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Pie Guy shows off the power of iPhone web apps

Download Squad Nov 26 09

Filed under: Games, iPhone

Neven Mrgan, a developer at Panic, as well as the co-creator of the popular Birdhouse Twitter client, has just released a fascinating new iPhone game. It's called Pie Guy, and the gameplay is reminiscent of classic Pac Mac games. You won't find Pie Guy in the App Store, though, because it's a web app. You can even add it to your home screen and play it offline. The game is fairly fun, but the more exciting part is what it suggests about the future of web apps on the iPhone. All those problems with the App Store approval process don't apply to web apps, so it's worth seeing how far developers can push web apps. Full story...

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