iPhone Integration [rating:4/5]
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Unless you have been living in a secluded black hole the past few months you will have seen or heard about the program Glee. You know, the one with all the cheesy covers of great songs? Well it may come as no surprise then, that they have now got an app available to enjoy and sing along to most of their songs. (more…)
I just spotted this tonight, and thought I’d give you all a quick heads up on it. When you thought you’d exhausted every little thing you could perform with your iPhone, you find something you missed. There are many uses for your iPhone’s microphone, but this one is quite a bit different to the others. App developers have realised that the microphone can actually pick up air being blown through it, and this is the basis of Ocarina.
Ocarina developed by Smule is a 59p/$0.99 electronic synth flute for iPhone. Basically you blow into your iPhone, and use the touch screen to control the pitch of the sound by covering virtual holes -and if you thought this was just a fly-by-night gimmick, then think again … (more…)