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...many iPhone-ready talking Christmas books and games; Christmas trees and menorahs that really light; the eSnowGlobe for $1.99 (shake the phone and the snow swirls); half a dozen dreidel apps (shake to spin the dreidel); and a special "holiday version" of FirePlace ($0.99), which crackles cheerily and plays holiday tunes. But beware: the app "has been known to freeze on rare occasions," the developer warns, without irony...
...something is rotten this holiday season at the Apple App Store. With all the hoop-de-doo about Christmas and Hanukah, another holiday that people normally observed in December is utterly unrepresented as of this writing: Festivus...
Where is the Festivus Pole app, commemorating the holiday's traditional, simple, unadorned aluminum pole? Or what about a Grievances List app, so that one can keep track of all the things people did during the past year that disappointed? It would certainly help observers recite them during the Airing of Grievances, which typically occurs after Festivus Dinner...
...three handhelds with cooking applications, the iPhone has the biggest selection of recipes. With more than 30 cooking programs to choose from in Apple's App Store, you can zero in on anything from Crock-Pot specials to vegan treats. I clicked on one app, Post Imagineering's no-frills Christmas recipes, which downloaded to my phone in seconds for 99¢. And though the thumbprint cookies I made from it got rave reviews, it was mildly annoying to have to tap the screen every few minutes to get it out of power-save mode while I mixed, beat and rolled...
...favorite cooking app ended up being a free one for the Google phone called Cooking Capsules. Each of the six dishes comes with an excellent how-to video, a grocery list and clear instructions. As with the DS titles, you can check off each item on your shopping list as you put it in your grocery cart. And a slider lets you adjust quantities for more or fewer people. I made halibut steamed in parchment paper, and it came out perfectly...