The iPhone's already popular status in the smartphone market could see a substantial boost once Apple wraps up negotiations with China's cell service providers. Sandford C. Bernstein & Co analyst Tony Sacconaghi estimated Apple could sell some 2.9 million handsets in the country by the end of 2011.


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Prolific iPhone game publisher Digital Chocolate has released the word puzzle game Spelltris and the guessing game 20Q: Mind Reader to the App Store.


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Handmark has announced the availability of its boxing game Down 4 The Count at the App Store. Using the iPhone's multi-touch interface, players punch, dodge, and block their way through bouts against Banker Bob, Zed the Zombie, Cyborg 3300, and seven other colorful, increasingly-difficult opponents.


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OnScreen Science, Inc. announced Wednesday the release of OnScreen DNA Pitch Count, an iPhone app for following and recording details of pitches in baseball and softball. Users enter minimal information as they watch or listen to a game, and the software collates it into useful data.


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The Iconfactory and DS Media Labs have released Ramp Champ, featuring four levels, or "ramps," of games taken straight from an ocean-side boardwalk. Success in the pinball- and skeeball-inspired games earns players tickets that they can redeem for digital trinkets.


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SmileOnMyMac's TextExpander touch appeared on Apple's App store on Wednesday, extending the company's text snippet expander for the Mac to the iPhone and iPod touch. The app lets users build snippet libraries that contain words and phrases that can be quickly copied or sent to other iPhone apps.


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Pac-Man Remix continues the trend of Namco's Dig Dug Remix, Galaga Remix, and similar titles: Take a well-known arcade game recipe, spice it up with modern-day technologies and game development techniques, and serve it piping hot. Unfortunately, Pac-Man Remix is the victim of the same inferior ingredient as the others: a dodgy control scheme. In addition, the classic arcade game is missing from this one, despite the presence of the original versions in the other Remix games.


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Chillingo co-founder Chris Byatte originally saw the iPhone as "a huge disruptive force" and responded during the first year of the App Store's existence with 30 games released and a download total approaching 30 million. As the App Store matures and Apple becomes a dominant force in mobile gaming, Mr. Byatte sees big changes in store.


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Nickelodeon's AddictingGames, which provides plenty of free, browser-based games, on Tuesday announced the availability of three of its titles on the App Store for US$0.99 each: the arcade game iPark It!, the strategy game World Wars, and the edutainment release 50 States.


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