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There's an app for that: Casinos on alert for card counters using iPhones

by Michael Rose (Feb 16th, 2009)

File under "It was only a matter of time": The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Nevada gaming authorities are warning casinos to be on the lookout for blackjack card counters getting an assist from their iPhones. While card counting itself is not banned in Nevada, the use of an assistive ...

First Looks: Blackjack 21 and Shanghai Mahjong

by Erica Sadun (Jul 14th, 2008)

Today, I got a chance to play Mobile Age's two App Store games: Blackjack 21 and Shanghai Mahjong. As the names suggest, these two familiar classics were ported to the iPhone platform. I started off with the Mahjong, which is a solitaire game the goal of which is to remove all the tiles on-screen ...

Reader Request: Blackjack SIM in iPhone

by Erica Sadun (Jul 3rd, 2007)

A number of readers asked if I could try out an AT&T GSM SIM card in my iPhone. Fortunately, my sister is visiting town. After reassuring her ("You're going to do WHAT?"), she allowed me to pull out her SIM and test it in my iPhone. As expected, it was a no-go. I could not make any phone calls ...

iPhone First Impressions

by David Chartier (Jun 30th, 2007)

It was difficult, but I finally tore myself away from playing with my 8GB iPhone to put together a First Impressions post. I tried touching on a few things that we might not have discussed before, or at least things that I particularly appreciate that might not have made it into the keynote or ...

Missing Sync for Windows Mobile beta allows syncing without Flight Mode

by David Chartier (Apr 11th, 2007)

It is ironic that I just recently found this new beta of Missing Sync for Windows Mobile, as a BlackBerry Pearl is arriving today to replace my Samsung BlackJack, which I can no longer stand. Nevertheless, I know there are plenty of Mac users out there who are rollin' with Mark/Space's Missing ...

How To: Tether a Samsung BlackJack to get your Mac online

by David Chartier (Dec 14th, 2006)

About a month ago I swallowed the poison and picked up a Cingular BlackJack, a new Windows Mobile Smartphone (I know, I know). I had been looking to step up to some sort of a PDA phone so I can surf and keep on top of WIN/TUAW business without having a MacBook sewn to my head, and so far it's been ...

Play BlackJack on your iPod

by C.K. Sample, III (Jul 14th, 2005)

As further evidence to support my theory that Apple should make a gaming iPod to compete with the Gameboy, Nintendo DS, and Playstation Portable, iPod Downloads has created a blackjack game for the iPod that runs off of the iPod's Notes feature. According to the site, "The beta version ...

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