Posts Tagged ‘Touchscreen’

On The Ball: Interactive marble game to test your skills with the iPhone touchscreen

On The Ball: Interactive marble game to test your skills with the iPhone touchscreen

Having multicolored and shiny marbles on your iPhone/iPod touch might not be a great deal unless they test your hand eye co-ordination and mastery over handling the touch-screen interface. On The Ball, as we have reported earlier, - is the latest addition to a line of apps that are based solely on testing your control over the various aspects of the touch screen interface. Whether you call these as games or not depends completely on your perception – what these apps do is clear, they test your speed and hand-eye co-ordination while using the various somatic aspects of the iPhone/iPod touch Read More...

The iPhone vs the Sony PSP gaming war. Is there a shift in hendheld gaming devices from handheld consoles to smartphones?

The iPhone vs the Sony PSP gaming war. Is there a shift in hendheld gaming devices from handheld consoles to smartphones?

With all the whiz, bang, pop and shining shimmer that come with 10,000 apps and nearly 2500 games at the App Store, the iPhone has emerged as a serious player in the world gaming. So much so that it has started drawing comparisons with specialized and established handheld gaming devices. It is true that the App Store has been flooded with free and low-priced games and their popularity and sheer number have already posed some serious challenges for the Sony PSP and the Nintendo. But does that really mean the iPhone is already a serious challenger for these established empires in Read More...

A “Sleek” snake for your iPhone!

A "Sleek" snake for your iPhone!

The classic digital snake that used to crawl away on the surface of your mobile screen and grow bigger after devouring the food on its way has been there since 1997. First introduced on a few select Nokia handsets, the snake has invaded almost all the mobile devices in new avatars since then. It has been played for more than a  more than billion times since then. Moreover, that bit of statistics makes it the most famous mobile game on the planet till date. Now what can be new in a game like that? I was a bit skeptic in the Read More...

iPhone look alike phone luring India

iPhone look alike phone luring India

The disappointment of the iPhone being so costly is yet to cool down in India. At this point, here is a report that Rediff Shopping is taking the advantage by luring disappointed iPhone fans to bid goodbye to their iPhone dreams and buy an iPhone look alike phone. The description of the product is “CECT Multi-GSM Card Tri-Band Cell Phone With 1 GB Micro SD Card.” It indeed has a touchscreen functionality and has many attractive strings attached to the offer. The manufacturing company is not known though. The phone is retailed at 6999 Indian rupee ($159.99) discounted from Rs.12,000 ($285.753), its Read More...

Guy Clapperton has an axe to grind

Guy Clapperton has an axe to grind

Against Apple and iPhone. Though why that might be I’ve no clue. There’s plenty of hints however, in his article published by The Guardian. Look at how he begins the article: The iPhone has never been “one among many,” whether 2 G or 3 G. It has captured a 20% market share in US in just one year. But more to the point, the touchscreen iPhone was launched LAST year, so why bring up this question now? Makes no sense to me. But let’s read on. Still, what's definitely coming this summer is a battle of the touchscreen phones. Apple, through marketing if nothing Read More...