15 Best (and Unknown) iPhone Apps of 2009
Creative Applications put together a list of their top 15 iPhone apps from 2009, all of which you probably haven’t heard of.
Parrot AR.Drone: Wifi Quadricopter for Augmented Reality
At first I took the video as a someone playing with video composition and spoofing a project, but after digging deeper and seeing the coverage at CES it appears to be at least a pretty solid prototype. The company, Parrot, created a quadricopter that is controlled over WiFi by the iPhone’s accelerometers. Additionally the quadricopter streams video back to the iPhone giving the user a view from the device. The company also published a developer site with an open API for creating iPhone augmented reality games for the device.
It might be a long shot getting this product to the market, but at least they’ve put together a pretty impressive prototype.
iPhone Needs a New Home
I would love to see Apple integrate a home screen like this into the iPhone. There’s quite a few apps that I only launch to see a few quick details. Adding a home screen would allow me to quickly view information without having to open and close a handful of apps.
(via Andrew Wilkinson)
FingerBeat
FingerBeat is a mobile virtual machine designed for creativity & self-expression, inspired by retro synthesizers & samplers. FingerBeat is a classic for absolutely everyone.
Available on iPhone & second generation iPod touch.
Prototype of an iPhone media player that uses RFID embedded in physical objects to control media playback.
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