iPod touch Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Review: Mü app proves that deep, real card games can thrive on the iPhone

by Sebastian Blanco (Apr 2nd, 2010)

Fans of light, mindless card games should not download Mü [$2.99]. There are plenty of thought-like time-killers in the App Store. Go play one of those. Mu, on the other hand, is a complicated (in a good way) game with a medium-high learning ...

Review: Reiner Knizia's Topas

by Sebastian Blanco (Mar 26th, 2010)

We don't mind it when iPhone versions of board games differ from their realspace counterparts, but the Topas app ($2.99) takes the basic ideas behind Reiner Knizia's 2009 game Topas and twists them into a mash-up of Tetris, the standard ...

A unified mailbox coming to the iPhone -- what a concept!

by Mel Martin (Mar 25th, 2010)

If the supposed note from El Steve-o is to be believed, the iPhone is getting a unified mailbox at some future date. Don't you wonder what Apple was thinking when it wasn't in the original iPhone plan? In Mac OS X, I like seeing all of my email on ...

'69 GTO controlled by an iPod touch

by Mike Schramm (Mar 24th, 2010)

The Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter was probably the coolest thing ever controlled via iPhone or iPod touch... until this. Dave Phipps has hooked up a '69 Pontiac GTO to his iPod touch -- he's been rebuilding these cars for a long time, and this ...

SimCity Deluxe coming soon to iPhone

by Mel Martin (Mar 22nd, 2010)

An updated version of the the preferred game for those who want to create cities and watch them prosper or founder is coming to the iPhone this summer. SimCity Deluxe from EA Mobile will have a user interface that improves on the current Sim City ...

Found Footage: David Barnard of AppCubby talks about KaleidoVid

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2010)

While roaming the floor at Macworld Expo 2010 in February, I had the opportunity to talk with David Barnard of AppCubby about several of their iPhone apps, including GasCubby and TripCubby. David also told me about a project that they had in the ...

Review: Set card game on the iPhone is oh so close to the perfect puzzle app

by Sebastian Blanco (Mar 18th, 2010)

The idea behind Set, the now-classic card/puzzle game, can be mind-numbingly difficult to explain. Some people just can't wrap their heads around the "all the same or all different concept." Of course, some people get it right away. For both types, ...

Aol Autos app strips down car buying data for research, daydreams

by Sebastian Blanco (Mar 17th, 2010)

Most people don't buy a car but once every few years (or more). But that doesn't mean that people don't like shopping for new cars. If you're one of those kind of people, then a new app from Aol Autos*, released today, could be your new favorite toy. ...

TomTom for U.S. and Canada updated with real time traffic and more

by Mel Martin (Mar 15th, 2010)

We told you it was coming, and now it has arrived. The popular US$59.95 TomTom app is ready to hit the road with real time traffic available as an additional in-app purchase. Included with the 1.3 update at no additional charge is Google local ...

Quizarium the multiplayer trivia app is nearly ready for prime-time

by David Winograd (Mar 12th, 2010)

Quizarium [free], a multiplayer iPhone/iPod touch trivia game, arrived in the App Store today. I got a chance to look at a pre-release copy and I found some problems with the interface and flow of the game. Some problems will be solved either upon ...

Review: Knights of Charlemagne card game is simply simple, and we like it like that

by Sebastian Blanco (Mar 11th, 2010)

The clever 2006 card game Knights of Charlemagne has made it to the iPhone and iPod touch as a simple little number placing app [$1.99, iTunes link]. We don't mean simple in that it's easy to beat or uninteresting. We mean that the game is clearly ...

Poynt for iPhone is a mixed bag

by Mel Martin (Mar 11th, 2010)

Poynt has come to the iPhone, after having been a very popular free app on BlackBerry phones. Poynt provides local searches of individuals and businesses. It also shares a database with Open Table, so you can use it to make reservations at ...

Slate comes to the iPhone, along with a lot of advertising

by Mel Martin (Mar 9th, 2010)

I've always liked Slate Magazine on the web. It's sometimes sassy and irreverent, but always interesting -- an eclectic mix of politics, culture and tech news. Now, Slate has come to the iPhone in a US$1.99 app that features all the articles from ...

CBS Sports March Madness app will stream your games live

by Mike Schramm (Mar 9th, 2010)

I'm much more of a baseball fan (go Cubs!), but of course it is now March, and that means college basketball is about to heat up. CBS Sports has now released an official March Madness On Demand app, and just like the great MLB iPhone app, this one ...

TomTom submits updated app for Apple review

by Mel Martin (Mar 5th, 2010)

The makers of the TomTom app for the iPhone have let us know that they've submitted an updated version that adds real-time traffic information, Google local search, and even some secret features the company isn't talking about yet. The TomTom app ...

Siri updated for iPod touch and gets some new features

by Mel Martin (Mar 5th, 2010)

Siri for the iPhone was quite a hit when it came out earlier this year. You could ask it questions like, "where is the best pizza nearby?" and Siri would find the answer. My favorite response was when I asked if there was a God, and Siri gave me ...