SINGAPORE June 14, 2010 – Singapore-based game developer Personae Studios announce the release of their twelfth game title:  Monkey Sailor, a strategic-thinking puzzle game for iPhone and iPod touch.  Monkey Sailor offers hundreds of unique game puzzles, and is available for free within the iTunes App Store.

Game play involves navigating the “Monkey Sailor” through the ocean to find a banana treasure.  Players move the sailor through a series of puzzles, each delivering a unique array of obstacles.  Game play is timed, so players must solve each puzzle quickly to move onto the next puzzle; and ultimately win the game.  Monkey Sailor game features include rest, undo, and hint options; as well as sound and music options.

Since its recent release, Monkey Sailor has gained fast popularity within the iTunes App Store.  Earlier this week, Monkey Sailor topped the charts, becoming the number one game download in Thailand.  Many contribute Monkey Sailor’s popularity to its game play simplicity, attractive graphics, and value – with over 300 strategic puzzles available, players can enjoy hours of game play for free.

The Monkey Sailor release closely follows $pree; a shopping mall game released by Personae Studios last month.  With the release of $pree, Personae Studios became the first to develop a game for the iPad within Singapore.  Other Personae Studios games for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad are currently under development, and scheduled for release later this year.  For more information on upcoming releases, please visit PersonaeStudios.com.

Personae Studios is the first and largest Singapore‐based game developer specializing in design and development for iPhone games, and supporting infrastructure. For more information on Personae Studios game titles, upcoming game releases, or to download media screenshots, please visit PersonaeStudios.com.

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So iPhone software release 2.0 was let loose on the masses yesterday and with it came the much anticipated App store.  Apple released over 500 applications on launch day, enough to make any iPhone fan boy’s head spin.  While it is impossible to download and try every application I present to you the apps I found to be most useful, possibly leaving some gems yet to be discovered.  If you have others, leave a comment and I will try it out.  I’d love to have some apps crack the top 5.

So without much further ado I present to you my top 5 free applications from the iPhone app store.

Application #1   Remote

Remote from Apple found an instant home on the front page of my iPhone.  It allows you to remotely control iTunes or Apple TV from anywhere in the house.  If you have an Apple TV and a lot of media, this application turns your iPhone in to the THE perfect remote control for it.  You can call up movies, songs, albums, podcasts, do searches and more…then have it displayed in HD glory right on your TV.

Applications like this will help Apple sell more Apple TV’s, iPhones, etc because the convergence of all the media and the ease of use of all of the products can not be matched by ANY OTHER manufacturer.  This is truly a killer app that with all the right pieces in place, makes the digital home that much easier to negotiate.  This App is Free.

Application #2  Yellowpages.com Mobile

Knowledge is power and Yellowpages mobile gives you knowledge about your local surroundings by the bucket load.

Want to find the local auto inspection place?  Type “auto inspection”  YP Mobile will locate you, and provide a listing of all the area shops who provide auto inspections.  You can then call them directly from the app, view them on the map or view shop hours.

The app also lists local events in your area so you always know what is going on in your surroundings.

This app is much faster than finding the same information on the web, and the data online is very up to date.  This App is Free.

Application #3 Weatherbug

This app has been around for some time on PC desk tops and for the mac.  Now it makes it way to the iPhone.  Once I downloaded Weather bug I moved the Apple weather application to the back page of my iPhone because I won’t be using it any more.

Weatherbug provides so much more information like windspeed, direction, rain, humidity, dew point, radar, live local photos, etc.  There is no comparrison between the weather information you get from this app and the information you get from app that came with the iPhone.  If you care about the temp outside, what the weather is doing, and what it is going to do you need Weatherbug.  This App is Free.

Application #4 Bloomberg

If you have a 401K you keep an eye on then this is the app for you.  All the doom and gloom of the recent markets is right there before your eyes with beautiful charts and diagrams in a fashion that only an iPhone app could pull off.  Pinch and scroll, zoom and browse as you watch your hard earned retirement shrink into pennies on the dollar.

Time to sell the iPhone so the kids can go to college.

If you can bear to look at it this a great app with all the financial information you will ever need.  Maybe you can use it to seize some buying opportunities and turn in to the next Warren Buffet.  If you do strike it rich drop a couple a bucks at iPhone app review as a way of saying thanks for pointing you to this great free app.

Application #5 OneTap

If you still like to go out to the movies instead of downloading the torrents then this app will show what is on at the theaters near you.  It will locate your position, show you the theaters near by, and list everything playing.  From there you can watch trailers, see start times etc.

The interface is really slick and can help you decide where you want to buy that $12 bag of popcorn at. Unlike the popcorn, OnTap is free to download.

That about sums it up for me, I would love to hear what you think.

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