If you’re into some super stealthy action, you might take a look at Metal Gear Solid Touch, depicted here with Solid Snake at the helm. If you’re more into the horror genre for a portable spook, there’s Silent Hill: The Escape.

Going through the rest of the Konami catalog, you’ll find Silent Scope, Krazy Kart Racing, Frogger, Power Pros Touch, and Field Prowlers Police Rush. Rhythm game fanatics can get their fix through Dance Dance Revolution S and Dance Dance Revolution S+.

That’s the good news, but there are two sticking points. First, the 99 cent sale seems to only apply to the US App Store, so international customers (like Canadians) are left paying full price. Second, the sale only runs until this Saturday, so you’ll want to make up your mind quickly.

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If you’re looking for something particularly groundbreaking in this arena, you probably won’t be terribly impressed with what this product has to offer. At the same time, the Mophie Dual USB Wall Charger can become an indispensable accessory for gadget geeks on the go. Just find a wall outlet and you can charge any two USB devices at once.

To keep things as simple as possible, Mophie includes absolutely nothing with the Dual USB Wall Charger. You won’t find any extra iPod cables or instructional booklets, so you’ll need to supply your USB cables on your own. This may be a point of frustration for some users, but it helps to keep the costs as low as possible.

The Mophie Dual USB Wall Charger is designed to be remarkably slim. This makes it easy to slot into just about any backpack, briefcase, or jacket pocket. Frequent travelers will appreciate that much.

Since the two USB ports are placed side-by-side, as shown above, this does create a problem for people who are using surge protectors and other power strips. The Mophie product is wider than a single power outlet, so you will be blocking ports when you are using this product. That’s the price you pay for slim, I suppose.

To keep up with the slim profile and slender design, you’ll notice that the power prongs on the Dual USB Wall Charger are designed to flip into the body when not in use. The rectangular block is easy to stow in your bag, since the prongs don’t get in the way.

From what I understand, the Mophie Dual USB Wall Charger outputs a total of 1.0 amps of power, so bear that in mind when you are thinking about the devices that need charging. Some products require a full amp, whereas others only need half an amp. If you’re charging the former, the second USB port may not be available to you.

For the sake of comparison, here is the Mophie Dual USB Wall Charger next to the Griffin PowerBlock Dual AC Charger. These two products offer basically the same functionality, converting a regular wall outlet into a couple of powered USB ports.

The difference is that the Griffin product is definitely “chunkier” than its Mophie counterpart, but the Griffin product will not block neighboring power outlets on a power bar. It’s up to you whether you value the slimness of the Mophie charger over the “non-blocking” design of the Griffin charger.

The Mophie Dual Port USB Wall Charger is listed at just $19.95, so that’s a pretty small investment for the added convenience that you can have both at home and on the road. It doesn’t floor anybody with groundbreaking innovation, but it’s one of the more useful little gadgets that you can carry in your bag.

Overall Rating: 7.5/10

Instead of letting the cords and cables make for one huge mess, this cover provides a small pocket to the side of the wall outlet. In this small plastic pocket, you can slot your favorite smartphone or other mobile device, threading the charging cable through to the wall outlet without having the cable dangle everywhere.

It’s far from being a high-tech solution, but it seems like a viable solution. There is a slot on the side for phones that have their charging ports on the side, but the better cable management comes out of the bottom where the hinged door keeps everything easily accessible.

The best part is that the Socket Pocket sells for just six bucks. That’s a small price to pay for a little more organization.

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Well, that contest has now drawn to a close and it’s time to announce the winner. As you may recall, the Juice Pack Air is a rechargeable external battery for the iPhone 3G and 3GS that pulls double-duty as a protective case too. It’s a pretty handy addition and it sells for $79.95.

Using the random number generator at random.org, it was determined that the winner of this contest is Chris Tsang! Congratulations, Chris!

Stay tuned for our next giveaway.

This is the first week for Rock Band ($9.99) in the App Store and it soared to top the charts right away. The popular rhythm game tackles all four of the instruments from its console counterpart, letting you tap-tap away at a virtual guitar, bass, drums, and even vocals, though the “singing” isn’t really karaoke.

Bejeweled 2 ($2.99) from PopCap Games takes the second spot, reminding us that we still like swapping gems to make matching rows and columns. It’s been in the top ten for nine weeks now. Third place goes to Tetris ($4.99), which has been on the list for seven weeks.

Interestingly, Rock Band isn’t the only rhythm game to make the cut. Tap Tap Revenge 3 ($0.99) from Tapulous managed to secure the sixth slot, possibly because of its lower price point. Other highlights from this week’s top ten include Madden, Need for Speed, Sims, Skee-Ball, Scrabble, and Monopoly.

Source: Kotaku

The Mophie Juice Pack Air is compatible with both the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS, and it serves a dual purpose for all the iPhone-wielding folks out there. First, it’s a great hard-shell protective case without adding much in terms of weight or profile size. More importantly, it’s an extra battery pack for the iPhone, extending its life by up to 100%.

The contest is to help kick off the launch of the Mobile Magazine forum, so all you have to do to enter is to reply to the contest forum thread with your favorite all-time gadget. That’s all it takes. Go to the forum now and post your reply.

The giveaway is open to anyone in Canada and the United States. A winner will be announced some time on Wednesday, October 28. Good luck!

How often have you sat at a conference table struggling for control of a power strip designed to juice up devices for everyone around you?

There are always too few outlets, too many people and too much embarrassment in monopolizing one of the outlets to charge up your pink iPod Shuffle or first gen iPhone.

Now, callpod® comes to the rescue with a six-sided gadget that lets you play the role of mobile-device charging station.

The budget bundle they sell gives you one adapter, the base station (about the size of a large SLR lens cover), the cord and a carrying pouch. It also includes a voucher for another adapter – pretty genius from a business point of view because you must contact them again to get the free adapter. Stupid from a consumer standpoint because it’s another hurdle.

What did I think? A few things…

Way too much plastic was used in the packaging of this device. When I was done snipping the cases of the charge pod and six adapters it looked like my living room was the set of Edward Scissorhands in a plastics factory.

Does it work? Superbly. As long as you choose the right adapters – and this is made easy by their comprehensive site – you can have your iPod, iPhone, cell, Blackberry and two other gadgets juicing up from one outlet.

The carrying pouch is a nice touch. Too frequently, I find myself putting cables and accessories into my laptop bag where they sink to the bottom. In this instance, all the pieces are kept together. Nice.

The plug/charger is too bulky. It’s like a clunky videogame plug and the prongs are prone to stick out and eventually rip through the aforementioned carrying case.

When I originally reviewed the Chargepod, the bulky plug made me wonder what the designers were thinking. I heard just yesterday from the manufacturer (10/19/09) that the plug that shipped with my unit was correct in all specs EXCEPT size. Below is a photo of the proper charger that ships with the Chargepod. The smaller plug makes this device even more versatile and useful.

In the photo below is the plug that came with my review unit.

What’s my verdict?

This thing definitely makes the cut. Short of bringing along multiple powerstrips, this is the best way to make everyone around you happy and still allow others to plug their laptops into the provided plugs at conferences and tweetups.

chargepod Value Pack – $39.95 (chargepod base, one adapter and a coupon for another, carrying case and plug)

chargepod Bundle Pack – $79.95 (chargepod base, six adapters, car lighter adapter, carrying case and plug)

Why, then you may ask, has Apple not unleashed this ability unto the masses with the iPhone 3GS? Based on the hearsay and rumors going around, the team in Cupertino is busy “trying to reintegrate the Mobile iTunes Store purchases into the functionality of the program.”

I think this means they’re working on the way for you to tag a song being played via FM radio so that you can hope into the mobile iTunes store to buy said track later. Either way, this “hidden app” for iPhone-fueled FM radio sounds like it’s there waiting to be broken free.

The iPhone is a constant source of new abilities from its hidden bag of tricks. Hopefully, the FM radio will get unleashed in the next firmware update.

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Do you find that you’re constantly looking for more power for your iPhone 3G or 3GS? Do you want to have some portable power to take with you on the go? How does a Mophie Juice Pack Air sound? This portable battery pack retails for $79.95, but you can have it for free!

From the official product page:

The juice pack air™ is a rechargeable external battery concealed inside of a protective form-fitting case for the iPhone 3G & iPhone 3GS. It offers you the full protection of a hard-shell case while providing virtually twice the battery life of the iPhone alone; all in an ultra-thin, light-weight, low-profile design.

The juice pack air™ is available exclusively through mophie.com and Apple stores world-wide. This is the first Apple certified “Works With iPhone 3G(S)” attached battery in the world!

So, how can you win? It’s simple. Reply to the official contest forum thread, telling us what is your favorite gadget of all-time and why. A winner will be selected at random on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. This contest is open only to residents of Canada and the United States.

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You could easily drop several hundred dollars on a full install of Adobe PhotoShop on your MacBook Pro and you’d certainly get a more robust utility, but you don’t want to overlook this alternative for the iPhone. That’s because Adobe has decided to release a version of PhotoShop for the iPhone and it is 100% free.

Yes, free PhotoShop for the iPhone. There are other photomanipulation options through the App Store, but this is coming from the guys at Adobe. I haven’t had a chance to test it out (since I don’t have an iPhone), but you should feel free to give it a whirl since, you know, it’s a free download.

Find Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile for the iPhone in the App Store and edit at will.

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