Dinner Dash is a very popular game and its made its way to your iPhone! First I congratulate the developers on getting the game onto the platform and I look forward to what they may have coming up the in the future. However, that’s where the joy is going to end for me and by the looks of the initial reviews - that’s where it is ending for a lot of people.
Why you ask? Price … Price yet again. Over and over I’ve seen what could be killer games come into the AppStore and over and over I (and many) have looked the other way because the prices are way too high. Now, understand I AM NOT saying that the AppStore needs some kind of fixed pricing model, and I fully respect that developers can and should set their own prices, however too many developers are coming from Windows Mobile, PC, OS X or other platforms and have completely missed the fact that they are entering the iTunes pricing model.
I found out about Billy Frontier - get this - yesterday from my friends over at What’s On iPhone. Yes, I know … I should be paying better attention to every release that comes out for the iPhone, but let’s be perfectly honest - most of it is complete and utter shite. I frankly feel like most times I spend a minute looking further into an app - its a minute wasted that I could have been doing something else. However given how much time I’ve spent on Enigmo (also from Pangea) I just had to give this a game look.
Unfortunately, sometimes this personal policy of non-time wasteage leads me to missing potential gems. This was one of them - not because its the next killer app, but because I missed out on a great price for it. PANGEA!! Drop the price back to $2.99. At $2.99 this game is solidly in the “sweet-spot” for value and impulse buying without remorse. At $2.99 its definitely a recommended buy, at $5.99 its just one more game that I would have a hard time deciding if its really worth it. For $2.99 its money well spent, for $5.99 its sort of “meh”.
Pretty harsh eh? Truth be told - I really like the game. Really I do - I spent almost 2 straight hours on it last night and a good portion of my lunch hour today. Its quite fun, but I’m really just questioning the price point.
Click on through… I got some more to say and a ton of screenshots!
So there I am relaxing on my couch, looking for a new Cydia update, and then you bust out this dot upgrade and add all sorts of incredible new features.
Right on the top of my list here is the new Quickview (shown above), which allows you to actually read e-mail and text right on the unlock screen. You can even ‘mark as unread’ or delete.
There are also disgustingly cool new swipe features that lets you hide and reveal Intelliscreen with one swipe. Clean wallpaper one second, swipe right on the clock, Intelliscreen reveals itself – ambushing you with all the information you want.
These are just my highlights, though. The release notes page for the other upgrades and all the bug fixes. I strongly suggest you update ASAP. This update rocks! I’m really digging the new Quickview feature. I get all these stupid SMS for Voicemail and I used to have to take 10 seconds to delve into SMS just to clear it. Now I swipe right on the SMS and it’s marked as read. Perfect!
First time I’ve ever seen this one. Went to go buy this newish game from Pangea and for some reason I can’t buy it. Anyone else seen this?
UPDATE: So here’s what looks like might be happening. If you “search” for Billy Frontier, you’ll see the price shows as $5.99. BUT, if you look at the application page it still shows the price as $2.99 - so its possible that the page’s buy link isn’t working because it links to the lower priced version and they’re in the process of upping the price. See below:
And of course by clicking the buy button on the main page it did actually purcahase it, but I was charged $5.99 instead of the posted $2.99 on the application’s page. ARG!
UPDATE: I sent an email to Apple about being charged $5.99 for the app when the page said $2.99. Not because I was overly concerned about the money - but because I wanted to see how they would justify charging me $5.99 when the page said $2.99. Well after 3 days and a lot of not understanding a single thing I was trying to say - Apple gave me ALL of my money back. Not $3 like they should have - but every penny. So, I’ll be buying it again… this time knowing its going to cost me $5.99.
Yes, its real … I mean Cali wouldn’t lie to us … and two, given how its implemented it apparently does not violate the SDK so it looks like one guy with a great idea has completely kicked ass over all those well paid Apple employees and figured out copy and paste without running a background process!!
Marines, get some! Ok, so that has nothing to do with this post. I’ve just been watching too much Generation Kill on HBO. But when I’m not watching high quality mini-series about marines in Iraq, I like to spend a bit of time gaming on my iPhone. And what better way to burn a few minutes (hours) than with a free and ridiculously good-looking Tetris clone called Tris. The game was on Installer in the pre-2.0 days, but it’s now official and in the App Store and has a real uniform and everything!
Hit the jump for a quick look at the game, and what to expect.
Having come from Windows Mobile one of my favorite time wasters was Jawbreaker. Well we may not have that WinMo classic on the iPhone but the (very cheap) reMovem with it’s four game modes is the next best thing. I’ve been playing the free version since I came across it in the Appstore a short while ago - and seeing the pay version show up tonight, buying it was pretty much a no-brainer.
Click on for a list of the the new games and a few screenshots!
Let’s keep this one brief from my side of things - this is a great article for people like me who are having a hard time filtering through all the crapware out in the Appstore. This list by iLounge is completely personal opinion on their part … but its still a pretty strong list and I agree with many of their top choices.
“Over the past month, we’ve spent many hours testing iPhone and iPod touch applications—yes, enduring all the bad apps, data corruption, crashes, and forced restores of our devices along the way. But today, we wanted to highlight the good guys, companies that have developed especially impressive iPhone OS software and will likely do even better in the future. So we’ve created this list of the Top Ten iPhone App Developers Worth Caring About, along with a brief list of honorable and not-so-honorable mentions at the end.
Because both the App Store and the top app lists are dominated by games, so too is our list of noteworthy developers; however, our list isn’t in ranked order. There are, of course, others who we think are worthy of future mention; we will look at them in a later article.”
When I saw this in my RSS feeds I stopped and wondered how I could have missed this one hitting that Appstore. Then I remembered … I saw the app get added and I totally figured it was another picture-flip type of thing. Boy was I wrong!
“Watch It Change works using the iPhone’s built-in camera. You create a project with the movie’s title, add credits, the create your film. You can share what you’ve done on the Watch It Change Web site, where they also sell a special stand developed to hold the iPhone in place while you’re making your shots.”
Stop on into the Appstore to pick this one up. Reading through it seems like this was not only a great way to sell a unique application, but also a great way to get a few accessory sales! Brilliant!
Well, if you’re gonna do something by yourself … you might as well do it right, and the folks at iLounge are definitely on track to make sure that when you sit down to play some Solitaire, you aren’t going to waste your money on junk.
Only a month has passed since the App Store opened, and thanks to 12 separate developers, there are literally 19 different Solitaire card games to choose from today for the iPhone and iPod touch - you’d have to spend $75 to try them all. So that’s what we’ve done, canvassing the entire collection of titles to help you decide which one or two will be best for you.
So, while I’m sorry to say they have us licked on this one (I haven’t even downloaded a solitaire game yet), I’m happy to give you a link to a great round-up of games that will absolutely help make sure you’re not wasting you’re hard earned Appstore cash.
As with any app, and perhaps especially with a voice command program, your mileage may vary a whole lot - but I honestly felt the last few days like I wanted to turn into the Verizon TV ads guy, and just ask Voice Dial ‘Can You NOT Hear Me Now???“ — Patrick’s Voice Dial review
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