When I was younger I wanted to be an astronaut, as do many children. After a quick realization that the changes of me ever landing the moon’s surface were close to zero, I decided to take on a different pad. Up until yesterday, when I heard of NASA releasing its first official iPhone game: NASA Lunar Electric Rover Simulator
Last week, Nike Sportswear released Nike True City: an iPhone app that provides unique insights into the six European cities London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. The new app tells you exactly where it all happens in any of these city and the accompanying video stunningly shows how the app works:
Nike’s device for True City is ‘Make The Hidden Visible’ and is inspired by local trendsetters showing you all the cool places and things to do. But what really differentiates this Nike app?
Next to the Apple’s iPhone and Google’s G1 phone, Dell is about to enter the smartphone market as well with the Dell Mini 3. It could be a serious attack to the smartphone market, especially in the Chinese and Brazilian market. Moreover because Dell seems to understand its community.
Car accidents are already a bad experience for people, but when your insurance does not pay out this is even worse. Dutch car insurance VrijVerzekerd wanted to illustrate their unique selling point that they repay the purchase price of your car in case of an accident and created an interactive campaign combining a free iPhone game and a viral video.
Players can build an endless racing track by connecting their iPhones via Bluetooth and driving a car from iPhone to iPhone.
We are used to being connected all the time using our laptops and mobile devices. They all work great but have one downside: after a while we end up with a desk full of chargers and wires. Being gadget lovers we just have to show you this: the Powermat.
Powermat is announcing the launch with a series of “What The Bleep?” teasers which capture the essence of many first-time users reactions to the technology.
The Powermat is a wireless charging station for your gadgets, and it can charge multiple devices simultaneously to eliminate the tangle of wires that accumulate in the home and behind work stations. The charging device will be released early this month.
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The friendly and busy bees at SPRX Mobile have just created a new feature on their already cool innovation. They recently launched the world’s first mobile augmented reality browser, called Layar. And in November they will launch a new feature on Layar, Layar 3D.
PUMA, the German sportsbrand, has just launched a funny iPhone app. The PUMA Index is a stock sticker with a twist. When the markets go down, the model’s clothes come off. And as PUMA says; if you loose your shirt, at least the models do too.
Auto-tuning, the practice of digitally “repairing” off-key vocal tracks, has released the first iPhone app to give you Auto-Tune in the palm of your hand. This amazing app, lets you step into the shoes of hip-hop singer, songwriter, and producer T-Pain.
With the “I Am T-Pain App,” anyone with an iPhone and $2.99 or € 2,39 can Auto-Tune their voice . (more…)
We’ve mentioned it before, iPhone apps are being developed and launched almost every day. And some of them really seem to stand out. In Canada, Air Canada released a free iPhone application that allows you to check in, be notified of changes, look up flight statuses, and even rent cars from your iPhone device. After online booking, e-ticketing and getting your boarding pass online, another nice feature to help you to make your trip even easier.
iPhone apps are being developed and launched on a daily base. But some of them really seem to stand out. Take a look at this fantastic app launched last week by Pizza Hut, developed by IMC2 in which you can also play games while you wait for the pizza to arrive: The New Pizza Hut iPhone App. A smart marketing tool where Pizza Hut is putting together fun, playing a game, convenience and sales.
But more examples are out there, for example Grolsch who would to be a responsible Beer brand. They developed the ‘Walk the line App’ to see whether you can still walk straight after a couple of beers.
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