Well, it's been a few days now and most folks have heard about Apple's now unveiled iPad. There are many different opinions about the relevance of it, and most pundits are quick to jump onto the iPad-hater wagon. There are myriad reasons given as to its short-coming, including (but not limited to) its inability to multi-task, its lack of a camera, its lack of any meaningful way to connect peripherals aka USB, etc, etc, etc.

If you're in the market for a robust OLE DB provider for your development, I highly suggest you check out my friend Sean's company Cherry City Software. He has a slew of commercially released and production tested modules for Windows 200x/XP/Vista/7. Check him out!

Finally!

Our latest application, WiFi-Where is available on the App Store. It took a long time to get approved, but it's finally here!

Find it on the app store here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wifi-where/id348647682?mt=8

For more information, check out the product page: www.threejacks.com/wifiwhere.

Gambling Planet recently added our iPhone games High Roller and Ten Thousand to their web site.

We are proud to announce our latest release for the iPhone and iPod touch. Twist Tac Toads is a fun "twist" on the classic game of Tic Tac Toe. It may sound easy enough, but one toad hopping can start a chain reaction that changes the whole board. You'll have to think ahead to keep your toads on the board and in line, and get your opponent's toads hopping off into the swamp.

We've submitted two apps to the App Store:

High Roller Lite - This is the free, ad-supported version of High Roller. It offers the same exciting gameplay as the full version. It supports single player only, and does not allow users to appear on the online leaderboards. For more information on High Roller, check out our product page: http://bit.ly/7L8DPz.

For a limited time we are offering our newest game, High Roller for only $0.99!

High Roller is a fun game for all ages. Perfect for the car drive to visit family or at your holiday parties. And with support for up to 4 players, you can get friends and family in on the action.

Merry Christmas, a little early, from your friends at Three Jacks.

Our latest release, High Roller has just been released on the App Store. Here's the link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/high-roller/id341739552?mt=8

Microsoft has released an updated client for their Windows Mobile Marketplace. Marketplace comes installed on new Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. These links provide a way for Windows Mobile 6.0/6.1 users to get the Marketplace application.

Windows Mobile Marketplace is similar to Apple's AppStore and the offering for BlackBerry and Android devices.

Existing users can obtain the new client by going to http://windowsphone.com/getmarketplace on the PC.

In the last few weeks, several high profile iPhone developers have very publicly announced their intention to stop developing for the platform. Many of them cite Apple's very closed, opaque, often arbitrary App approval process. Some cite other things, but the one common thread is that they feel Apple is neglecting and abusing its developer community.