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The Hero Arrives On iPhone

At $1.99, The Hero for the iPhone, iPod Touch "is a lightning-fast arcade romp that sizzles with comic book style, sassy characters and superhuman gameplay; fly to the rescue, arcing gracefully through gorgeous cityscapes as you speed to the aid of scores of helpless victims." Video after the break. The game is beautifully illustrated and animated [...]

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Vector Tanks Extreme Hits the iPhone

At $1.99, Vector Tanks Extreme for the iPhone, iPod Touch "offers everything the original did, plus more tank types, more weapon types (my personal favorite is the Rail Gun), airborne enemies (helicopters), and downright frenzied action." Video after the break. The game has been split into two versions to provide, as Peter tells it, a version [...]

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Tikinotes iPhone App Brings Virtual Keyboard to the iPhone

Tiki'Labs new Tikinotes iPhone app gives the iPhone a virtual keyboard. It's an upgrade to the phone's built-in virtual keyboard "by not only predicting the word you're currently typing, but also often correctly guessing the next word you were planning on typing." Video after the break. What we can't get used to, however, is how hilariously [...]

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Vers Wood iPhone Case

At $39.99, the Vers Wood iPhone Case from ThinkGeek "is hand crafted from select US hardwoods and bamboo, and has a soft felt interior your iPhone will love; all corners are reinforced with steel pins for added strength." It comes in either shellcase or slipcase form. So chuck that crappy silicone case you bought for [...]

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iPhone Used to Control Music-Playing Robot

Spotted at Siggraph, this music-playing robot, called Shimon, is controlled by the iPhone, which can be used "to make some simple initial music." Continue reading for a short video demonstration. You can then change the style in which it's improvising and fiddle with the original music that it's playing along with. [Source]

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