Filed under: Mobile Internet by admin, May 27, 2009 @ 8:20 am | Reading time: 3 - 5 minutes
The Decibel iPhone 3G application from Gadget Frontier transforms your iPhone into a portable decibel meter. Decibel features an analog meter and digital display with peak, average and max in one clean interface. Having used Decibel it appears to be very accurate (probably due do the excellent microphone in the iPhone 3G). The Gadget Frontier website states:
“Even though we have tested Decibel with professional grade equipment with very good results, this application is for recreational use only. iPhone 3G is recommended since it has a better performing microphone than the first generation iPhone.”
Decibel was featured in the BBC show Panorama – The World’s longest running investigative TV show on April 20! The host Quentin Letts use Decibel on his iPhone to measure decibel levels in regards to UK’s health and safety regulations. Check it out on BBC (10 minutes into the show)!
Available now from the iTunes App Store for ¢.99, it is an excellent backup for any audio professional in the field and certainly more than adequate for the rest of us. View the video review by thedigitallifestyle.tv below.
Note that the iPod Touch doesn’t have a built in microphone. To use Decibel with the iPod Touch will require an iPhone headset or plug-in microphone.
The Decibel App for the iPhone and iPhone 3G (Recommended) is available in Paid Version for (¢.99) from the App Store.
About the iPhone
Introducing iPhone 3G. With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one — a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser. iPhone 3G. It redefines what a mobile phone can do — again. Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone. Courtesy, Apple.com
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WPtouch from Brave New Code turns your WordPress blog into a tailored web application for the iPhone 3G. Simply install the WPtouch plugin for WordPress, set your options and your blog is transformed. See before and after below.
“With a single click, WPtouch transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone or iPod touch.
The admin panel allows you to customize many aspects of its appearance, and deliver a fast, user-friendly and stylish version of your site to your iPhone and iPod touch visitors without modifying a single bit of code (or affecting) your regular desktop theme.
The theme also includes the ability for your visitors to easily switch between the WPtouch view and your site’s regular theme.” WPtouch, wordpress.org
Filed under: Mobile Internet by admin, April 29, 2009 @ 4:21 am | Reading time: 3 - 5 minutes
Imagine your spaceship lands in a park-like area on a distant planet. You are on a mining expedition and the federation is paying top dollar for certain minerals. The race is on. Each crew member takes out their Tricorder and heads out on foot to claim their reward. Now add Scrabble.
Welcome to Seek ‘n Spell for the iPhone 3G from Retronyms. Seek ‘n Spell is a new mobile game that utilizes the GPS capabilities in the iPhone 3G to place virtual letter tiles on a playing field (any park or open area). These tiles are then “collected” by arriving to the location with your iPhone (running Seek ‘n Spell) in hand. Players gain points by gathering tiles before other players and earn double points if the tile can be used with others in spelling words. As in Scrabble, longer words will get your more points thus adding a strategic element to which tiles are sought after.
“With Seek ‘n Spell, players gather in a park or other large outdoor space with a clear view of the sky and activate the app. Seek ‘n Spell detects all the players present and scatters letter tiles across the playing field. Players then race one another around the field to capture up to 10 letter tiles at a time, which they use to create words. Coveted gold tiles will appear randomly on the field, earning players a doubled score when used in words. Points are earned based on the length of the words players spell, and the player with the most points when time runs out wins.” Seek ‘n Spell Finds its Way Onto iPhone 3G, verticalwire.com
“The GPS capabilities of the iPhone 3G offer new gaming opportunities, and we’re taking full advantage of them with Seek ‘n Spell,” said Dan Walton, co-founder of Retronyms. “We are using the GPS as an innovative game controller, where your actual location on Earth drives the gameplay. We’re releasing Seek ‘n Spell on Earth Day to celebrate our planet and encourage iPhone users to get outside and play.”
About Retronyms
Founded by Dan Walton, John-Paul Walton and Zach Saul, The Retronyms have a strong track record of successful iPhone application development, including titles such as Recorder and FourTrack. The first Retronyms iPhone game, Seek ‘n Spell, is now available in the App Store. For more information, please visit http://www.retronyms.com.
The Decibel App for the iPhone and iPhone 3G (Recommended) is available in Paid Version for (¢.99) from the App Store.
