The long nightmare of not being able to play Bejeweled on an iPhone has finally come to an end as PopCap Games announced it has released an iPhone specific version of its popular (with girls) jewel arranging game. An announcement like this requires measured hyperbole as PopCap's director of mobile platforms Andrew Stein was overheard saying that the company is "excited to be providing the most popular puzzle game of the 21st century to users of the most advanced mobile device yet created." Wow!

Bejeweled for iPhones was created by Polish developer Arkadiusz Mlynarczyk, is available now, and is free to use. The developer only asks that players consider donating a vowel or two, something apparently in short supply in Poland.

I just played the thing and it was slow as molasses, but definitely kept me interested well beyond the Safari download by a good five minutes. Interested in taking your $600 cellphone into the twenty-first century of casual gaming? Just direct your iPhone to popcapgames.com and start tapping.