Developer: Sputnik Games
Category: Games
Version: 1.0.0
Release Date: August 31, 2009
Size: 7.6 MB
Price: $1.99
Rating: 10/10

It seems like there's been a little bit of a decrease in the numbers of accelerometer dependent games released recently. I was a huge fan of the use of the accelerometer and any games that depended upon it as their main source of movement, there are some obvious classics. My favorite games recently have been all finger swipe and tap dependent. I was beginning to think that the accelerometer games were becoming uncool or played out to developers. Fish Food Frenzy just popped onto my phone and I'm psyched to be tilting and turning desperately again.

Developer: Com2Us Corp.
Category: Games
Version: 1.0.5
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Size: 21.0 MB
Price: $2.99
Rating 9/10

I'm a baseball fanatic. I live in a city that's wild for it's baseball team. I played little league baseball (poorly) from t-ball to the majors, I have a head way too full of stats, I go to minor league games when our guys are rehabbing, I watch every game at exactly 7:05 pm, I talk baseball to anyone who will listen and I waste at least a few thousand dollars every summer to see my beloved Red Sox play at Fenway Park.

Obviously I've been through a few iPhone baseball games. 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2009 from Com2Us is a very cool full-on baseball app. It offers all of the standard features you'd want to see in a complete team vs. team game, plus some surprisingly creative original ones too.

Developer: Gary Fung
Category: Utilities
Version: 1.0
Released Date: July 24, 2009
Size: 2.0 MB
Price: Free
Rating 10/10

It is very frustrating when your iPhone starts running slowly or crashes, and it usually happens when you're doing something important which uses a lot of memory. This is especially true for owners of 2G and 3G models. Recently the app Free Memory was pulled from the App Store, the decision was completely made by Apple and had nothing to do with the developer, iStat. There's a jailbreak app that frees up some memory, but if you are not using a jailbroken phone you are out of luck, and stuck with re-starts and re-springs to speed up your phone, which takes a while. There is a great app available to speed your phone up in a jiffy.

Developer: Elevata Inc.
Category: Games
Version: 1.0.2
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Size: 0.6 MB
Price: $1.99
Rating 9/10

There is something positive about the iPhone that is becoming more and more apparent: this is a gaming platform that caters to adults and grown up tastes. I don't know many adults who own their own DS, Paystation or Wii. However, $300.00 cell phones definitely inhabit the realm of the grown up toy, and because of that the games available go way beyond slash and hack, blast and bleed, and Bratz makeovers. iHitori is a giant step away from immature.

Developer: MumboJumbo
Category: Games
Version: 1.0
Release Date: August 8, 2009
Size: 22.9 MB
Price: $2.99
Rating 9/10

With the seemingly unlimited game options on the iPhone platform, it's getting harder and harder for games to maintain my interest. Gone are the days where Enigmo ruled the roost (although that's still a good one, IMHO); now games come so fast and furious that you really have to distinguish yourself with sound, design, elegance, and replayability. Personally, I download so many games that it's easy to tell which ones are capturing my attention: I keep tapping their icons.