An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Forget it. Play a round of Bejeweled instead. According to a new study, casual games are proven to be beneficial for your health. Details in the full article.

Popping into the press wire is none other than PopCap Games, announcing that they've geared up their Flash game repertoire by adding an iPhone-friendly version of their classic puzzler, Bejeweled.

Via their website, you can access the custom version of Bejeweled, which is now tailored to by playable in the iPhone's Safari browser. And it's for free, too - that's enough for us to keep our eyes glued to the grid and match the gems three or more in a row. (Maybe say bye-bye to our social life in the process, too.)

With this release of the popular game, PopCap's director of the Mobile Platforms division, Andrew Stein, concludes with:

We're excited to be providing the most popular puzzle game of the 21st century to users of the most advanced mobile device yet created. We wanted to give the hundreds of thousands of iPhone users a fun, fast gaming fix -- and at no cost, no less.

Visit the Read link below to access the iPhone-friendly Bejeweled.

The highly-popular and successful game Tetris goes even more mobile with your mobile. Electronic Arts has announced that it will soon be available on your cellphones, enabling you to play Tetris with your friends any time, in real-time. Thanks to EA Mobile's platform, the game will be featuring some neat new tricks, such as player-matching, chat and real-time multiplayer game.

Says Seamus McAteer, senior analyst for M: Metrics:

As the world flattens, a widening demographic of mobile consumers look to their mobile devices as a source for entertainment. EA Mobile is entering the multiplayer gaming space at just the right time, as our data indicates that mobile games consumption is on an upswing, with 9.1 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers reporting they played a downloaded game in January. EA Mobile's leading mobile games Tetris and Bejeweled, are excellent venues to introduce multiplayer to the mainstream.

And it certainly is exciting to get your friends involved in your quest to get those blocks falling right in your mobile Tetris game. Apart from this, EA Mobile also has in its roster of mobile multiplayer games Bejeweled, EA Pool and JAMDAT Bowling 2.

Palm Inc announced plans to release the new kid on its smartphone block, the Treo 680, with the mobile game Bejeweled from Astraware. Bejeweled was originally developed for Palm OS in 2001 but has been updated to support new devices including Treo smartphones. The latest version of Bejeweled includes full 5-way controls for easy one-handed play.

"As a huge fan of the whole Treo range, I'm thrilled to continue supporting Palm by providing the best games," said Howard Tomlinson, CEO of Astraware. "We receive a lot of feedback from busy people who like to play our games on their Treo smartphones in their spare moments, and Bejeweled is a particular favourite."

In response, Palm Inc said they were just as pleased to work with Astraware. "Bejeweled is perfectly suited to gaming on the move - its one-handed play complements the capabilities of the Treo beautifully," the phone manufacturer said.

We can't afford a Palm Treo 680 but we are happy for them anyway.