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...case in point is the puzzle game Enigmo. Formerly a desktop game developed by Pangea Software of Austin, Texas, it was ported over to the iPhone in May around the time the iTunes App Store launched. Pangea started out selling it for $9.99. "The iPhone App Store has been a textbook example of supply and demand because at first there was a huge demand for the new apps, but there was a very small supply of them - only a few dozen games," founder Brian Greenstone told me. "So we could charge $9.99 easily for them...
...that there are some 10,000 applications available at the App Store, it makes it much harder for new apps to be discovered, some developers say. Brandon Bogle, an engineer and a co-founder of the Blimp Pilots - an ad hoc group of iPhone-app creators, who are otherwise employed as game developers - said its hit app Koi Pond, which sold 600,000 copies, was simply in the right place at the right time. "We were lucky enough to get in on day one, when people could find us. There are so many good apps for the iPhone, the problem...
...websites like Epicurious and food blogs like Simply Recipes and 101 Cookbooks can leave you with a haphazard pile of printouts. The solution? Handheld devices not only let you browse hundreds of recipes on the go but also create electronic shopping lists you can easily tote to the store. And if perchance your handheld falls into the cookie batter (as mine did), you can wipe it clean with a sponge. (See the 50 best inventions...
...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...
...them, Gates probably has the best sense of what lies in store. After all, Obama will be the eighth President he has served. "There will no doubt be differences among the team," says Gates, "and it will be up to the President to make the decisions." A powerful team can succeed, but only if everyone agrees who is in charge...