App of My Eye » Books http://appofmyeye.com The Best iPhone Apps You'd Never See Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 SALE – The Sherlock Holmes Collection http://appofmyeye.com/2009/05/15/sale-the-sherlock-holmes-collection/ http://appofmyeye.com/2009/05/15/sale-the-sherlock-holmes-collection/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 13:19:03 +0000 Art http://appofmyeye.com/?p=216 sale-sherlockhcollectionBefore Robert Downey, Jr. appears in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes in December and destroys any interest you may have had of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective, watch Jeremy Brett in the UK TV version and Basil Rathbone in the old 20th Century Fox films before its too late.  However, to get a real feel for the character, you gotta read the books.  This app has most of them for a very low price with auto-scrolling and bookmarks.  Receive a deep appreciation for why Holmes has been the inspiration for other fictional characters like DC Comics’ Batman and NBC/Universal’s House.  Price: 99¢.

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