There are a lot of you out there switching from older devices, such as Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and standard non-smart phones, to the iPhone.  In fact, I think the ranks of the converts is growing every day. 

As most of you know, I do a lot of the game reviews around here.  One thing I started noticing after I picked up the iPod Touch was that a lot of the games I see around the iTunes App Store are updates of games we have reviewed on other platforms, specifically Windows Mobile and Palm OS.  And that got me thinking, for a lot of you, switching to a new operating system and a whole new device can be a bit daunting.  It can be reassuring to have a bit of “home” on your new device.  Hence, a familiar game which can follow you from that legacy, outdated Palm device, or Windows Mobile phone, straight to your brand new iPhone or iPod Touch.  In this first part, I am going to feature a few games I found in the iTunes App Store that came from one of my favorite game developers, Astraware (note that this is not a complete look at Astraware games in the iTunes App Store, just a few highlights.)  All of these games were originally released on the Palm OS or Windows Mobile platforms. 

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There are a lot of you out there switching from older devices, such as Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and standard non-smart phones, to the iPhone.  In fact, I think the ranks of the converts is growing every day. 

As most of you know, I do a lot of the game reviews around here.  One thing I started noticing after I picked up the iPod Touch was that a lot of the games I see around the iTunes App Store are updates of games we have reviewed on other platforms, specifically Windows Mobile and Palm OS.  And that got me thinking, for a lot of you, switching to a new operating system and a whole new device can be a bit daunting.  It can be reassuring to have a bit of “home” on your new device.  Hence, a familiar game which can follow you from that legacy, outdated Palm device, or Windows Mobile phone, straight to your brand new iPhone or iPod Touch.  In this first part, I am going to feature a few games I found in the iTunes App Store that came from one of my favorite game developers, Astraware (note that this is not a complete look at Astraware games in the iTunes App Store, just a few highlights.)  All of these games were originally released on the Palm OS or Windows Mobile platforms. 

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