Assassin's Creed set to assassinate the competition on iPhone

If you've looked at the featured page on the iPhone App Store, (unlike me, who got told by Cookie) you will have noticed that Altair has stealthily climbed to the top of the page, ready to assassinate the competition in Assassins Creed for iPhone.

First impressions of the game are good! Great in fact, the combat feels fluid, framerate (although complained about by a lot of people) is solid, and voice acting adds to the overall console quality feel of the game... Mini games pop up every so often which are innovative ways to pick pockets, interrogate enemies and more...

The only thing I can complain about is the on screen analogue stick but that is a shortcoming of the iPhone itself and not the game...


In this mini review, Assassins Creed gets an 8/10

Wolfenstein 3D shoots its way to the App Store

The classic FPS, Wolfenstein 3D, is now available in the App Store at a reasonable £2.99. There are several sets of controls to choose from, although I prefer the "twin stick" style one. The graphics are crisp and clear and the game runs as smooth as the iPhone 3G's curves.

Handheld Heaven this week!!!

This week saw the release of three big handheld releases for the 3 big platforms... First up is Metal Gear Solid Touch for the iPhone/iPod Touch which is like a shooting range-esque game which uses animated sprites from the insanely awesome PS3 title, Metal Gear Solid 4; Guns of the patriots...

Secondly, on the subject of insanely awesome PS3 titles, Resistance 2's little brother Resistance Retribution saw the light of day on PSP this week. RR is a third person shooter based in the Resistance universe and follows James Grayson, Major Cartwright and Rachel Parker from the previous Resistance:Fall Of Man on Playstation 3.

Last but certainly not least is Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on Nintendo DS. In Chinatown Wars you play as Huang Lee and you are avenging the death of your father... While in the city you can also kill, steal & drug deal as well as try your luck with SCRATCH CARDS!!! (*Curzo's nan runs off to buy a DS & GTA: CW*)

I've got all three and I'm loving them! GTA the most... If you have a DS, BUY IT, and if you don't... BUY ONE...

If you have a PSP, Buy RR, if you don't... Why haven't you got a PSP yet??? LittleBig-Freaking-Planet has been announced for it... yup thats right... Buy one right now...

Anyway, that's all I have to say... A review of the excellent Nokia N96 is coming soon. Curzo out...

SNAAAAKE!!! Metal Gear Solid Touch out NOW!!!!

Konami's main man Solid Snake has snook his way into the app store. Metal Gear Solid Touch is now available to buy for £3.49.

From what I've played so far it's good, but awkward and difficult... Not 100% what to think yet... but is it worth £3.49? I think so...

I've took some screenshots to help you decide...

this screenshot not in game...

iPhoneish.com - New iPhone news site recently opened

A friend of TBRE.co.uk recently sent me a press release for his new site, iPhoneish

iPhoneish.com - Your Daily Source for the Latest iPhone News

For iPhone lovers, by iPhone lovers


February 26, 2009 -- iPhoneish Launches New and incredibly exciting Website

At last you have found the website you have always been dreaming of. Imagine having all the latest daily news on iPhones and then being able to use this information to improve your iPhone experience and get the most out of this very popular brand.

You have the opportunity to surf lots of tips, tricks, ideas, and much more all in one place. You will no longer need to search Google for hours again!

iPhones are still a pretty new concept and some still don’t know what it is all about. If you are new it is a perfect learning curve, otherwise why not help others and reap the rewards at the same time.

iPhoneish is an user generated website that collects all the iPhone information you could possibly need and store it all one place.

iPhoneish would like to announce the launch of iPhoneish.com, a central point dedicated to collecting all the best iPhone news, hacks, rumors, applications and much, much more on the World Wide Web.

On iPhoneish the community members make all the decisions. The users add the stories, decide which of them should be published, and most importantly which should remain unpublished. Think of it like you now own a part of an amazing new forum and you can really get into it and tell people what you really think.

This is done by way of our voting system, where the bigger the vote, the higher up on the published page the story will be displayed.

Tap Tap Revenge 2 out NOW + Mini Review

The sequel to Tapulous's killer iPhone/iPod touch app, Tap Tap Revenge, has appeared on the App Store... I've spent a bit of time with the app now I love it.

New gameplay mechanics add more of a challenge to the game, features such as double taps and hold notes have now been added making it a miles more fun experience.


Tap Tap Revenge 2 has improved on the seemingly perfect music game for iPhone/iPod Touch. All that remains to be asked is, what will they do next?

Review - Apple iPhone 3G

Apple are one of those companies who could release a chocolate teapot, slap an Apple logo on it and call it the iPot, and it would sell millions. One of their latest successes is the critically acclaimed iPhone 3G, but is it as great as everyone says? Let's find out...


Section 1 - Hardware

As with most Apple hardware, it's a looker. The glossy black finish reminiscent of Sony's PS3, with a nice chrome apple "buy me" logo on the upper back of the device. The metal trim curving off the front of the device makes the device look really unique and makes it stand out anywhere.

The 3.5" screen is nice and bright and produces a crisp clear image, and is flush with the device as is the 2 megapixel camera on the back. The speaker for phonecalls is above the screen and fits in well with the device, and the loudspeaker for music, ringtones and applications is on the bottom of the device, which to be honest, I've noticed gets covered a lot by my finger when holding the phone in landscape mode. The microphone is located on the other side of the USB/Dock connector, and looks just like the speaker.


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Section 2 - Multimedia

On the Multimedia side of things there is a lot of bang for your buck. With the same interface and operating system as the iPod touch you can enjoy 3d coverflow, which shows album art for all your music in 3D and is enabled by tipping the device to a landscape position, and looks awesome! There is also youtube support so you can also get rick rolled on your iPhone! The youtube support is well integrated and a great part of the iPhone software. The iPhone sports a 2 megapixel camera, which to be honest, isn't the greatest camera i've seen on a phone with no flash, but beats rivals such as the T-Mobile G1 hands down. Your photo's can be used in applications such as iJiggles from smells like donkey inc. and more and can be amusing.

Music playback from the phone is loud, but quality-wise it could be a little better coming from Apple.

Viewing photos is great too, just simply use your finger to flick through them and pinch inwards or outwards with 2 fingers to zoom in and out thanks to the iPhone 3G's excellent multi touch display.

All of this is great however, but you can't help but feel let down by the lack of video capture on the iPhone


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Section 3 - Gaming on the iPhone

Apple really have made a great portable games console in the iPhone and the sooner people realise this the better. Console quality games such as gameloft's Asphalt 4:Elite Racing, The Hero of Sparta and Brothers in Arms, along with Sega's Super Monkey Ball make the iPhone a well suited choice to the portable gamer like myself. 3D graphics look crystal clear and the frame rate of the 3D games is outstanding. Personally, I believe the iPhone is better for gaming than the Nintendo DS Lite

Section 4 - Messaging

Not really much I can say on this as my main email account is with Windows Live, so I haven't really been able to use the email... sorry readers! But as for text messaging, I've done a bit of that, and I love it. Your messages show up in what looks like a windows live messenger sort of way, a conversation view, with green speech bubbles on the right (you) and white on the left (receipient)with a text entry window for the on-screen keyboard below.

Section 5 - Internet

Browsing the internet on your iPhone 3G is a dream! It looks great, carefully scaling full html pages to your screen in landscape or portrait mode and 3G internet speeds as well as WiFi support make this a wonderful experience. Websites such as gametrailers & more have iPhone support now too. If portable browsing is your thing, this is your phone.

Section 6 - Overview

If you're looking for a phone that can do it all (apart from video capture) then the iPhone is for you. It's an innovation in mobile phones which is already becoming the future of phones spawning copycats from manufacturers like Samsung and even Nokia.

Is the iPhone the best phone ever? Quite possibly, yes.


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Unboxing the iPhone 3G

Hey everyone, my iPhone 3G came today and i'm loving it so far... After spending about an hour syncing all my apps and stuff from my iPod Touch 1G and updating the firmware to 2.2.1 I've been able to get used to the phone and it's great...

Full review at the end of the week... (or at least by Monday) but for now, here's the unboxing video.

iPhone 3G Review soon!

Earlier today I ordered my iPhone 3G...

Later this week, I'll post a review...

Curzo