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Apple posted an early-morning message on Monday teasing consumers with the promise of something new to come for the iTunes Store.

“Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget,” reads the message on Apple’s home page. “Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes.”

This has already been a big year for iTunes. The store earned more than $1 billion in revenue last quarter, launched a new version in September and unveiled social networking with Ping. What else could be coming for the largest digital music store in the U.S.?

As always, there are few clues from the tight-lipped company pointing towards what that announcement might be. But, that hasn’t stopped tech sites from offering up their opinions. (…)
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written by Mz.MaLi

I’m not a gamer at all but I can certainly appreciate a good game when I see one. Rage HD, a first-person shooter from iD Software (the creators of Doom and Quake) is one of those.

Rage HD is an on-rails shooter where the character moves for you while you control his field of view, pointing and shooting at your enemies with an insane range of weapons.

Enough with the talking, let’s have a look at Rage HD in action… Read More

written by BroKen

No iOS 4.2 for us today, unlike many sites were wrongly reporting, mostly based on a rumor that started as a joke. Instead, Apple released iOS 4.2.1 GM to developers.

iOS 4.2 should have already shipped to the general public but a last minute bug pushed out the release. We’re likely to see iOS 4.2.1 released to everyone sometimes next week… Read More

written by guangcheng

There are as many reviews that lament the fact that there are a lot of physics based puzzlers on the App Store as there are physics based puzzlers on the App Store. This is another one. If you took out all the physics based puzzlers and match three titles, the App Store would be a heck of a lot smaller.

There’s a reason why these genres are so prevalent, however. They’re fun – lots of fun – if they’re done well, obviously. Floop is an excellent example of a highly competent physics based puzzler. It has everything required of one – simplicity and a compelling reason to keep playing.

The aim in this game is, as ever, simple. You have to get an object into the goal. In this case, it’s either an acorn and squirrel, a chunk of cheese and mouse or a banana and a monkey. To do this, you have to propel the acorn across an obstacle course of spikes, boxes, ice boxes and all sorts of other problems. The actual mechanics feel distinctly like Angry Birds. Draw your finger back and release in order to propel the acorn in the right direction.

Skill is required to work out the exact trajectory and force to use. As well as this, you can throw the acorn into cannons and catapults to shoot it further, and you can knock wooden boxes and sticks out of the way.

There are 50 levels in all, each harder than the last but they never feel unfair. Trial and error does work here; you don’t get punished for trying for ages. The only hint of punishment is that you’re rated out of 3 stars at the end of each stage. It’s in the interest of your gamer pride to get at least 2 stars every time.

For the competitive sort, there are also Game Center leaderboards and achievements to succeed at. The achievements reward you for acquiring more stars so there’s certainly a strong reason to try harder and perfect each level.

Floop is clearly simple fun but that’s just what makes it addictive. It’d be nice to see more levels added at a later date but other than that, it’s cheap and cheerful.

[ Floop Review is a post from 148Apps ]

written by admin

Golf Cart Ranger is a great looking little game for the iOS devices. It promises simple gameplay with a friendly, golf cart approach and a native control scheme that should deliver easy control. The premise is straightforward: drive a cart over a driving range and pick up balls while avoiding obstructions and snagging fuel.

But then that’s it. The game doesn’t really evolve too much from the onset. Courses get stranger, but the initial principles remain throughout the entire experience. Great games based on simple mechanics should dynamically change over the course of the experience. The core gameplay should remain in place, of course, but the game should add layers of creativity and difficulty as it moves along.

The control scheme is simple. The cart automatically moves and players touch the right or left side of their device in order to turn. It would have been nice to see some form of til control, but it’s understandable that this may have been tough to achieve. The game takes on a top-down perspective, so rotating through tilt may have wound up disorienting.

This package has 36 levels to start, with the option to buy more once in the game. Within the 36 levels are three different course types. But, really, it all comes down to picking up balls with a golf cart. The charm is high for the first few tries… then it settles into monotonous. And the monotony degrades into being downright boring. That’s this game’s fatal flaw; beyond some nice leaderboards and a simple presence, there’s nothing here to attract addiction.

That all said, this game does deliver a strong visual display. Golf Cart Ranger packs clean, sharp graphics. The textures are a bit muddy, but the rich color scheme makes up for it. The gopher on the title screen art is present, but he’s really just about the only “cute” portion of the title.

The game is on sale right now, during its time of release, so it may be worth the $0.99 entry price. Once it hits $2? How much can one person love driving over little white dots?

[ Golf Cart Ranger Review is a post from 148Apps ]

written by yinchristian2