Filed under: Gaming, Software, Freeware, iPhone, iPod touch
Get Astraware Solitaire and some free fireworks
Last week, Handmark announced the release of Astraware Solitaire [App Store] for iPhone and iPod touch. Solitaire features a dozen different games, including the classics Klondike, Free Cell, Canfield, and Pyramid. As with most of Astraware's games, the 12 solitaire games are nicely animated, easy to play, and hard to master. The game is currently on sale for just US$0.99, so grab it before it goes up to the normal price of US$4.99. I personally love playing solitaire as a way to pass time on planes and while waiting for meetings to start. After installing Astraware Solitaire on my iPhone 3GS, I erased four other solitaire games that just didn't match up to the quality and variety of play. The new Trophy Deck feature will keep you playing for weeks, trying to collect all of the cards by achieving goals.
Since it's Independence Day here in the U.S., you might also want to download Handmark's free fireworks app, featuring patriotic backdrops, festive fireworks, and music. From all of us here at TUAW, have a safe Fourth of July weekend!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
grifmusic said 4:30PM on 7-04-2009
just from looking at the picture in the app store, graphics look blah compared to Solebon Solitaire - which I think I got for free.
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Joshua Ochs said 5:07PM on 7-04-2009
Ugly as sin compared to Solebon. And Solebon has far, far more types of Solitaire than this.
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Joshua Ochs said 5:12PM on 7-04-2009
I mean, what is with those horrid fonts and ugly card designs? Even the toolbar at the bottom is using some non-standard tiny ugly font. It's like they went out of their way to uglify the iPhone interface as much as possible.
99 cents is far too much for this app.
j0510 said 7:56PM on 7-04-2009
This game is worse than something from the 80s. You should yank this review. Dont give them press.
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Tony C said 9:22AM on 7-06-2009
Another vote for Sol Free / Solebon Solitaire!
Astraware Solitaire's graphics looks awful in comparion.
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PJ said 7:36PM on 7-06-2009
Is it me? Or do some of these app "reviews" look more like commercials than they do legit "finds?"
TUAW writers...are you purchasing these apps? Or are they being given to you? Disclosure?
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