iSWiFTER Plays Flash Games on Your iPad

iPad: We've covered Flash video-capable browsers for iOS before, but iSWiFTER just updated with the express intent to let you play Flash games on your iPad.

A quick test with the free version (to play more than 30 minutes, you need to spend $5 to upgrade to the full version) showed a little bit of fuzziness in the graphics, but otherwise really smooth gameplay on the Flash sites. You're not going to get desktop performance, but for click-and-wait games that Facebook is known for, it's more than enough. And if you're dying to get your Flash games on your iPad—because it's more of a natural experience—$5 isn't too ridiculous a price.

The download is free so you can check it out before you buy.

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Turn an Old Mobile Device into a Dedicated VOIP Handset

Turn an Old Mobile Device into a Dedicated VOIP Handset

We've seen how easy it is to turn an iPod touch into an iPhone using a few tricks and some sort of VOIP service, and it's just as easy with an old phone—so long as you have a constant Wi-Fi connection. It can be nice to have a home phone or two you can use to answer calls when your cellphone isn't handy, you don't have great reception, and you don't want to leave the VOIP app unattended. So grab a mobile copy of Skype, Fring, Line2, or whatever, and leave it open and ready on your old mobile device. It'll wait for someone to call it, or you can just pick it up and, say, order a pizza without the fear of yet another dropped call.