Astraware/Handmark recently released their Solitaire application for the iPhone. The application has been around for quite a while for other platforms but has now finally made its debut in the iPhone world.
The game is a collection of the twelve most wanted solitaire games. Among these are such classics as FreeCell and Klondike (probably most well known for their Windows counterparts) and the game is very straightforward and intuitive.
When launched the game presents you with a screen full of single player card games. Once you tap on a game, you get a view of the layout and buttons for info, stats, the rules (which you can change) and both a terse and a wordy description of the gameplay. Just tap the play button and you are on your way.
You can even have several games going on concurrently, as long as they are different of course.
Any form of solitaire has, at least for me, been among those things that I like to play when I have a few minutes free. I like to have it around on my computers, regardless of the operating system, and the iPhone is not an exception to this. I was therefore quite pleased when this was released on June 30. It is currently sold for an introductory price of 99 cents, though this will change in the not too far future.
There is really nothing more to say than this is quite a bargain; the graphics are good and the customisation options are plenty. My only gripes would be that there is no landscape mode and that I have sometimes problems moving a card to the foundations; it slides off.
However, these are minor details on an otherwise excellent implementation of a fine set of single player card games. I would gladly pay more for this but now I got away with far less and who am I to complain?
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