13 free iPhone city-guide travel apps from Lonely Planet.

Lonely Planet has an early Xmas present for you... 13 city-guide travel apps, absolutely free (normally $9.99). Even if you're not going to one of these places right now, if you think you might in the future, it's worth the free download, since you'll have access to it forevermore. Here are the cities:

• Amsterdam
• Berlin  
• Copenhagen 
• Dublin  
• London  
• Moscow 
• Munich
• Paris 
• Prague  
• St. Petersburg  
• Stockholm  
• Vienna  
• Warsaw

If you're an Android user, they have Android versions for a mere 99 cents, too.

Free iPhone/iPad games: Smash Fiesta and Mad O Ball 3D.

Here are a couple of free games for your iPhone or iPad, downloadable through iTunes:

• Smash Fiesta (like whack-a-mole with veggies, apparently)
• Mad O Ball 3D (some sort of rolling marble maze game)

I remember hearing about Smash Fiesta when it came out, and version 2.2 is free for a limited time only, so why not download it and see what the fuss is about?

FREE Netflix iPhone app is here!

Yes, the free Netflix for iPhone app is here at last! Well, it's only free if you already have a Netflix account, but who doesn't anymore? (If you're one of the unlucky few, you can start a free trial membership on the app page, too.)

It also works for the iPad and iTouch, so if you have any of those devices, you're all set up for instantly streaming TV and movies. Now I can watch "Say Yes to the Dress" from anywhere in the world! Truly, this is humanity's finest moment.

Borders: Free coffee when you download their e-reader app.

Well, Borders is taking a page from Barnes & Noble for once, adopting their bizarro "download our e-reader and show it to the cafe barista for a free coffee" promotion.

The app is free, and you can always delete it afterward, and Borders has free wi-fi in its stores, so I guess if you're in there browsing with your 33% off coupon and you get a hankering for coffee, you could quickly download the app and wield it for your free cup. Shrug.

iPhone: EA apps on sale for $0.99 today.

In honor of the iPhone 4 being released, EA Games is slashing prices on a bunch of their apps to $0.99. Several of these cost as much as $7 normally, and some have never gone on sale before - the list helpfully sorts out which have gone on sale before and which are discounted for the first time ever.

I'm curious about Jewel Quest Mysteries myself, but there's a good mix of sports games, driving games, adventure/quest games, and board games to choose from. Usually I like my apps to be free, but $0.99 is pretty close.

iPhone: Free Puzzlings app - like Bejeweled, but cuter!

As promised, I'm going to start posting more iPhone/iTouch freebies on here, which will be free apps that I personally have downloaded and enjoyed. This time around, I'm recommending Puzzlings, a delightfully winsome little puzzle game with a sky-high cute factor.

You can watch a trailer, but the general idea is that you are a bobble-headed monster who has just learned about fashion, and you must solve Bejeweled/Tetris-esque block puzzles to win clothes and accessories to customize yourself with. You progress through stages in Mario-like worlds, each of which is pretty easy and quick to play, yet the game is highly addictive once you start collecting hairstyles, outfits, and goofy facial features to trick out your monster with.

It's totally free on the iTunes app store, so snag it and brighten up your grim bus commute or stultifying staff meeting.

iPhone: Free Ultimate Video Poker, 2/1 only.

Here we go with another iPhone freebie... I'm feeling hipper and more relevant with every one I post! Today, Feb. 1, only, you can get a free download of the Ultimate Video Poker app in the iTunes app store.

Remember like fifteen years ago when those handheld video poker, blackjack, etc., machines were all the rage? OK, maybe that was just in Nevada. We really can't bear to be away from gambling for even a second there.

(Courtesy of Dealnews)

Free "Battle Bears" iPhone app, Jan. 29.

I think this is my first iPhone freebie post ever, which makes me feel old and obsolete. So, needless to say, I have no idea what this is or whether it's worthy of downloading, but at any rate, you can get a free download of BATTLE BEARS today only via the iPhone app store. (Normally you can get a limited version of BATTLE BEARS free and the full version costs money, but today's freebie is for the full version.)

I feel more futuristic and hip already.

(Thanks, Sonya!)