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Nukotoys introduces two physical card sets for interacting with iPad apps

by Mike Schramm (Jan 9th, 2012)

One of our first appointments here at CES this week was with a company called Nukotoys, which co-CEO Rodger Raderman told us was interested in asking the question for today's children: "What is a toy?" As we've reported here before, more kids than ever are interested in getting iPod touches and ...

Daily iPhone App: Postcard on the Run

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 21st, 2011)

I've traveled to over 30 countries since 2009, and today I wish I had brought Postcard on the Run with me. I've been using the app for the last few weeks and have become infinitely fond of it. Postcard on the Run lets you take a picture on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and turn it into a ...

Daily iPhone App: Brawl

by Mike Schramm (Dec 20th, 2011)

Ben Brode is a game designer at Blizzard Entertainment who has created an iOS card game called Brawl (we're still waiting for iOS games from Blizzard, by the way). Brawl is actually based on a real card game, and unlike most turn-based card games, this one's played in real time (similar to ...

Apple updates Cards app with improved text entry, more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 7th, 2011)

The holiday season is now here, which means it's time to start thinking about those holiday greeting cards. Instead of sending out a ream of handwritten notes, you should check out Apple's Cards app. The app lets you take a photo, add a personal note and send it off to someone in your address ...

Cards app is available: Hallmark beware!

by Steven Sande (Oct 12th, 2011)

The app you've all been anxiously waiting for since the "Let's Talk iPhone" event on October 4th, Cards, is now available as a free download on the App Store. Cards allows you to create a number of specialized greeting cards ranging from birthday cards to trip post cards. You can add your own ...

Apple's Cards available on October 12 for iOS

by Mike Schramm (Oct 4th, 2011)

Apple has announced a new official app for iOS. Cards will use any photo taken with an iOS device, and put that photo, along with a message, on high-quality paper to your specifications. The company will even mail it out for you with Apple-designed postage and lettering. Essentially, it offers ...

Daily Mac App: Full Deck Solitaire

by Samuel Gibbs (Aug 26th, 2011)

Solitaire is one of the enduring classics of computer gaming, keeping all the skill and entertainment of the real thing and ditching all the shuffling and laying out. Full Deck Solitaire is fantastic free solitaire game available from the Mac App Store. Full Deck comes with 22 "deliciously ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: Solebon Solitaire

by Samuel Gibbs (Aug 3rd, 2011)

Card games have been our entertainment fall back for generations. Solebon Solitaire for the Mac brings the quality, small screen experience of Solebon Solitaire for iOS to your desktop screen. Solebon Solitaire for Mac features 42 solitaire card games in one. You've got old favorites from ...

TUAW's Daily App: Full Deck Solitaire

by Mike Schramm (Feb 21st, 2011)

A solitaire game? That's what you're probably asking out loud right now, since a) there are a ton of solitaire games on the App Store, and b) I haven't had a lot of luck picking your favorites in the past. But there's a reason Full Deck Solitaire is here, and his name is Graeme Devine. Devine is a ...

TUAW's Daily App: UNO

by Mike Schramm (Feb 11th, 2011)

Everybody knows UNO, the classic card game where you have to match cards going around a table and try to clear out your hand before someone else clears out theirs. Gameloft produced the iPhone version, and it's a respectable recreation of the card game that's available in single or multiplayer. The ...

TUAW's Daily App: Awesome Solitaire

by Mike Schramm (Sep 24th, 2010)

Awesome Solitaire is (surprise!) an awesome solitaire game. The usual card game is so simple by now that presentation is everything, and Awesome Solitaire has presentation in spades. If you play in Awesome mode, the graphics are flashy, you get rewarded with points for combos, and the animation ...

TUAW's Daily App: Cartolina

by Mike Schramm (Sep 20th, 2010)

Cartolina is an app that I noticed over on the great Drawn! illustration blog. While you might not want to get it yourself (it's the thought that counts with greeting cards, and I think that, with both cards and letters, the real thing is still better), you can't disagree that the art of this one ...

App review: Tichu card game ups the ante for digital trick taking

by Sebastian Blanco (Sep 4th, 2010)

Normally, to get a game of Tichu going, you need to round up three friends. If you don't have any card-playing friends who know Tichu, then maybe you have to tell them you're going to have a Bridge party, then *bam!* you bust out the 56-card Tichu deck at the last minute. This sort of gamer ...

TUAW's Daily App: Solidarity Solitaire

by Mike Schramm (May 7th, 2010)

Solidarity Solitaire is a pretty good version of Solitaire on the App Store, and developer Kyle Davis just recently released a free version supported by in-game ads. Just like the paid version, the free version is a no-frills affair. Solitaire is Solitaire, though, so if all you want to do is play ...

First Look: Game Table for the iPad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 30th, 2010)

Here's some screenshots for another upcoming iPad app called Game Table. The app brings Checkers, Chess, and various card games onto Apple's tablet with detailed graphics and an "intuitive" interface -- the developers claim it's like carrying full board games around with you, but without all the ...