Comments on: Interesting: iPhone App: Crosswords

By: Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest

Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:05:57 +0000

[…] it’s off all day at work and only gets heavy use during my work commute via mass transit, most the time spent doing crossword puzzles. No streaming video or uploading clips to YouTube. Plus, I thought the data rate would have gone […]

By: Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest

Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:49:05 +0000

[…] that keeps me from moving to another smart phone, and the iPad version is no different in regards. In my review of the iPhone version, the only negative was “the small screen ocasionally feels rather cramped.” The […]

By: On Apple’s “Lock In,” Apps Bypassing The Browser, And Why It Doesn’t Bother Me | Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:59:07 +0000

[…] clearly and quickly. Yet because it will be so cool to listen to This American Life while doing Crosswords on the new iPhone – I find it hard to care. I find – like a video game console or […]

By: iPhone Crosswords App Will Be On The Apple Tablet : Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:29:40 +0000

[…] Read my earlier review of Crosswords. […]

By: The Week With Just An iPhone: Unproductive But Fun » Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:57:42 +0000

[…] Entertainment: I played tons of games, especially during the plane rides. I got in a marathon Arcade Bowling competition with my brother, played all the way through Ravensword, and made heavy use of Crosswords. […]

By: loiltoss

loiltoss — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:55:41 +0000

Nice write up and good site layout

regards

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By: Interesting: iPhone App: 2 Across » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:44:30 +0000

[…] of fairness I checked out 2 Across, another crossword puzzle iPhone app. It’s cheaper than Crosswords yet promises to do the same thing — download crossword puzzles from the web and let you solve them, […]

By: webomatica

webomatica — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:52:05 +0000

Hey Dave, you know what - I came to pretty much the exact same
conclusion as you. I bought the 2 Across app just to check it out, and
have a review slated in a few days, which notes that I prefer
Crosswords. I think the kicker is 2 Across uses the standard iPhone
keyboard which takes up more space than Crosswords (looks like they
designed their own keyboard), making it harder to see the puzzle in 2
Across... anyhow, more details when that review goes up...

By: papa

papa — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:23:28 +0000

Both Crosswords and 2 Across came out with demo versions of their respective crosswords apps.

2 Across seems to have better reviews, but after using both for this past week (while traveling), I've opted for the more expensive "Crosswords" (which you have reviewed above).

I much prefer the Crosswords UI to the 2 Across interface. It's much easier to use and much more elegant. The 2 Across interface is not immediately intuitive (to me) and required some extra "trial and error" to figure out. Additionally, entering your responses in 2 Across is cumbersome and requires a couple of extra clicks (since the keyboard is not always present onscreen). I think 2 Across gets a lot of fans on account of its price as well as the ability to view the entire puzzle onscreen at once (which I don't think is so important).

Anyway, I'm loving this app. I think it's well worth the 10 bucks.

I'm thinking the iPhone may get me back into "portable gaming"...but instead of getting me into portable gaming via cutting edge stuff (a la the psp), it'll be via crossword puzzles!