your computer wirelessly to using the keyboard on the phone. The US$100 USB keyboard even has a set of hotkeys that allows you to control things like song changing, volume, and even go to your iPhone’s home screen straight from the keyboard itself.

And depending on the apps you have loaded, you can of course use the iPhone to control any number of other devices, as it obviously works as usual while plugged in. My iPhone does sit next to me all day (and I will sometimes pull it up while a program is loading on my Mac to play a quick game or check Twitter), but a dock like this might help me include it in my workflow a little more officially. $100 is perhaps a bit steep, but it’s an interesting device.

[via Engadget]

WOWKeys integrates keyboard and iPhone dock originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ARDefender has been out for a couple of months but surprisingly it’s fallen under the radar of a lot of iPhone users. Combining augmented reality technology with a basic aim-and-shoot, ARDefender allows you to transform your physical desktop or office floor into a battleground. It costs just a buck and it’s a great way to both have fun and to showcase the iPhone’s [1] ability to integrate with the world around it.

To use the game, print out a special PDF template on any printer, trim to size, and place it on any flat surface. As you aim your device’s camera at the the template, tanks and planes start zooming around your virtual world. The template becomes a 3-D tower, so you don’t actually see it on the device screen.

Aim your tower’s cannons by tapping on the screen and shoot with a button in the lower-right corner of the screen. Other weapon controls and information are located at the periphery.

I have terrible coordination and have not managed to get past the third level, but most people will be able to shoot their way much higher. The fun is, of course, seeing these attackers interact with your real world environment and blasting them away before they manage to reach, for example, your coffee mug.

There’s not a whole lot more to ARDefender, but it’s fun and well worth the one dollar investment. It’s not a terribly deep game but it’s a fun one.

[1] Versions exist for the iPhone 4 (also the iPod touch 4th gen) and the Samsung Bada. Symbian S60 and Nintendo DSi iterations are forthcoming.

ARDefender augmented reality shoot-em-up hands-on originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple has officially launched the iPad in Russia today (or yesterday, if you happen to be in Russia at the moment). All six models are available from three retail chains including M.Video, Bely Veter and re:Store.

There’s quite a few strings attached to this launch, however. According to Tatar-inform, the iPad will only be on sale in five cities including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, and Kazan. Perhaps even worse for Russian Apple aficionados who hope to get their hands on an iPad is that there are only 3,000 to 4,000 iPads available in the country on launch, but Apple does plan to ship forty to fifty thousand units to Russia by the year’s end.

Prices range from 19,990 rubles (US$650) for the 16GB WiFi model to 32,990 rubles (US$1,075) for the 64GB WiFi+3G model. Those prices might seem high, but Tatar-inform says that when the iPad launched in the US in March, they almost immediately penetrated the Russian gray market and fetched prices as high as 100,000 rubles, or US$3,256, apiece.

Thanks, Vlad!

iPad launched in Russia today with very limited stock originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Zaggmate iPad keyboard case joins the fray

Zaggmate iPad keyboard case joins the fray originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Find My iPhone/iPad is one terrific benefit of MobileMe. In fact, to me, it is the best part of the service. For an Indiana man, the ability to find a missing iPad worked as it should, but too late to do much good.

Here’s the depressing story. One of our readers was moving stuff into his car with his Dad. With hands full, Dad put the iPad on the hood of the car. Then the pair drove off, leaving the iPad in the street. When our reader discovered the missing iPad he went straight to MobileMe, and the service dutifully located the iPad a few blocks away.

The police assumed the iPad was stolen, and as they searched the apartment building where the location was, the police asked the owner to send a sound to the iPad so it could be found. They did locate the iPad, and the guy who had it said he found it in the street and was going to try to find the owner the next day.

The iPad had been run over while it was in the street, and the case didn’t look too spiffy, but amazingly the iPad still worked well enough to contact MobileMe servers, but the screen was cracked and not displaying anything.

Lessons #1: don’t leave your iPad on the top of a car. It’s unlikely to stay there. Lesson #2: Find My iPhone really does work. Lesson #3: the iPad can “take a licking and keep on ticking,” as the watch commercials used to say.

Check the gallery for Find My Phone in action and the grim results.

Thanks to Jack K. for sending us his tale of woe

MobileMe finds a missing iPad but it’s not a happy ending originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Currently free for a limited time, iSWiFTER is yet another contender in a growing category of what I’d call “service” apps which allow you to play Flash content on your iOS device. While Skyfire was iPhone compatible, iSWiFTER is iPad-only. How does it work? Just barely.

This is not designed for accessing the rich universe of creamy Flash content. This is a list of 15 games or videos from around the web. Game interaction is primarily poke-based, as there’s no multi-touch or swipe behavior support. Not really, anyway, as the lag from the transcoding service makes for poor response time. Games are “mostly playable” depending on this lag. They are presented in a smaller window inside a border, likely to spare bandwidth. Still, audio can get choppy. If you absolutely must play the less than dozen games available and all you have is your iPad, then here’s your app.

Video was an even less useful experience. The app includes TED content, but there’s already an app for that. One video (a YouTube clip, no less) refused to play, and another site required scrolling. Well, if you ever remote-controlled a computer on a slow connection you may guess what happens when you “scroll” via remote — the page flies and you’re nowhere you wanted to be. Finessing the scrollbar before even getting to the video is no way to use your iPad, son. I also got a big screen of static at one point.

For free I’d say iSWiFTER may provide you with a few grins from poking around some very simplistic games. But it’s more of the same from these apps, a clunky tech demo that ultimately reminds us there’s no Flash on iOS, for better or worse.

iSWiFTER is another Flash-to-iOS app featuring video and games originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MacStories.net is reporting that one of their sources working close with AT&T revealed that Apple will release iOS 4.2 on Friday at 10AM PST for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. MacStories is also reporting that tomorrow will see the release of iTunes 10.1 and Mac OS X 10.6.5 via Software Update. Both iTunes 10.1 and Mac OS X 10.6.5 are presumed to be required for the iOS 4.2 update for its AirPlay and AirPrint functionality.

Last week the Gold Master of iOS 4.2 was released to developers and just last night a new version of Mac OS X 10.6.5 was seeded to devs. Apple had previously stated that iOS 4.2 would be released sometime this month.

iOS 4.2 to launch Friday? originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rumor has it that Apple will release iTunes 10.1 and Max OS X 10.6.5 today with iOS 4.2 coming out this coming Friday at 10:00 AM. iPad owners eagerly await this release because they will finally get iOS 4 along with several nice features.

The new functionality in iOS 4.2 includes AirPrint, which allows users to print wirelessly and AirPlay which lets you stream music and video. iTunes 10.1 is required to install iOS 4.2 on the iPad and you will need Mac OS X 10.6.5 to share a printer with your iOS device. Windows users won’t be left out as they will be able to share a printer through iTunes 10.1. Other highly anticipated features for iPad owners are multitasking and folders.

These rumors are brought to you by MacStories citing an inside source at AT&T.

Welcome to the first Android development articles on Mobile Orchard. We are going to start a series of articles to introduce you to the world of Android development. We are going to start off with the Android platform and the necessary tools to start Android development.

Android Software Stack:

This picture describes the Android software stack that can be described as a Linux Kernel and C/C++ libraries exposed through an application framework that provides services for and management of runtime and applications.

The elements of the Android software stack are:

1. Linux Kernel: provides abstraction between the hardware and the rest of the stack, responsible for device drivers (Camera , Wi Fi, etc…), resources management , power management, security and net working
2. C/C++ Libraries: such as SQL lite, Graphics libraries OpenGL ES, media framework and webkit layout engine.
3. The Android Runtime: includes Core libraries and the Dalvik Vitual Machine.
   The Core libraries provide most of java libraries + additional Android libraries.
   The Dalvik VM provides (Just In Time) JIT compilation. the VM is optimized to run multiple instances of VMs. As Java applications access the core libraries each application has its own VM
4. The Android Application Framework: Provides classes required to develop an Android application and abstraction between hardware access. the Android Java API’s main library include telephony, content providers (data), resources, locations and UI.
5. Application Layer: all Android applications(native or third party) are built on the application layer using the same API.

So Android applications are written in Java, but remember it is not Java ME (Mobile Edition). It’s just Most of J2SE libraries + Android’s own Java libraries.

The Android Application structure:

Android architecture encourages component reuse allowing you to publish and share activities, services and data between applications with security restrictions defined by you. This enables developers to include out of the box components such as the phone dialer or contact manager to their applications, or add new functionalities to them.

The bases of the Android applications are:

• Activity Manager: which controls the life cycle of the activities, activities can be compared to the windows or web forms they carry the controls (views) that construct the interface, an activity represents a single screen.
• Views: the UI components that construct the interface. They can be compared to the swing or windows forms controls
• Notification Manger: provides a consistent mechanism to notify or alert users.
• Content Providers: lets applications to share data between them.
• Resources Manager: much like the ASP.NET resources concept. Enables the developer to store resources such as strings or images.

Android Versions:

Android has been updated many times since its release, these updates were to fix bugs and add new functionalities. Each Android update has a name of a dessert.

• Android 1.5 (Cup Cake).
• Android 1.6 (Donut).
• Android 2.0/2.1 (Eclair).
• Android 2.2 (Froyo).
• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

Getting started with Android development tools:

Android applications can be developed on Windows, Mac or Linux platforms.

To start developing Android apps you need:

1. Download and install the Java Development Kit (JDK).
2. The Android SDK
3. Eclipse IDE .
4. Follow the installation links from this link.

After you’re done you will be ready to start developing Android Applications.

Our First Android Application:

Now we’re going to explore our first Android application which will be the famous Hello World application. We are going to explain the structure of an Android application and some of the basic concepts we must understand.

1. Open Eclipse and select from the menu File>New> Project, you’ll see a window like this from the Android node select Android project and press Next.
2. Now there are several fields that appear here they are:
   Project Name: The Eclipse project name, the name of the folder that will hold the project files.
   Application Name:The name of the application that will appear on the phone.
   Package Name: The application package name, a good convention to use to avoid applications package name conflict is com.mydomain.myapp.
   Create Activity: the name of the basic activity class of your application. it’s optional to create.
   Min SDK Version: the minimum API level required by the application. You see in the Build Target list there is a list of the available SDK versions to use for the application and in front of each one the corresponding API level. You must ensure that you application API level is supported by the device select it to be 8 (for Android 2.2).
3. Press next; we won’t create a test project for our application yet.
4. Press Finish then navigate to the project  press run and choose run as Android Application, the emulator will start, wait until the main screen appears.

The Android Emulator may take some time, so please be patient. After the emulator launches, unlock it and your application will launch automatically. it should be like this:

Android Project Structure:

The project contains the following folders:

• Src: Contains all the source code (class files) for the project.
• Gen: Contains the R.java class file. The R.java is an automatically generated class file that holds a reference to each resource in the application
• Android 2.2: Its name changes according to the sdk version you use (2.2 here). Contains the Android API class files packed in android.jar files
• Assets: You can place any external resources (text files, images,…) in this folder. It’s much like the res file except it’s more like the file system where you put files that you want to access them as raw bytes
• Drawable folders: Contains the images required for you application. You can add your own image files to this folder. Notice that there are three folders with hdpi,ldpi and mdpi suffixes. These folders are used to include image resources with different resolutions suitable to the different phone screens. And at runtime Android will pick the suitable image from the suitable folder.
• Layout: Contains the main.xml file that defines the view that construct the User Interface of the application
• Values: Contains other resources that can be used for your application such as string resources, styles or colors

Now we’re going to take a deeper look on the Hello Android application and know what each line of code exactly means
The MainActivity.java file contains the following code:

package mina.android.hellowolrd;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.os.Bundle;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

/** Called when the activity is first created. */

@Override

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.main);

}

}

1. The first line is the package name of the application.
2. Lines 3,4 are import statements of two libraries(): android.app.Activity and android.os.Bundle
3. Line 6 is the declaration of the MainActivity class which extends from Activity , Activity represents the User interface view or window of your application much like windows or web forms.
4. Our class contains one function which is onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState). This function is called when the activity is first created, it should contain all the initialization and UI setup.
   This function has a parameter savedInstanceState of type Bundle
   this object holds the activity’s previously saved state if exists (similar to asp.net view state concept)
5. Line 10 calls the super class’ OnCreateMethod with the activity’s
6. Line 11 calls setContentView(R.layout.main); method which dsiplays the layout definition in main.xml file in res/layout directory by accessing a reference to it from the R class
   This method is required to display the user interface, if the activity does not include this function then it would display a blank screen.

If we went to main.xml in the layout folder we will find it like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    >
<TextView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/hello"
    />
</LinearLayout>

This xml layout file defines a vertical LinearLayout Container with a TextView inside it.

The TextView has a text property android:text=”@string/hello”. This means that there is a string resource called hello is defined in the values/strings.xml with the value “Hello World, MainActivity!”.

What if we want to reference this TextView from our class, we will add an id property to the TextView to be like this:

<TextView
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:text="@string/hello"
    android:id="@+id/txtHello"
    />

The id of any view in Android must be in this format “@+id/(id of the view)”

After we added the id property to the view, we reference it from the code like this:

@Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        TextView txt=(TextView)findViewById(R.id.txtHello);
        txt.setText("referenced from code");
    }

Run the application it should be like this:

Notice that we reference our TextView with the method findViewById(int Id).

The id of the TextView (txtHello) is strongly typed as it was added automatically to the R.java file and assigned an integer value:

public final class R {
    public static final class attr {
    }
    public static final class drawable {
        public static final int icon=0x7f020000;
    }
    public static final class id {
        public static final int txtHello=0x7f050000;
    }
    public static final class layout {
        public static final int main=0x7f030000;
    }
    public static final class string {
        public static final int app_name=0x7f040001;
        public static final int hello=0x7f040000;
    }
}

Note:

You do not to add views (controls) to your activity in the xml directly. You can switch to the layout view by pressing the layout tab in the main.xml file and choose the views from the toolbox.

There is also a nice UI generator tool called Droid Draw.

Summary:
The basic Android application with only one view consists of a class that extends the Activity class. This class preserves the activity frozen state (like viewstate in asp.net) and it displays the UI defined in xml file layout file or defined explicitly programmatically.

We hope you found this tutorial informative and look forward to bringing you our new series on Android app development.

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting 201+ Real Life Cheats & Hacks. The developer describes 201+ Real Life Cheats & Hacks as such: “Allows you to access the world’s most important cheats and hacks for real life. Featuring hundreds of brand new real life cheats and hacks and an all new design, 201+ Cheats gives you tips, tricks, and shortcuts for everyday life. Lean shortcuts and tricks you can use every day that will save you a lot of time and money and even improve your health and relationships.”

Read on for more information and screenshots!

Screenshots

201+ Real Life Cheats & Hacks

About the App

Here are the some sample tips from the app:

• If you get brain freeze from eating something cold too quickly, press your tongue against the roof of your mouth as hard as you can. Viola, instant brain freeze relief.
• Acne treatment: Buy seven towels and put a clean one on your pillow each night to clear up acne, then wash them all at the end of the week.
• On most elevators, press “close door” and your floor number at the same time for express service. You will skip all floors between even if people are calling the elevator.
• If you spill any liquid that will stain on your carpet (red wine, juice, etc), pour some salt on it. Work it into your carpet-just rub it with your hands. Leave there for a few hours and vacuum it out. Viola, stain gone.
• At the end of your shower, turn the water really or all the way cold. This will wake you up and get the blood flowing as well as give you energy. It also closes your pores to less dirt and bacteria to get in to help reduce acne.

Requirements: 3.0

Price: $0.99

Developer: f-PrimeStudios

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Some of my favorite time killers for the iPhone are relaxing card games. Talented developers have created iOS versions of just about every popular card game you can think of: poker, blackjack, solitaire, rummy, Uno, Phase 10 and a lot more!

Below you’ll find 100 apps to get your 52 card fix. You’ll find a bunch of old familiar favorites as well as some great new games you’ve probably never played.

Solitaire

Solitaire – “Drag and drop to move cards is supported as well as both portrait and landscape orientations, not all iPhone Solitaire apps support these desirable features. This is your classic game of Solitaire for the iPhone or iPod Touch. Also known as Klondike, this is the most popular version of Solitare. ”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Solitaire

Solitaire – “Klondike solitaire – the most popular solitaire card game in the world. The goal is to place all the cards in each suit in stacks of ascending rank. Play Klondike solitaire to relax and relieve stress. Touch and move cards as you do in real life, cards are flying and landing softly. Clean and vivid graphics make you fully enjoy gameplay.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

GameBox Solitaire – “GameBox Solitaire is our high quality card game pack including well-known card game. If you are familiar with Hardwood Solitaire, Solebon Solitaire or Top Ten Solitaire, then you will love this game!”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

FreeCell – “One of the enormously popular solitaire games included with Windows, FreeCell is a game that requires skill and patience to win! After dealing from a standard deck of 52 cards, use the four free cell spots as placeholders as you try and move all the cards to the Foundation stacks for a win. Unlike many solitaire games, all the cards in FreeCell can be seen at the opening deal, so most FreeCell deals can be solved, if you have what it takes!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Solitaire Classic LSolitaire – “If you like Windows Solitaire (Klondike) you will love playing LSolitaire. All game state, including Undo and Redo move history, is saved when a call or another interruption comes in or when you leave the game.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Spider Solitaire by MobilityWare – “Spider Solitaire is an extremely popular version of Solitaire where your goal is to place all the cards in each suit in stacks of descending suit sequence. This version of Spider Solitaire is just like the version playable on Windows! Weave your way through 1 and 2 suit games and move up in difficulty as you attempt to tackle 3 and 4 suit games and become a true Spider Solitaire master!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Spider Solitaire by MobilityWare

Pyramid – “This is a version of the Pyramid Solitaire card game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Pyramid Solitaire is similar to another game called Tut’s Tomb.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Spider Solitaire Classic – “This is the classic game of spider solitaire, similar to the PC version.Portrait and landscape views supported, with the ability to lock the orientation (finally, you can lie on the couch without that annoying screen rotation!)”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Poker Solitaire Free – “Place cards from the deck and try to build the best poker hands in each row and column. Build up to the highest score you can and then submit your score to the high score list to share with the world. Can you beat the highest score on the high score list? Can you beat your best score? Download and play today.”

Price:Free
iTunes Rating: 3/5

i-Freecell – “The object is to move all the cards to the home cells, using the free cells as placeholders. To win, make four stacks of cards on the home cells, one for each suit, stacked in order of rank, from lowest (ace) to highest (king).”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Klondike Solitaire – “Softick Solitaire is a classic Klondike solitaire game specially optimized for iPhone multitouch screen with a large and eye-friendly card set. Feel the difference! We really worked hard to give you hours of exciting game. Softick Klondike Solitaire is smart enough to catch the meaning of every gesture, helping you to focus on the game and not on the control.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Solitaire Victory – “Single player card games. 22 types, 32 Games.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Word Solitaire: Aurora – “The long-awaited sequel to Word Solitaire has finally arrived! Look northwards and to the stars for a dazzling display of word creation and traditional solitaire! Drag letters onto each other to arrange them into words. Flip over cards to expose more letters and complete the level by using all provided letters in the creation of words.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Word Solitaire: Aurora

Klondike Battle – “This is a solitaire game like no other! First of all you play head-to-head against an opponent (human or computer) to determine who the best is! You are constantly trying to play your cards strategically onto the playing field, which you share with your opponent. The smarter player can increase its winning chances, by carefully checking all possibilities and making the better moves. In the classic solitaire game, you challenge yourself, but in Klondike Battle you challenge your opponent. ”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Solitaire World – “Solitaire World is a collection of 30 solitaire games. It will run perfectly on your iPod, iPhone or iPad. Get it now and discover endless gameplay hours with the different games.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Steampunk Solitaire – “Melding the popular SteamPunk style with the traditional game of Solitaire, SteamPunk Solitaire transforms a normally boring setting to an environment with moving mechanical gears and cogs, experience the sharpest visuals and animation on a mobile device.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Steampunk Solitaire

Spider Solitaire! – “Play Spider on your iPhone or iPod with a fantastic user interface, beautiful graphics and subtle sound effects. Ranked in the top 10 card games for 4 weeks, and Top 20 for over 2 months now!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Neon FreeCell Solitaire – “FreeCell Solitaire is one of the oldest solitaire made for computers with more then 30 years of history. Now this popular card game was specially optimized for iPhone and iPad multitouch screens with a large and eye-friendly card set.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Eric Snider’s Solitaire: Klondike – “Written by the same Eric that developed the Eric’s Solitaire Sample and Eric’s Ultimate Solitaire for Mac OS. You can drag and drop or tap cards to move them. You can even throw the cards with a shove! Supports portrait and landscape orientations and has a fantastic user interface.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Eric Snider’s Solitaire: Klondike

Poker

Mega Poker Online Texas Holdem (Mini Edition) – “MegaPoker Online is a multilayer online Texas Hold’em game for iPhone and iPod Touch. The game lets you play live poker with real, living, breathing people across the net via 3G/WiFi/EDGE. It supports sit and go poker types.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Poker for iPad – “Poker for iPad will take you to a real casino. Beautiful table, nice music and a dealer’s voice – overwhelming casino fun guaranteed.”

Price: $3.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Poker for iPad

JacksOrBetter Video Poker – “JacksOrBetter is a video poker simulation. Play a poker hand; if you get a pair of jacks, or better, you win.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Imagine Poker 2 – Texas Hold’em – “Enter a Texas Hold ‘em tournament with 25 characters from history whose poker styles mimic their personalities. Real life strategists like Abe Lincoln, Genghis Khan, and Cleopatra partner with legends like the Cheshire Cat, Wicked Witch, and Abominable Snowman to convey the iPhone’s smartest poker AI with a touch of humor and imagination.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 4.5/5

THTouch – Texas Holdem Poker – “With the unique wheel-like finger interface that always shows you a context sensitive amount of options to select from with a single swipe to the appropriate direction you’ll learn to play the game blindly in a matter of just a few minutes.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

HOYLE Video Poker – “The #1 brand in family entertainment PC gaming introduces HOYLE Video Poker, new to iPhone and iPod Touch! Designed especially for the touch screen, HOYLE Video Poker features a clean, easy-to-use interface, large cards, real odds and best of all, 5 games in one. Enjoy the thrill of playing poker without the risk of losing it all!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

HOYLE Video Poker

Live Texas Hold ‘em Poker by A.S.H. – “The biggest most fascinating Live cross platform Casino including Live Poker (Texas Hold’em), Blackjack, Roulettes (coming soon).”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Live Poker by DoingPoker – “DoingPoker is a multi-player online game for iPhone, iPod-touch, and iPad.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 3/5

World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend – “Play head to head with your friends through game center over 3g or wifi! After you win the Main Event, play in new higher-stakes tournaments including the WSOP Tournament of Champions.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Four Card Deluxe Poker – “Interested in playing one of the newest and most exciting table games ever? If so, Four Card Deluxe Poker is just what you need! Come experience the thrill as you compete with the dealer to see who has the best hand. Big hands will earn you massive bonuses and payouts; you can even triple your bet when you have strong cards!”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Headsup Poker Free (Hold’em, Blackjack, Omaha) – “Play Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Blackjack or Heads Up Blackjack in a single app! That’s right, FOUR games in one free app.”

Price:Free
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Heads Up: Hold’em (1-on-1 Poker) – “Play 1-on-1 Texas Hold’em anywhere. Play against a friend, or just versus your iPhone or iPod touch. Easy and elegant touch controls keep the mechanics of the game simple and beautiful”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Heads Up: Hold’em (1-on-1 Poker)

Video Poker Arcade – “With 6 popular Video Poker games in one, Poker Arcade is designed to be the only video poker application you need! In addition to the traditional Jacks or Better, games included are Deuces Wild, Joker’s Wild, Tens or Better, Pick-a-Pile, and Five-Hand Jacks or Better (which is the only multi-hand video poker currently available in the App Store, as far as we know!)”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2.3/5

Spades

iSpadez – A Spades Game – “iSpadez is a best Spades game for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. You can play a game of Spades with three robots or with real people ONLINE from anywhere around the world. iSpadez also allows you to play with a Standard deck or a deck with Jokers. In fact, iSpadez offers more features and options than any Spades game on ANY platform! ”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 4.5/5

Multiplayer Tiki Spades – “Tiki Spades is a full single and multi-player version of the classic team based card game, with beautiful graphics and relaxing background ambience. As avid Spades fans we’ve made sure to include the most popular variations in Tiki Spades such as the ability to bid a blind nil, and the loss of 100 points after a team collects 10 bags.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Multiplayer Tiki Spades

Spades King – “Whether you’ve been playing Spades all your life or are new to this trick-taking game of skill and strategy, Spades King is sure to become one of your iPhone favorites. Spades King is a 4-player game in which you’ll play with 3 other computer players based on Magmic’s proprietary Artificial Intelligence game engine. You’ll be dealt a hand of 13 cards, bid for the number of tricks you think you’ll take, and play to win. Remember that Spades is always trump and there are penalties for overbidding and underbidding. ”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Syndicate Spades – “Syndicate Software brings you its take on the classic, plain-trick card game Spades. Core features include the ability to play with or against your friends on one device (you make your play, then pass the phone to your friends when it is their turn), intelligent computer opponents, a bevy of statistics to keep track of your performance against the computer, and the ability to save multiple games at once.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Spades Professional – “Spades supports all the usual features you would expect from a ZingMagic game, including reviewing the game, takeback and replay of moves, display of the previous move and hints.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Spades Professional

Spades Master Live – “Join a friend and play together as a team, or take on the world alone in cut-throat mode. Improve your rank and attain higher titles based on the quality of your play. Chat with your friends during the game and add them to your buddy list. Spades Master features a large, vibrant online community so you’ll always find someone to play with.”

Price: $4.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Hearts

Hearts Free – “The classic card game Hearts is now available on your iPhone or iPod Touch. With rich graphics and smooth animations, Hearts Free is the premier Hearts app on the app store – and best of all, it’s free.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Hearts Free

Hearts Premium – “Try to stick your opponents with as many hearts as possible, while simultaneously avoiding hearts yourself. Watch out for the Queen of Spades, she’ll ruin your day. Hearts Premium features an outstanding artificial intelligence engine. Three different difficulty levels ensure that you can play against a computer opponent that matches your skill level. ”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Hearts – “Beautifully presented and naturally played on the touch screen of an iPhone, Hearts is both challenging and a joy to play. With sophisticated computer opponents keeping you sharp, along with auto-save functionality, this is the perfect game to have on your phone.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Hearts Net – “The classic card game Hearts. You can play solo against three robot players or against one or more of your friends on a WiFi network. Robot players are pretty good.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Multiplayer Tiki Hearts – “Tiki Hearts is the first free multiplayer Hearts game on the App Store. You can play with friends, or compete against the other players in the jujuPlay community. If you don’t want to play against others, or don’t have enough players to make a full table our AI players can take their place and keep the game moving.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Hearts Pro – “Hearts Pro is the classic hearts card game specifically designed for the iPhone and iPod touch. Featuring a slick touch interface, full Game Center support, challenging computer opponents, and high resolution graphics for the iPhone 4 retina display, Hearts Pro has it all. Great for beginners and hearts addicts alike!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Hearts Attack – “Play the classic game of hearts on your iPhone, the way you want to play it. Square off against intelligent, quirky, talkative computer opponents in any of the common variations. Complete with built-in tutorial and four levels of difficulty, Hearts Attack will satisfy your hearts needs whether you’re a beginner or an expert.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Hearts Attack

Hearts Master Live – “Hearts is a classic American card game of skill and strategy. Hearts Master now offers live games with friends playing from other phones or iPods and even players connecting from social networks like Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster and more.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

BlackJack

Blackjack – Popular and fun card and casino game – “Try your luck at the classic game of Blackjack! This Blackjack game is the best Blackjack game out for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating:3.5/5

Blackjack 21 – “Blackjack 21 combines the words most popular card game with actual game play gestures, true-to-life animation and high resolution graphics. Tap the chips to place a bet, and just like in Vegas – swipe down to hit, double tap to double down and swipe across to stand. Choose from an ever expanding online library of custom card and table themes.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Blackjack 21

Blackjack World Pro – “No other blackjack simulator includes the card counting options, learning modes, and unique rule sets of Blackjack World Pro, from the continuous shuffle machines of Atlantic City to the face down deals in downtown Vegas to the triple 8 payout in Macao. Or build your own casino with popular side games like 21+3, Perfect Pair, and Match the Dealer.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

21 Pro: Blackjack – “Created by true blackjack enthusiasts, every detail in 21 Pro has been painstakingly crafted to provide hours of entertaining casino-like play.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Card Ace: Blackjack – “Play online any time, anywhere with tens of thousands of live human players, or use your Friend List to jump into games with people you know. With text chat, and a unique picture-based “emote” system, playing Blackjack online with up to four friends captures the social experience of playing cards with your pals”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Blackjack Revenge – “Are you sick and tired of getting a 19 or 20, only to have the dealer turn over a blackjack or draw to a 21? I know we were, so we did something about it! With Blackjack Revenge, every time that happens, you get a revenge letter. The next time you get a blackjack, all of your payouts are multiplied by the number of revenge letters you’ve gotten. Combine that with the other bonuses in the game and you can really take the dealers to the cleaners!”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Panoramic Blackjack – “Panoramic BlackJack brings the excitement of the casino to your iPhone or iPod Touch. For players who are looking to improve their game, or for those who are looking for entertaining casino game play, Panoramic BlackJack is fun for players of all skill levels.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Panoramic Blackjack

BlackJack-21 Pro – “Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one, Vingt-et-un, or Pontoon, is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. And now you can get the full experience in your iPhone/iPod. Whether you want to improve your basic strategy, counting skill or you want to learn to play 21, this game will be perfect for you.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

iBlackjack for iPad – “Welcome to a luxurious Las Vegas casino! You are invited by Viaden Mobile, a leading game developer for iPad, iPhone/iPod Touch. Sit back at a nice card table and relax to the pleasant background music. Blackjack enthusiasts will be glad to enjoy three types of blackjack: Blackjack (multi-hand), Blackjack Switch and Blackjack Surrender. A real dealer’s voice will guide you through the game, keeping you alert to any game twists. The cool graphics ensure a genuine casino experience wherever you are.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Euchre

Euchre 3D – “Until now, Euchre has been limited to 2-dimensional play. It’s time to take your iPhone Euchre experience into the 3rd dimension with Euchre 3D. Euchre 3D raises the bar on graphics and interactivity in card games, using the best technology the iPhone has to offer to give a simple, fun, and beautiful experience.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 4.5/5

Euchre 3D

Pocket Euchre – “Euchre is a card gamed played all over the world. Now you can play Euchre on your iPhone or iPod Touch any time with Pocket Euchre! Whether you have just a minute or hours to spend, there’s always a game waiting. The idea is for you and your partner to score 10 points before the other team. You score points by winning hands and you win hands by winning tricks. Its easy, its addictive and most of all its loads of fun!”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Euchre Baron Pro – “Euchre Baron is different from other euchre software in several ways. Most other euchre software works primarily on the basis of what artificial intelligence researchers refer to as expert systems: collections of rules designed by humans to compute decisions about trump-making, the discard, and play of the cards. We developed Euchre Baron to compute decisions primarily by using what artificial intelligence researchers refer to as search: projecting the hypothetical result of playing out the deal. ”

Price: $4.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Euchre Baron Pro

Euchre Professional – “Euchre is a plain-trick game for four players in fixed partnerships, partners sitting opposite. Just 5 cards are dealt to each player and the object is to win at least three of the five tricks – with an extra bonus for winning all five. At one stage Euchre was the number one card game in the United States, more popular than Whist or even Poker!”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Cribbage

Cribbage HD – “The top Cribbage on the App Store is now available for the iPad! With updated graphics specifically built for the iPad as well as new card style choices and background options, Cribbage HD provides the best Cribbage experience for the iPad!” (Works on iPhone too).

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 4.5/5

Cribbage – “Cribbage is the famous card came for two players. The aim of Cribbage is to be the first to score 121 points.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Cribbage King – “Cribbage King brings new life to iPhone Cribbage games. It is the smoothest, most visually pleasing Cribbage game on iTunes. It’s very easy to pick up and play and if you are new to the game, there are many scoring options and video tutorials to help you learn and become an expert at Cribbage. At the end of a round, players hands are clearly broken down to show how points were earned which makes it easy to see when you miss points and learn how to count points better.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Cribbage King

3Jacks Cribbage – “3Jacks Cribbage is a fantastic new version of the classic card game of Cribbage that lets you play your friends anytime and anywhere you are. With Apple’s innovative Game Center technology at the heart of the action, you and your friends are guaranteed to have a blast! We’ve designed our Cribbage game in the same vein as our popular dice games 10,000 and High Roller.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Go Fish

Go Fish Multiplayer – “Here comes the first and only Go Fish Multiplayer! Play in real-time against your friends and family with Go Fish Multiplayer! If you like Poker, Solitaire, Gin Rummy, or Blackjack, you’ll love Go Fish Multiplayer!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Go Fish Multiplayer

Go4Fish Go Fish Single or Multiplayer Card Game – “Go4Fish is a game for the whole family based on the popular kids card game Go Fish, except with a twist! The object of Go4Fish is to collect sets of 2, 3 and 4 of a kind, at the end of the game the player that has the most sets is the winner. Just don’t let Bottom Feeder steal your cards!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Rummy

Rummy – “This version of Rummy is designed beautifully and follows the well known rules. Rummy for iPhone is a great game for all friends of classical card games such as Gin Rummy, Canasta, Crazy Eights or Poker.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Rummy

Rummy – “Finally a new seven card video poker game based on the popular card game gin rummy! Bet against your iphone or ipod touch just like you would in a casino!”

Price: $0.99

Gin Rummy Multipack – “Knock knock. Who’s there? It’s Gin Rummy. Gin Rummy who? Gin Rummy Multipack, the awesome, fully rebuilt version of the classic card game, let me in! That’s right everyone, Gin Rummy Multipack has been fully rebuilt from the ground up allowing you to enjoy your favorite family card game on your iDevice whenever you want.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Gin Rummy WiFi – “Gin Rummy is a card game that is played between 2 players. There will be 10 cards for each of the players to begin with. In this game, you can choose to either play it against the computer (Single Player) or play it with your friends (Multi-Player over WiFi).”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Racehorse Rummy – “Play against the computer and test your skills in this exciting new card game! This is a rummy-type game with four players that is full of strategy and new twists. After four hands, the lowest score will win the game, so plan your strategy carefully! This is a game of thinking and holding the next player.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Racehorse Rummy

ProRummy – “ProRummy – the virtual Rummy card game ist now available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. ProRummy is the second card game (after ProSkat) developed and designed by passionate card afeccionados. Playing feels live and your opponents seem real. This application is suitable for beginners, experienced Rummy players and professionals alike. A set of card consists of two decks: 52 cards each plus 6 jokers (wild cards). ”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Pinochle

Pinochle Premium – “The classic thrills of Pinochle burst onto the iPhone and iPod Touch with Pinochle HD! Download this digital update of the classic card game NOW to get your hands on the complete versions of both single-deck and double-deck Pinochle for endless fun on the go! Entertain your brain and rediscover the timeless appeal of Pinochle with Pinochle HD.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Pinochle – “Pinochle is a card game played with a 48-card deck of 9s, 10s, jacks, queens, kings and aces. Alternatively, it can be played with an 80-card deck for bigger melds and higher scores. The game consists of a repeating sequence of bidding (for the right to name the trump suit and optionally to pass cards), melding, and trick-taking. Players score points by melding various card combinations and by taking tricks.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Miscellaneous

UNO – “Play the classic card game that’s #1 for fun with friends and family. In single or multiplayer, playing UNO™ has never been so fun and easy, thanks to a brand new gameplay system! Simply drag & drop cards using your finger on the screen for intuitive control, and be the first to get rid of all your cards.”

Price: $4.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Uno

Phase 10 – “The object of the game is to complete each of the ten specific phases. If you complete the phase you advance to the next phase, but if you do not you must try again.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 4/5

Crazy Eights – “Crazy Eights mobile offers a modern twist to this classic card game. It is sure to become your favorite mobile card game: superb graphics, quirky sounds and simple yet addictive game play. The first player who gets rid of all their cards wins. Fun for the whole family, Crazy Eights is a game you won’t be able to put down!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Higher or Lower Card Game (Hi Lo) – “Great for a quick game by yourself when you only have a few minutes. See how many times you can guess correctly in a row!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Card Drop – “Ever been stuck waiting for a delayed flight or been forced to endure a doctor’s waiting room for an hour? Listen up because those mind-numbing situations will never be a problem for you again, once you have Card Drop!”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Bridge Baron – “iBridgeBaron is based on the best-selling computer bridge game Bridge Baron, and is using its adapted bidding and play engine, which has won Five World Computer Bridge Championships. ”

Price: $19.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Backyard Card Toss – “A new kind of tossing game. Challenge your skill with backyard card toss. Accuracy and consistency is the key. See how much score you can get in the Challenge mode or take your time in the endless mode. It’s not just another paper toss but more like a ninja with shurikens except you are tossing card.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Backyard Card Toss

Golf Card Game – “Golf is a card game for two or more players, in which the object is to score as little as possible, as in the sport of Golf. In front of each player is a layout of cards arranged in a square or rectangle, 2 x 2, and players improve their scores by drawing new cards to replace unwanted cards, which they discard. Each deal is seen as the equivalent of a hole of Golf, and in many versions a complete game consists of 9 or 18 deals, corresponding to the length of a Golf course.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 1.5/5

3 Card Race – “3 Card Race is a card game, like “Presidents”, “Flush”, or even “War” – but with more strategy. The player plays against two computer opponents to see who can be the first to play all their cards”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Spit (aka Speed) – “Spit, also known as Speed, is a two-player card game in which the aim is to get rid of your cards as fast as possible. Players do not take turns – physical speed and alertness are required to play faster than your opponent.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Spite & Malice – “Play against your phone with our new version of Spite & Malice (also know as Skip-Bo). With 3 levels of difficulty, it will keep players of all levels entertained for hours! With Spite & Malice, you can play against the computer in either Easy, Medium or Hard modes. Be the first to play all cards from your payoff pile and you win the game! Choose between 3 different card designs allowing for better readability as well as 7 different deck designs.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 4.5/5

Spite & Malice

Thirty One – “Thirty One (You may also know Thirty One by another name such as Big Tonka, Blitz, Scat, or Cadillac) is a strategy based card game where you try to get your hand of three cards closest to thirty one (only cards in the same suit are added together).”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Brisca / Briscola / Briscas – “Briscas, is based on the popular Spanish card game brisca. This Italian variant of briscola, is played by kids and adults all over the world, with dominance in Spain, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Italia and other countries. ”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

iKout – “iKout is a new experience in playing the popular Kuwaiti card game (Kout bo Sitta) with rich graphics and immersive gameplay. You will never let go of your iPhone! (or iPod Touch or even iPad!).”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Big Two – “Big Two is a four players’ card game. It has become very popular in East Asia since 1980s and has spread to some western countries.”

Price: $2.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Blitz! – “Try Blitz!, the great new card game from Trivial Technology! Also known as Thirty One, Big Tonka, Scat and Cadillac, our new version of Blitz is sure to keep you entertained for hours!”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 4.5/5

Blitz!

uSnap! – “Snap is an inspired implementation of the well known card game, for 1 or 2 players of all ages, old and young alike. It’s great entertainment and fun for parties, evenings with mates or even drinking games down the pub.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Screw The Dealer Pro – “Screw The Dealer is a whist / trumps variation with the rules specifically altered to maximise fun and strategy. It has similar rules to the classic game ‘Oh Hell’. It is ideal for when you have a few minutes spare and want something both relaxing and strategic. It has been designed around short play sessions of 5 to 15 minutes – but it will automatically save your progress if you need to focus your attention elsewhere.”

Price: $4.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Card Table – “Have a solitaire game in mind that you’d like to play on your device, but cannot find an app that meets your needs? Card Table has a solution! Simply create a template for your game using the highly customizable piles and hands interface, and save it with the “Shuffle and Deal” option. Now, whenever time you load this game, it will be automatically randomized to give you a fresh playing experience! ”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2/5

Card Wars! – “You can play a quick game (once through the deck) or a long game (winner takes all the cards) against either the computer or someone else via Blue Tooth.”

Price: Free
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Hokm – “If you enjoy playing challenging card games that require skill and strategy, then you need to try Hokm.”

Price: $3.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

Monkey Mind – “Challenge the Monkey Mind in couple of fun and addictive mini games.”

Price: Free (limited time)

PitchPlayer – “Now you don’t need your cheating friends or even a deck of cards to enjoy this classic card game. PitchPlayer brings Pitch alive with beautiful graphics and fiendishly clever artificial intelligence. The game allows you to choose from multiple variations including 3 or 4 players. And PitchPlayer even has a demo mode that coaches new players through a hand, making it easy to learn how to play.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 3.5/5

Batak – “Batak is an addicting card game played by four players. Batak is also known by many other names, including Oh Hell!, Blackout, Nomination Whist, Elevator or l’Ascenseur in France, Boerenbridge or 10 op en neer in the Netherlands.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 3/5

War Premium – “Each player starts with a deck of 26 cards. The game takes place through a series of battles in which each player reveals one card. The player with the highest card wins both cards. If both players reveal a card of the same rank, a war ensues, giving each player a chance to win many of their opponent’s cards.”

Price: $0.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Playing Cards – “Playing Cards offers the simple experience of a real deck of cards. Play virtually any multiplayer card game with 2 to 4 players – just shuffle, deal, and play!”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

Playing Cards

Canasta – “Canasta is one of the most popular card games, played all over the world. Canasta follows the most common game rules and is beautifully designed in a classical style. The sophisticated Canasta AI is a challenge for all players.”

Price: $1.99
iTunes Rating: 2.5/5

What Are Your Favorites?

The selection above represents a large portion of the card app available for the iPhone, but believe it or not there are still quite a few more!

Leave a comment below and tell us about your favorite card games. Also mention any card games that you’ve been waiting for a developer to create but haven’t seen yet in the app store.

With enough users to populate a small planet, Facebook has become the quintessential Internet experience. We’re all hopelessly addicted to it whether or not we agree with some of its business practices.

Since I’m a big fan of the iPhone Facebook iPhone app, I naturally went straight to the App Store when I bought my iPad in search of the iPad version and was quite disappointed to see that one doesn’t exist. In lieu of an official app, today we’ll look at your three primary options for getting Facebook free on your iPad.

Why Free?

I’ll start by saying that there are a few non-free apps available that let you use Facebook. However, since Facebook is a free service that works fairly well, as we’ll see below, in the plain old iPad browser, I just can’t see why I should dish out a single cent to use it.

Call me cheap but unless someone develops a revolutionary Facebook experience in a paid app, I’m sticking with free!

Option #1: iPad Safari

The first option is the most obvious. It’s important to remember that the iPad is not the iPhone. It doesn’t have a tiny screen that makes using full-size sites difficult and time consuming. In fact, the screen is only a little smaller than the MacBook screen that I’m currently staring at.

Facebook in iPad Safari

Using Safari, you get nearly the full Facebook experience, excluding of course games and other Flash-driven content. You can update your status, comment, like, and poke to your heart’s content. The site design is minimal enough that it’s actually quite easy and even enjoyable to use.

If you want something a little touch-friendlier, navigate to touch.facebook.com for an even simpler interface.

Touch.Facebook.com

iPad Safari Verdict

I really don’t mind using the full Facebook in Safari for most of the time. However, I do think that the touch version is too simplified and doesn’t really feel like it’s taking advantage of the iPad as a device.

There are some major downsides to the full version though. Uploading pictures form your iPad isn’t easy. As far as I can tell, the typical upload system doesn’t work at all so you’re forced to work with an email workaround. Further, video content isn’t the best. In my tests, videos shared by my friends continually launched the YouTube app and closed Safari. This is quite annoying and usually makes me avoid watching videos altogether. Finally, Facebook chat is disabled in mobile Safari.

So the verdict here is, skip the touch version, use the full version. It’s just a much richer experience and has the general feeling of Facebook how it’s meant to be.

The Facebook iPhone App

Let’s not forget that the iPad runs iPhone apps just fine. You can either use the Facebook iPhone app in its actual size or choose to blow it up and suffer through the ugly pixelation that occurs as a side effect.

Facebook for iPhone

The functionality here is excellent. Everything that you love on the iPhone app works perfectly and it’s designed specifically for an iOS touch experience.

Facebook for iPhone Verdict

As I mentioned above, I really like this app on the iPhone. Facebook has done more than simply port the site to a small screen, they really took the time to make it a unique experience.

However, the iPad isn’t a small screen. If you use it small, it feels like a phenomenal waste of screen real estate. If you use it large, things get ugly. Further, even large it’s really not making good use of the screen. The layout just feels like a blown up small app rather than something that was designed for a large screen.

With the Facebook app you’re also stuck in a vertical orientation for certain parts of the app (some screens work in horizontal mode). Since I really like using my iPad horizontally, this bugs me a lot.

Overall, despite liking the iPhone app on the iPhone, I think the Safari experience is much better on the iPad. Adding photos and a few other functions are a lot easier on the iPhone app, but a quick stop by the service feels much better on the full version of the site.

Friendly for Facebook Lite

Up until recently, Friendly was a paid-only app. However, they just released a free lite version that is surprisingly fully featured. In fact, I’m not sure what the differences are between the two aside from an ad placed at the bottom of the lite version (which is easily closable).

Friendly looks a little like a more developed version of Facebook’s Touch site and is quite close in functionality to Facebook’s official iPhone app. You can chat, upload images, edit your profile, watch videos without being rerouted to another app, check in with places, view your notifications and a lot more.

Friendly for Facebook Lite

Friendly not only matches the functionality of the official Facebook iPhone app, it surpasses it with something I haven’t seen in any other Facebook option: multiple account support.

Choosing Your Account

When you start up Friendly, you are given the option to login using one of four accounts that you previously setup. This is great if you share an iPad with a spouse like I do.

Friendly for Facebook Verdict

Friendly is awesome. As far as I’m concerned it’s just as good or better than an official Facebook iPad app would be. I’ve only just started using it but it has quickly become my standard option for Facebook on the iPad.

It’s important to note though that the Safari version does have a couple of advantages of Friendly. For instance, it’s nice to be able to filter your feed by photos, links etc. However, in my opinion, the clear benefits of Friendly easily make up for these small missing features.

Before you decide that the full Facebook site in Safari is the way to go, download Friendly for Facebook Lite. It’s Facebook on your iPad, it’s free, and it’s amazing.

How Do You Use Facebook on Your iPad?

Now that you’ve seen the different options for using Facebook free on your iPad, try them all out and let us know what you think.

Are you sticking with the iPhone app? Or perhaps you’re like me and instantly loved Friendly? I’m sure there are bound to be a few purists out there who stick with the browser version. Leave a comment below and cast your vote!