Apple's ticket into the handheld gaming scene successfully impressed crowds when the company unveiled three new games running on the iPhone. With OpenGL and OpenAL support together with the accelerometer, high quality motion-based games were proven to be possible on the platform. Make your to the full article to see what games Apple has in store.

Go bowling in your iPod as you listen to your music. EA Mobile Games has just announced the release of its newest game Mobile Game, The Sims Bowling.

The game will sport many game modes, including Classic, Strike-O-Thon and Spare-O-Thon, plus a practice mode and a multiplayer mode called Pass 'n Play. To add the unique Sims dimension to the game, it will not only focus on getting better at bowling but also to become the local hero of the bowling alley. Your Sim Bowler will earn Simoleons which players will use to purchase skill-enhancing products like a new bowling ball, glove, wax, and more. True to Sim fashion, you'll be able to customize your player's outfit.

Travis Boatman, vice president of worldwide studios for EA Mobile, has this to say for The Sims Bowling:

[The] iPod is an extremely rewarding platform on which to develop games that are beautiful and fun to play. The Sims Bowling is a game that captures the lifestyle-oriented nature of The Sims, while delivering a meticulously crafted bowling game for the iPod.

The game can be downloaded from the iTunes store and costs US$ 4.99.

Let's face it, Apple has never been a giant presence when it comes to gaming, but things are definitely starting to look up. The iPhone's announcement in January has also started speculation about whether or not it will be able to play games.

While Apple has yet to reveal any details regarding their plans for gaming on the iPhone, Business Week reports that the company is currently in talks with a few well-known game developers and publishers.

According to Business Week, Mitch Lasky, senior vice-president of EA Mobile, says his company is discussing plans for games on the phone. "We have been talking to Apple about games on (the iPhone)," Lasky says. "We see a lot of the technology that we've utilized on the iPod side being incorporated into the iPhone."

Electronic Arts expanded its mobile gaming business through last year's purchase of independent mobile publisher JAMDAT Mobile, later rebranded as EA Mobile.