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:

WordDigest is an English dictionary, Thesaurus and Spell Checker app for iPhone and iPod touch released by a Global Delight software house. Let’s take a quick look at its features:

• Dictionary containing more than 147,000 words
• IPA pronunciations for 87,000 words
• Built-in hyperlinked thesaurus for more than 28,000 words
• Built-in hyperlinked intelligent spell checker
• Set bookmarks to favorite words
• History of previously searched words
• Built-in Web search for Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Answers.com
• Option to show the etymology (word origin) for a word. This feature requires active Internet connection.
• Option to alter the text size

There are many dictionary applications out there for the iPhone and iPod Touch, but what makes this application great is that as-soon-as you start typing the word, it displays the matches dynamically as we input characters. When you click on a word, it opens the dictionary and shows its meaning.

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