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Stuart Dredge: What 's new on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry 23rd June 2011

A burst of 14 apps for your attention. Thursday is the big day of the release of new games on the App Store, so there are a number of iPhone and iPhone games in today 's choice.

Exfm

Exfm began his life as a plugin for the Chrome Web browser, helping people, playing music embedded in Web pages and blogs. It has been pivoted into a music discovery service, which now has its own iPhone app. Users can play new songs and their own collections to see what friends are advised to listen and scrobble their Last.fm.

Firefox 5

Mozilla has released Firefox 5 for Android smartphones, including some of the new features from the just-released desktop version of the browser. These include better control over data and privacy, and invite promised faster.

Cars 2 Deluxe Storybook

Disney's latest iPhone app released book, based on the movie Cars 2. A selection of reading modes, mini-games and puzzles are accompanied by a virtual record-your-own feature story.

Assassinate

Gameloft 's' Assassination 'action adventure began life as an exclusive for Sony Ericsson' s Play Xperia phone, and now has the jump on the iPhone and iPhone made. The 3D action-adventure offers big-budget visuals and predatory thrill.

1-Bit-Ninja

It 'sa big hype about game developers kode80' s 1-Bit-Ninja, which was released for the iPhone today. The retro 2D jump and run game may be drawn into 3D to find secret passages, to knock with a chiptune soundtrack to your feet on the road.

BlackBird

black book claims to the "fastest, easiest and best looking Twitter client for BlackBerry Playbook" - not a hugely crowded market in the time of writing. It supports multiple accounts and the usual functions tweeting.

Iceland Monkey Tales 2 HD

Publisher Telltale Iceland has published the second Monkey Tales game for the iPhone, and for good measure is also released Tales Monkey Iceland 3 HD, Tales Monkey Iceland 4 HD 5 HD and Monkey Tales Iceland on the same day.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

An IOS game for anyone who 's ever thought "Sonic the Hedgehog would be much better if he was in a car pretending to be \ in Mario Kart." The game stars Sonic and nine other Sega characters, with the obligatory mix of missiles and traps.

D.A.R.K.

DARK iPhone is the latest game from UK publisher Chillingo offers space marine-themed action-RPG shooting. With flamethrowers.

Lufthansa for iPhone

Advertises the "fascinating world of Lufthansa" in the first row of the App Store listing can push it a little, but the airline 's app certainly has many functions. A world map, routes, tourist information on more than 70 cities destination, weather forecasts and the ability to read, explore and manage air miles are included.

Banjo

Another day, another social situation App. Banjo is for iPhone and Android, and aims to connect users with people around them to draw in people from Facebook, Twitter and other social services with geotagged updates.

Wiggle

The latest iPhone is a music toy for 'dubstep wobblers "with a mixture wobbles, publish sounds and beats, with intriguing plans, additional packs of samples from famous dubstep musician.

To do something good

Orange has released its charitable Do Some Good app for Nokia devices on the Ovi Store, with suggestions of five-minute activities and music rewards for people who spend four hours doing several of them.

The future of Airbus

Airbus is promoting its vision for air travel in the year 2050 with a new iPhone and iPad app subtitled Concept Cabin. Expect a virtual tour of the futuristic plane's 'intelligent, transparent wall membrane' and other features.

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Stuart Dredge

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