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AppStore stuff
Posted on 18. Jul, 2008 by Wim Haanstra.
The AppStore is great! I have played with it a bit today and the usage is really really simple. I downloaded a couple of nice apps and games and I just wanted to share with you what it is like.
First of all, downloading and buying only takes a couple of clicks and filling in your iTunes password (which is a good thing).
The apps/games installed on my iPhone are:
Bomberman
I have always been a big fan of Bomberman and there is no gaming platform where I didn’t get this game. I must say that the game look nice, but I expected better. The controls need some getting used to, but that is just a matter of time.
Aqua Forest
I saw this game/play-thing in a youtube movie a couple of days back and I just needed to get this. It’s some sort of water simulation, with gravity and all. You can draw on the screen, where you want water (or obstacles) to appear. It’s fun, but it has no ‘mission’ or anything.
Aurora Feint The Beginning
This is actually a nice game, which is a sort of iZoo. You make lines of 3 or more icons in a vertical or horizontal row. This game adds another dimension by letting you turn the phone 90 degrees and involving gravity and stuff. Really really neat.
The more points you score, the more stuff you unlock and the more options you get (I think 
).
Twinkle
A location based twitter client, where you can see people chatting in your own neighborhood. It looks really nice and it is easy to use. I did come across a couple of bugs, causing the application to hang and even restarting my phone.
Remote
Does this need explanation? You can control any iTunes on the same network with this, as long as your iPhone is approved for that iTunes. It’s very nice when you are using a media-center (like me) and you don’t always want to turn on the TV just to play some music. Too bad that iTunes cannot be started remotely, so that still needs to be done by turning on the TV or logging in via Remote desktop.
Jive
Also a sort of iZoo kind of game, which also includes making lines of 3 or more from the same type. It looks pretty neat and friendly, with comic animal faces.
To sum it all up, till now the AppStore rocks! Hope they will release some turn-by-turn navigation soon. That would make the phone extremely cool 