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Category: iPhone

  • Hijinks Reviews: iPac3D


    Pros:     Good concept, one of the first true 3D games for the platform.
    Cons: May ruin your childhood memories of Pac-Man. Also, the onscreen control interface is less than reliable.

    Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone

    Developed by: Marco Giorgini (MarcoGiorgini.com)

    Joining the masses as yet another Pac-Man clone, comes iPac3D. Based off the Yeti3D engine by Derek John Evans, this latest reincarnation barely resembles the Pac-Man you grew up with. It is however a fairly polished and stable game, it does have a few quirks of course, but it is free after all.

    More after the jump.

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  • Hijinks Reviews: Fring


    Pros:     Hands down one of the best apps for the iPhone. Period. First to bring native Skype support for Wi-Fi calling. Replaces the need for running three or four chat apps.
    Cons: Leaving it running in the background does shorten battery life. Doesn’t play nice with your tunes.

    Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone

    Developed by: fringland ltd (www.fring.com)

    I was fairly impressed with iChabber, which was the first app to bring working GoogleTalk support to the platform, but I have to say Fring makes iChabber look like a toy. Both in terms of ease of use and available features.

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  • Top Ten iPhone Apps

    As my fellow blogger Fred has recently pointed out, we have a new reviews section and rating system for mobile applications for the iPhone/iPod touch. In honor of that, I decided I’d post a quick top ten list of the best apps in my opinion for the iPhone (this list only includes apps that I currently have installed).

    1. Installer.app – I know it’s a cop out, but without it installing apps is rather frustrating.
    2. Fring – Support for VoIP, GoogleTalk, Twitter, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and ICQ.
    3. Touchpad – Awesome app for controlling your computer from across the room.
    4. iPhysics – Countless hours of fun
    5. Tris – The most polished version of Tetris available for the iPhone.
    6. MxTube – Easy to use application for downloading and saving YouTube videos.
    7. NES – Super Mario Bros on the iPhone, ’nuff said.
    8. Millionaire – Without Regis Philbin it’s a much better game.
    9. Pool – Excellent use of the touch screen for controls.
    10. AFPd – Makes copying files to and from your iPhone a breeze (assuming you’re on a Mac).

    What’s your top ten list of apps look like?

  • Hijinks Inc. – iPhone Edition

    I’m pleased to announce that as of today, Hijinks Inc. has a mobile version of our site online. No need to visit a special URL either, just open up http://hijinksinc.com on your iPhone or iPod touch and it will automatically load the mobile version of Hijinks.

    Currently 15% of our hits are coming from Mobile Safari, so we figured it was about time to make browsing a little easier.

  • Hijinks Reviews: iDope. The Police is too strong for you!

    Pros: The weird looks your friends give you when you talk about what you’re doing in the game without telling them its just a game.
    Cons: Buggy interface and no re-playability. Nothing cool to buy with our ill-begotten gains.

    Platform: iPod Touch and iPhone

    Developed by: Wahkiz (iphone.wahkiz.com)

    Version Reviewed: 0.3.2

    iDope is a port of the classic turn based strategy game, Dope Wars. Originally a high school project, in 1984 John Dell created a DOS based buying and selling stimulater based on drug trading. Almost twenty-five years later his concept has seen countless reiterations (including the wildly popular Facebook application–wildly popular because I swear I get ten invites for it every time I log on.) the latest of which comes to the iPod Touch and iPhone. Full review and screen shots after the jump. (more…)