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There are dozens of solitaire games available in the App Store.

Few are as streamlined and well-implemented as iTap Solitaire. This game is an instance of the classic Klondike Solitaire game for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

If you have played the Solitaire game that comes with nearly every version of Windows, you’ll immediately be comfortable with iTap Solitaire.

Options include dealing 1 or 3 cards at a time (3 is much harder), simple sound effects and animations, best time/high score statistics, and portrait or landscape orientation.

You can lock the orientation into one mode in case you prefer that and don’t want the board to automatically flip if you’re lying down on your side playing.

Cards may be moved using a simple tap-tap sequence, or via a tap, drag, drop. This makes game play very fluid and intuitive.

If you are trying to select a solitaire game for your iPhone or iPod Touch, you can’t go wrong with iTap Solitaire. It is available in the App Store for $1.99.

Tetris, of course, is one of the all-time most popular video games. It really got its start on a handheld platform, sending the original Nintendo Game Boy to superstar status. In the 25+ years since it was released, Tetris has appeared on essentially every computer and gaming platform known to man.

This iPhone/iPod Touch Tetris from EA Mobile remains true to the original, while offering some interface niceties and outstanding graphics/sound unique to the iPhone OS platform.

Tetris offers 15 levels of difficulty and two different modes of play, called Marathon and Magic. There are four original soundtracks which are catchy but can get old after extended play.

If you’re a fan of Tetris, you should definitely grab this from the App Store. Especially now that it’s only $4.99, down from the original $9.99 price.

There have been some amazing games released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Many of these rival, or even surpass games for dedicated gaming machines such as the PSP and Nintendo DS, in terms of 3D graphics and sound.

However, some games are crippled by the lack of any physical control buttons on the iPhone. Creative game developers have offered all kinds of virtual controls on the screen, and utilized the accelerometer. But in the heat of battle, these controls can be cumbersome and slow down game play or interfere with a player’s best performance.

Can the iPhone truly compete with a machine that has many physical buttons that give the player tactile feedback while playing?

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