Imagine you are on a long bus ride or lounging in a doctor's office waiting for your name. Either way, you are so bored you are ready to scream and all you have is your iPhone. Don't worry because it's all you need. The iPhone offers so many free and cheap downloadable games that you might even miss your stop.



Downloading games for your iPhone isn't just for the technology savvy. Anyone can download games for their iPhone from the 11-year-old soccer player waiting for his parents to pick him up to the 80-year-old grandma biding her time in a nursing home.

Here is where to look:

1. Go to your favorite search engine. Type in ?free games? or ?free web games? and there is a host of sites that pop up. From here, you can browse different sites and find your favorite java-application games that use the iPhone's web browser. One thing to note is most free games come with limitations. You can play free on your iPhone, but you will not be able to use all features without downloading it for a price. However, you can still have fun with many of the simpler versions of the games and you can always be entertained by solitaire.

2. If you are looking for bigger, better versions, you can join a membership site to download the best games for your iPhone. Check out the different sites before joining any. You want to know what you are getting for your money. Some sites offer yearly membership programs and other offer monthly programs that can range through all sorts of prices.

Then, there are sites that charge you for each download. You will get a lifetime license for the game ranging from $10 to $20. These sites allow you to test the game with limitations. Usually, you will not be allowed to get to certain rounds or there are special features you cannot use. However, even this small sampling will give you a good idea if you will enjoy it.

3. Another way to find games for the iPhone is through torrent or p2p sites. However, I have a strict warning before going to these sites. First, these sites are illegal. So, anything you do here could get you in trouble.

Secondly, if you do not heed my warning and decide to download iPhone games anyway, you are putting your phone at risk. These sites are not protected and you can download a virus or worse into your iPhone, creating a potential disaster. You could corrupt the whole phone and you pretty much just threw a couple of hundred dollars away.

4. If all this sounds too hard and or tiring for you, there is hope. As new technology arises, so do new websites looking to capitalize on the market. There are specialty sites on the Internet that provide downloads for your iPhone from games to movies. But you know what comes next ? you have to pay for these types of sites.

Specialty sites will usually run you about $30-$40 dollars to access it. For some sites, it is just a one-time fee, so you don't have to worry about shelling out more money. You can find these types of sites by using a search engine such as Yahoo! or Google.

Just think, if you start downloading free or cheap games onto your iPhone, you will never be bored again.