Wisen Up is a simple, yet very funny application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that comes packed with 25  quizes and facts. This app is an effective way to kill time especially when you are waiting in a long queue; waiting for your turn at the dentist and so on!

Here are the categories on which quizes and facts are based:

• Body language
• Ancient cures
• Be a doctor
• Funny medical snippets
• Tell me why
• Myths
• Weird, incurable diseases
• Amazing body facts
• Types of doctors
• Name your fear
• First aid mistakes

My favorite feature of the whole application is the “Personality Quizzes”. I gave the questionnaire of “Are you a ladies man?” and boy, I was glad of the result

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There are not many Soccer games for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This is possibly due to the reason that  implementing such games onto the small screen of both the devices can be a challenge for the developers as neither of the devices come with physical buttons that may be used to control the players on the screen. But folks at Gameloft took the challenge and boy, I am very impressed with their work

The Real Soccer is a pretty huge game (77MB install) for iPhone and iPod Touch. But, it was all worth it! It was like playing EA’s Fifa on a PSP or something. It surely gathered a lot of attention around me as nobody had seen anyone playing soccer on their mobile devices in so much better quality as compared to typical ho-hum games based on Java.

Anyway, the game is controlled via on-screen buttons. At first, I was little uneasy controlling the players via those on-screen buttons, but I got accustomed after 5 minutes of game play. Button “A” is for strong kicks, making the other player fall (but be careful, otherwise, you may get a yellow or a red card) and button “B” is for passing the ball around, selecting players.

The game has multiplayer mode in which you can play with your other friends provided they are on the same wifi network.

Features:

- Easily perform the most amazing soccer moves with the touch screen.
- Real-time multiplayer mode to go head-to-head with friends over Wi-Fi.
- 198 teams with real players’ names thanks to the FIFPRO football license.
- 3D graphics worthy of the best handheld soccer games.
- Play throw-ins by tilting your iPhone!
- 12 stadiums entirely modelled in 3D.

Here is the video of the game in action:

What is great about this game:

• Good graphics
• Awesome and addictive gameplay
• Price: Just $0.99!

What I expect in the future upgrades:

• Commentary: In game commentary would be great. This will help me, not to miss Fifa 2009 when I am on the go.
• They need to polish the controls. Make them invisible and bigger. Use the accelerometer to move the players around.

[iTunes URL] [Official webpage]

Some screenshots of the game:

SPB Wallet is a simple, yet powerful application for iPhone and iPod Touch that lets you store all of your confidential information securely. One can argue the usability of wallet apps by saying, “I can store all that information in notes app”, but unfortunately, but notes app does not offer any security.

SPB Wallet offers strong 256-bit AES encryption which will ensure that your data is accessible only by you.  Here is a quick glance at its features:

* Cards look like those in your wallet
* Flip flow view for cards
* Auto fill for web site passwords
* 60 predefined templates
* Fully customizable cards

You can sync your data over Gmail or with your Desktop (wifi required). Desktop version has to purchased separtely, which costs $9.99 from SPB’s own site here.

It has multi-language support: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Thai

Agendus is a great PIM that has finally been released for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Agendus enhances and extends the built-in iPhone Contacts App while introducing its comprehensive Task management functionality, which allows users to get things done quickly and efficiently when on the go, on their iPhone or iPod Touch.

Agendus is available now on the iPhone App Store, at the introductory price of $7.99.

[Agendus official webpage]

Documents to Go is a popular mobile office suit that has made its debut to iPhone world.

DataViz, Inc., a leading provider of Microsoft Office compatibility solutions, today announced the immediate availability of their highly anticipated mobile Office suite application, Documents To Go, on the Apple App Store. The app brings iPhone and iPod touch users the culmination of over 10 years of DataViz experience providing mobile professionals a robust and easy-to-use mobile Office suite for “anytime, anywhere” access to their important documents. Users can view, edit and create Microsoft Word files, including Word 2007, and utilize a desktop application to provide 2-way file synchronization. A version with support for attachments is also available for Microsoft Exchange e-mail users who need to send, receive and edit attachments on their iPhones.

[Documents to Go product homepage]

Hansol Huh has unveiled Type Drawing, a game in which you have a draw a figure with letters. The developer even lets you upload your creations to TypeDrawing Artwork at flickr.

“Type Drawing originally started with an online project in year 2005, and since so many people already have made their typography artwork by using TypeDrawing. You can see online TypeDrawing at http://www.storyabout.net/typedrawing/index.php or just google “typedrawing”. There are numerous stunning typedrawing artworkS. ”

Features:

• Type a sentence or word
• Choose a font
• Choose a background paper
• Save your artwork at Photo Album

[iTunes]
[Hansole Huh Official Website]

Bokan Technologies has taken wraps off Cute Math, a game meant for the small children which lets them learn numbers. However some people are extremely annoyed  due to the fact that the game asks you to give it the permission to know your location. There is just no reason to know the location in the game, which has pis*ed a lot of people.

“The best game I have found so far is Cute Math. Yes, you heard me light Math that’s cute,  for under a buck! Your little one can count baby penguins, pick the right amount of apples to put in a basket, move some happy birds around to solve addition problems, and drop apples off a tree to solve subtraction problems. The best feature of this game is the modeling involved all of the cute animals and boject become manipulatives that you can move around to help solve the problem. For instance, for the problem 3+4=____ there are 3 happy birds on one wire, and 4 happy birds on another. One tap of the screen sends all of the birds to one wire, and your child can easily count the birds altogether. Good stuff. Did I mention that it’s also cute?”

[ITunes URL]

[Bokan Technologies Official Website]

Today,  Shopper was released by MidCentury Software, which is an application to keep a track of your shopping lists. The interface is fine and easy to use. You cannot complain much when they asking just a dollar for it!

“Shopper is ideal for groceries and just about anything else you need. Update your shopping list whenever you think of things you need to buy. You can even add photos to your list using the built-in camera. Then when you’re shopping, check off the items as you go. Your shopping list is with you all the time, whenever you need it.”

Features:-

• Create multiple lists for specific stores, situations, or recipes
• Create new lists based on others making it easy to create and use “template” lists
• Create lists by searching the built-in catalog of grocery and other items
• Quickly create a list by typing the first few characters of an item and choosing from the auto-complete list
• Easily organize your  lists to match the aisle order or layout of your stores
• Add prices and quantities to your items for tracking budget and stores
• Calculates sales tax, including multiple rates as used in canada
• Add notes and photos to your lists
• Customize the built-in catalog to suite your own needs
• Share your list with others via e-mail
• Coupons can be tracked
• Password protect your lists

[iTunes URL]

[MidCentury Software Official Website]

Chillingo Today has taken wraps off Boulder Dash. Although the original one was a best seller at one time, but we were not at all pleased with the iPhone and iPod Touch port. The graphics and game play leave much to be desired.

“The original, award-winning, #1 best-seller: Boulder Dash, is now available for the first time for your iPhone and iPod touch! Race against time to clear a path and collect the number of diamonds required in order to open the exit in each of the 80 scrolling Caves. Avoid falling boulders and enemies. Be careful not to become trapped. Easy to learn,difficult to master.’”

Features:-

• Large Scrolling Caves
• Play or explore using “Pinch” zooming
• Use the single-finger “flick” to scroll cave maps
• Switch between portrait and landscape modes during play
• 2 sets of player configured virtual D-pad controls
• Or control Rockford simply by dragging your finger supports multi-touch controls
• 4 different high resolution graphics sets
• Original 80 caves and 4 bonus caves
• Original music and sfx with an all new music remix of the original theme music
• All of the original creatures and features: Butterflies, Firefiles:Growing Amoeba; Magic Walls
• Extensive instructions and tips
• Post  high scores to the Open-Feint leaderboards
• Chat with other players in Chillingo’s Boulder Dash room using Open-Feint

[iTunes URL]

[Chillingo Official Website]

ProCreative, Inc has taken unveiled ProCreative Golf 09. Here is its description:

“Golf 09 provides serious and casual golfers the best tools for their game with the least amount of complication. Our simplified and intuitive interface is also the most advanced, designed with speed and accuracy in mind. The beautiful graphics are not only pleasing to look at, but have been designed for easy outdoor viewing with big buttons and high contrast screens. Our goal was to help golfers improve their game and the result was Golf 09!”

Features:

• Quick & Detailed scorecard entry
• 4 Player Scorecard with Photos
• Support for multiple tee boxes
• GPS Shot Tracking (iPhone 3G)
• Custom Golf Club Entry & Shot Averages
• Handicap Tracking
• Center of green Distance Readout (iPhone 3G)
• Custom Notes for Each Hole
• Stat Tracking with Bar Graph Display
• Email with  Graphical Scorecards & Stats
• Intuitive & Simplified User Interface

[iTunes URL]

[ProCreative,Inc Official Website]

The Moron Test is a  pretty simple, yet very addictive game. The main objective of the game is how fast you clear the levels. The game is very easy and anyone can pass all the levels, but what matters is the speed at which you clear them.

As you continue to pass the levels, the questions do get a little trickier, but not that difficult. All you have to do is memorize the steps and  you will face no problems in passing the levels.

Here is the video of “The Moron Test” in action:

[AppStore Link] [Developer's homepage]

The AppStore has lately been hit by a number of games based on Swine Flu and this game, aptly named as Swine Flew is one of them. The game play is pretty simple. You will see some flying pigs in the game and you have to swipe in the upward direction to throw them off. In other words, you have to save a bunch of people from the pigs coming down from the sky.

Here is a video of it.

What’s great!

• Addictive
• Flicking the pigs in the air feels great!
• Cheap

[AppStore URL] [Swine Flew homepage]

This is one of the most pathetic games we have ever come across in AppStore. Not only it has poor graphics, but is also poorly programmed. There is no pause button in it. Also, there is no way you can return to the menu. Well, there is nothing in the menu itself anyway.

For 10 minutes, we were unable to figure out where the gun is? We had something in front of us to control, but due to the poorly designed graphics, we were unable to make out, what it was. This finally forced us to the read the “how to play” instructions.

You have to tilt your device and hit the trigger simultaneously to kill the pigs that come-by. Here is the video of the game:

Do we recommend it?

Hell No! Do not waste your money. Instead save money for NFS Undercover that retails for $9.99, which is really worth it.

[iTunes URL]

Ever wanted to run your iPhone or iPod Touch for longer time? If you are not using the application known as Insomnia, the wifi will switch off as-soon-as you turn off your device. This means that you will also be disconnected from the network. With the help of a little application, Insomnia, you can make the wifi work for much longer time.

Insomnia is available on Cydia for FREE. Download now!