iQuarium is a bit of a dangerous thing to put in your pocket, and not because the virtual aquarium and its little pet Parrot Chiclid fish are so real looking you might fear getting your pants wet, either. It’s one of those game/commitments you make to keep a virtual being alive that has the potential to be addicting and create obsessive behavior in those so inclined. You can build and maintain and rearrange your tank just so and the fish develops a kind of personality based on how you treat it – with the everlooming possibility the thing might die from your neglect or mistreatment. 3D graphics on the tank renderings are quite stellar, though the fish itself has kind of oddly brilliant eyes that take the app down a visual notch. Still, it’s a very realistic water based environment right there on your device, which is amazing enough.
Here’s a simple, useful app you know you’re just kicking yourself for not having thought of first. How often do you dread the process of actually searching the web on your iPhone or iPod Touch? You open Safari, wait for a website to load, find the search input field on the webpage, type in your query, wait some more for the results to load and hey, hey if you want to search for the same thing on another site
it’s lather, rinse, repeat. With easyFind a number of popular sites are preconfigured (Wikipedia, Flicker, Yahoo, Google among others), plus you can create shortcuts and bookmarklets and even extend its search capabilities to custom websites with just a little HTML knowledge. Type your search query in once and search multiple sites. Results are delivered in the app for fast access and the UI is clean, simple and easy to navigate. A $2 winning ticket.
