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First Look: UNO for iPhone
UNO gives you many different ways to play. When you press Quick Play, you are able to choose your difficulty level, and instantly begin playing against a computer player. Single player allows you to enter either Tournament mode, or Custom mode. In custom mode, you can choose the difficulty, game type, scoring type, penalties, draw type, force play, UNO 7-0, and jump in.
One of my most favorite parts of this game is the multiplayer abilities. There are three options: over Wi-Fi, on one device, or online. With Wi-Fi multiplayer, you can play someone with another iPhone on the same Wi-Fi access point -- you can either create or join an existing room. With one device multiplayer, you can have up to 4 people play on the same iPhone ... this is my least favored way to play UNO because others might catch a glimse of your cards (although cards are not shown until the specified player touches the screen). With online multiplayer, you can create and join a room for others around the world to play along with you.
I wish I could rotate the screen and use online multiplayer over EDGE or 3G. With that being said, UNO is an awesome application for on-the-go playing, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes to play card games. You can purchase UNO for iPhone/iPod touch from the iTunes App Store for $7.99.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kei said 9:40AM on 12-07-2008
I bought uno yesterday and it keeps just quitting the game. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it just keeps quitting (I don't have anything wierd on my iPhone either).
Oh well..
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Hawkman said 9:42AM on 12-07-2008
I'm sorry, I'm not usually this guy, but "addicting"? Ewwww. I realise it's in common use, but it's still linguistically disgusting.
That said, thanks for this, it looks great. I'd love to see more classic games come to the iPhone – the touchscreen is perfect for games with a more physical component.
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collide000 said 10:29AM on 12-07-2008
Your not alone, I too found that obtrusive, the correct term I believe is "addictive". I detest the continued deterioration of the English Language.
Uno FTW, lol.
Macroy said 11:12AM on 12-07-2008
I hate to be that guy too, but it's "you're not alone"...
Jash Sayani said 9:58AM on 12-07-2008
UNO for iPhone.. YAY !!
But for $7.99.. NO YAY !!! :(
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mikelite said 10:20AM on 12-07-2008
I feel your pain, @Kei. It is buggy as all hell. It'll load for me, but I can't continue a paused game. It loads up, but doesn't do anything. Just sits there while the background throbs, waiting for the computer player to make a move.
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reemixx said 11:03AM on 12-07-2008
I'm sure it's great fun, but at AU$9.99, it's a tad overpriced I think.
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Tim said 11:36AM on 12-07-2008
The actual card game is $5.00 in stores. Considering multi-play is Wi-Fi only, you might as well just save yourself the $8.00 and play with the card set. Jeez!
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Justin said 11:57AM on 12-07-2008
While reading this (and looking back at this kids other posts) all I could think of was eighth grade portfolio pieces. How did someone with such awful grammar and sentence structure become a writer here? ::Sigh::
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mark said 12:50PM on 12-07-2008
Sounds like another classic game loft applicaton: buggy as hell and over priced.
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Sven said 1:28PM on 12-07-2008
Way too expensive. I have "Uno, Uno Freefall and Skip-Bo" as a Nintendo DS cartridge. Very nice games, totally low-budged price and real fun! If this collection makes it to the iPhone, I will most likely buy it.
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Frank said 1:50PM on 12-07-2008
Wow, I'm glad I didn't buy UNO when I was tempted to. Not being able to play over 3G is a huge no-no. I hate how some applications limit their use to WiFi only. What's the point of getting data-plans if you can't use the data.
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nekofever said 2:41PM on 12-07-2008
I'm going to jump on the 'addictive' bandwagon. 'Addicting' is not a word.
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Kit Cowan said 9:33PM on 12-07-2008
Should it really be more than a physical product?
Uno Playing Cards @ Amazon.com $4.99
Uno Game @ App Store $7.99
Looks good but I'll have to wait for it to go on sale.
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Patriks7 said 3:08PM on 12-08-2008
Or you can just go to a store, buy a set of cards for much less, find an ACTUAL (read: real) friend, or friends, and play with him/her/them..
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vandil said 3:25PM on 12-09-2008
How about doing more reviews of free apps?
While it is nice to hear about an exceptional paid app, most of the ones posted seem to be fluff like Uno.
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Qurapcamp said 10:10AM on 1-08-2009
Uno online Internet game is a fake. My brother & I each went online (itouch) to Internet multiplayer and joined the same room. On my screen it showed him as the winner, I told him congratulations and he showed me that his itouch still showed the game in progress. I watched MY username continue playing the game! Not Cool!
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