Following the same testing strategy used for its previous Plus+ network games, Ngmoco has launched its newest game, GodFinger, as a limited release on the Canadian App Store. GodFinger puts the player in the role of an all-powerful deity who must customize and cultivate their world and convert its inhabitants into loyal followers. The game supports an open-ended gameplay where users can choose their playing style from being a benevolent god to a destructive…

Namco Networks has released Pool Pro Online 3 for the iPhone and iPod touch, incorporating Namco’s new UniteSDK technology to provide cross-platform online play with opponents on other mobile devices and desktop computers. Pool Pro Online 3 is a 3D pool game that allows players to compete against friends online in 8-ball, 9-ball and Snooker. Players can make in-game wagers against their opponents and use the winnings to upgrade their equipment…

Macally has announced its new line of accessories for the upcoming Apple iPad. The MetroClear is a clear, snap-on hardshell plastic cover, while the MetroLink combines a clear hardshell back panel with a silicone edge for added shock protection and grip, the MetroChrome adds a mirror finish to the snap-on hardshell MetroClear, and the Metro keeps the snap-on hardshell design but comes in black with a non-slip surface. The FlexFit is a clear soft case…

Barnes & Noble has confirmed plans to release its own eReader application for the iPad. The application is expected to be released as a free download “around the time” of the iPad availability and will allow users to read existing books in their Barnes & Noble digital library, including eBooks and content that customers have already downloaded to their nook eBook reader, as well as providing access to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore.…

Back in January 2009, Just Mobile showed off three new Macintosh accessories that really caught our attention: the aluminum laptop stand Xtand Pro, the aluminum passive cooler and cord manager called Cooling Bar, and something called the Aluminum Mouse Pad that for some odd reason really stuck in our heads. Xtand Pro came out almost immediately, the Cooling Bar two months later, and the Aluminum Mouse Pad… well, it never shipped. We waited,…

iPhone OS 4.0, the next major revision to the software that powers the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, will offer support for multitasking, according to a new report. Citing anonymous sources “with a proven track record” in predicting Apple’s technical advancements, AppleInsider reports that iPhone OS 4.0, expected this summer, will include a “full-on solution” for multitasking, allowing third-party applications downloaded…

Welcome to this week’s gaming edition of iPhone Gems! Though the biggest news of the week was Capcom’s release of Street Fighter IV for the iPhone, reviewed here, three other titles were also worthy of the spotlight in this roundup. All three are sequels to previously released and reviewed games, and all three include notable improvements over their predecessors, albeit with varying degrees of impressiveness. All three titles this week…

The City of Edmonton, Alberta has announced plans to sponsor an application development contest. Scheduled to be formally announced later this month, the Apps4Edmonton contest will aim to encourage local iPhone developers to create apps that improve municipal information sharing and communications. The contest will offer $50,000 in prizes and the winning application will be showcased at the 2010 Canadian Government Technology Conference (GTEC) in…

According to the latest data from comScore, the iPhone saw a very small gain in U.S. smartphone market share from the three months ending in October 2009 to the three months ending in January 2010. The report shows that Apple’s average U.S. smartphone platform market share rose from 24.8% in the quarter ending in Oct. to 25.1% in the three months ending in January, a gain of only 0.3%, leaving Apple in second place. Over the same period, BlackBerry-maker…

A pair of files offering support for new gestures have been found in the latest beta version of the iPhone SDK 3.2 for iPad. 9to5Mac reports that the latest SDK’s “gestures” folder contains two previously unseen files, named “3Tap.plist” and “LongPress.plist,” presumably offering support for triple-tap and tap-and-hold gestures, which Apple currently uses in its implementations of VoiceOver and the iPhone…