The app has Darth Maul speaking, which is odd considering he rarely speak in the original. He hops around talking and playing with his lightsaber until he drinks a tea and gets happy. Apparently, Yoda and some other Jedi are in the ads too.

I’m not sure what to think of the 3D treatment on the films. I wasn’t a huge fan of the new films to start with. Obviously, any fan will have to see the 3D flicks if for no other reason than to be able to complain about how bad they suck.

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I would assume that Apple and Android will have their own ratings system. Apple already puts apps into categories and if the app is too mature in theme, it simply won’t allow the app on the site. In other news, the sales ban that Apple has had on Samsung tablets in Australia has come to an end.

The sales injunction in Australia has been overthrown in appeal. The court went so far to call the original sales ban “clearly wrong.” I wonder if Samsung will sue Apple for lost sales at this point.

Apple took Amazon to court for trademark infringement when Amazon launched its Appstore. The judge in the case has now said she will probably rule against Apple’s request to force Amazon to ditch the name because there has been no proof of confusion with customers.

A cool accessory for the iPhone turned up called the appBlaster. It is a gun that works with an AR game letting players shoot aliens in their home.

Cooler Master has announced that it will be showing off new Choiix Power Fort gear at MWC 2011. Among the gear it will show off is an interesting sounding case for the iPhone 4 with an internal battery and a solar panel on the back.

We had heard that Apple was changing the in-app payment rules earlier in the week and that the change might affect the Kindle reader app. Apple has denied that the rules have changed and Cupertino says that it is simply enforcing a rule that has been in effect for a long time now.

I mentioned this week that scalpers in China were the only way to get an iPhone 4 for most shoppers. The flagship Beijing Apple store has been forced to close due to scalpers that purchased all of the devices. There were no limits set on how many iPhones people could buy and some took as many as 30 phones out of the store.

New market research from ChangeWave has surfaced that shows the popularity of the iPhone fell in September. At the time when the iPhone popularity slipped, Android popularity grew according to the research.

I mentioned yesterday that rumors were circulating about a new iPhone 4 coming with a redesigned antenna. We have more of those rumors surfacing today claiming a redesigned case is the big change for the rumored update.

Epic games is working on an iPhone version of its popular video game called Fable. The game is a first person adventure title and was revealed at a press conference in London.

Apple has acquired Siri, the company behind the personal assistant app for the iPhone. Terms of the purchase are unknown at this time.

Reports are coming in that the next iPhone will use a camera from LG Innotek rather than the rumored OmniVision camera. The LG Innotek snapper is said to be a 5MP.

Twitter has purchased Tweetie for iPhone. The app lets users Tweet directly from the iPhone and sold for $2.99 and an iPad version is coming.

A new zombie survival game is set to launch at the end of the month called Alive 4-ever. If you like the genre you can see the trailer on YouTube.

The mobile version of Photoshop from Adobe for the iPhone has now been downloaded more than 6 million times. The app was released in October and is the second most popular free app for photography.

I have mentioned the Final Fantasy game for iPhone before and if it was interesting to you, you will be glad to hear this. The official trailer for the game is now available and it looks darn cool.

Tapulous has launched a new game for the iPhone called Riddim Ribbon. Tapulous is the company behind the popular TapTap Revenge games on the iPhone.

One of the most iconic characters in the Sega portfolio is Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is rumored to be coming to the iPhone this summer.

Nokia reminded Apple that it was in fact the larger mobile phone company this week. The reminder came after Jobs said that Apple was the largest mobile device company.

Wired has posted up a review of the iPhone game Crush the Castle. The game sells for $1.99 and is said to be well worth the money.

Apple may have denied the Google Voice App for the iPhone, but Google has a workaround in place. The search giant has made a GV Web App that works with HTML5 mobile handsets including the iPhone.

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If you are looking for a new free game app for your iPhone today, the game iStunt is available for free. The app is only free for today though so hop over and get it now.

The creator of the Final Fantasy franchise is reportedly working on a new game project for the iPhone. There are no details on the game at this point only that the gaming legend is working on the project.

A new tool that can turn anyone into an iPhone app developer has been released. The dev tool is called AppMark and promises to let you develop your own apps in under an hour and it sells for $199.

The rumors of the iPhone hitting another network are typically centered on the device coming to Verizon. Some rumors suggest that before the handset hits Verizon it may land on T-Mobile. The reasoning is that both T-Mobile and Apple have areas like their music services that they aren’t likely to budge on. That means I will be stuck with AT&T is these rumors turn out to be true.

I played the game Mirror’s Edge on both the PS3 and on my PC and it was very cool. EA and DICE are now set to bring the game to the iPhone. Rumor is the game may hit in January and it should be cool.

When I updated to the new iPhone 3GS, I really didn’t notice a world of difference feature wise compared to my original iPhone other than overall faster operation. A new game is now available on the iPhone that promises to show the real benefit in the 3GS as a gaming platform.

The game is called Adrenaline Golf and it has fantastic looking graphics of the sort not usually seen on a mobile phone game. The game uses advanced iPhone 3GS Graphics extensions and has multiple different environments to play. In all, there are 72 different courses to play and the game has a real-time physics engine.