iPhone Gems might not be the best name for this particular edition of our look at noteworthy software releases for the iPhone and iPod touch, as many of the titles featured this time are clunkers—titles with disappointing execution, graphics, or pricing that really turned us off. Regardless, we looked at a number of different genres this time, including card and gambling games, console and arcade games, hoping to find one or two winners to show you; skip straight to Blackjack 21 and Bomberman Touch if you want to see the better picks in this pile. 5 Card Touch Though we’d initially be inclined to describe Griffin Technology’s first two iPhone games as IQ tests—software that, if purchased, reveals the buyer to be not so bright—we can’t really blame customers for assuming that this venerable Apple accessory maker would do more...
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