TomTom Launches US-Only iPhone App For $49.99

If you are planning on long drives this holiday season, TomTom has a surprise for you. The popular navigation systems developer has launched a stripped down version of their iPhone app, which now costs just half the original price. Available at $49.99, the newly launched TomTom iPhone app has dropped...

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Google Phone: A Faster, Prettier And Unlocked iPhone – Launching Next Month

Is the Google Phone already out in the wild? In a blog post yesterday, Google had written that the company was doling out a new mobile device running on Android 2.1 to their employees for what they call is 'dogfooding' - a means for employees to test new devices and...

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Hands On Video with EA’s Upcoming ‘Need for Speed Shift’

We've recently had some hands on time with EA's upcoming Need for Speed Shift which is expected soon. This game offers more of a sim experience than its iPhone predecessor Need for Speed Undercover with a lengthy list of real-life cars you can drive.

We'll have some full impressions soon, but in the meanwhile, here's our hands on video of the game:

A second video shows the menus and upgrade system. Need for Speed Shift is expected to be released soon.

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You’re the Designer in Upcoming ‘Sketch Nation Shooter’

At GDC back in March, Touch Arcade had the opportunity to sit down with Engineous Games and spend some time playing with a pre-alpha version of their rather unique, upcoming title ,Sketch Nation Shooter, in which you're not only the game's player…but also its designer. An interesting proposition, eh?

Sketch Nation Shooter allows users to create their own games by drawing a player, enemies and a level on a piece of paper and taking a picture of the drawing with their iPhone camera. Users can then share their creations with their friends and other users. Our unique image recognition technology automatically detects the objects drawn and calculates collision boundaries. Sketch

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