1. Before you start playing real money poker on your iPhone, first test the network coverage strength in your area by playing a few hands for fun.
2. Do NOT store your mobile poker account login details anywhere on your iPhone ( Gmail, iPhone Mail, Evernote etc.)  For security purposes every time you want to play poker on your iPhone you will be asked for you login details, so it is vital that these details are not stored on your iPhone in the event of it getting lost or stolen.
3. iPhone poker apps are free to use but your network operator may charge you for the data transfer between your iPhone and the online poker rooms.  Most people are on unlimited data packages these days but it's still worth checking with your mobile operator to avoid any nastly surprises later.
4. Although most iPhone poker rooms allow you to fund your account from your iPhone, not all do.  If you are planning to play some iPhone poker while on vacation or away on business, then you should ensure your account adequately funded before you begin your trip.
5. Most iPhone poker rooms offer very generous sign-up bonuses to new customers.  Many poker rooms offer 100% deposit bonuses up to $2,000.  These sign-up bonuses are not automatically given to new iPhone poker customers, so make so to request your sign-up bonus when creating a new account.  It's FREE money.

Many thought this day would never come but Apple have finally approved a real money poker apps for the iPhones, iPads and iPad Touches.  Bwin have done the impossible by getting a cash game poker app into the iTunes App Store.

Now before anyone gets too excited I'm afraid the App will only be available to Bwin customers in the United Kingdom and Austria initially, however, Bwin do plan to make the iPhone gambling app available in a host of other European countires in 2011.

So what has caused this change in Apple’s anti-gambling stance?  The answer is technology.  The new iOS4 operating system for the iPhone and iPad comes with a geo-location feature that can disable an app if it is used outside a certain jurisdiction.  Apple were always wary of releasing real money gambling apps that might be used in countries where mobile betting is illegal, leaving the technology giants open to possible litigation.  With the new geo location feature Apple can now release gambling apps for the iPhone in particular countries like the United Kingdom and Ireland where online betting is legal.

We’ve been trying out the new iPhone poker app and we must say we are pretty impressed.  It comes with a host of really great features including, hand histories, table selection, fast re-seating and automatic hand evaluation to speed up play.

Bwin are also in the process of merging with Party Poker so it is surely only a matter of time before a PartyPoker iPhone app appears in the iTunes app store.

Bwin Poker for iPhone is now free to download from the iTunes app store in the United Kingdom and Austria.

IPad and iPhone owners will be able to play real money poker on their mobile devices for the first thanks to a band new web app from a new online poker room called Switch Poker.

Apple do not allow real money gambling apps into the App Store so Switch Poker have developed a new type of iPhone gambling app that does not require any software to be installed from the App Store.  The new iPhone poker app is browser based so all you need to do is browse to the SwitchPoker.com to start playing cash games of Omaha and Texas Hold’em.

The Switch Poker app will not be available to players in the United States but is open to all other jurisdictions.  Deposits and Withdrawals can now be made with Visa or MasterCard via MoneyBookers.

Switch Poker currently only offer 6 seat max No-Limit Hold’em although they do plan to release other poker variants in the near future.

Hopefully this development will spur on other poker rooms to release their own web based real money poker apps.