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03/20/2007, 6:25pm, EDT
Tuesday, March 20th
New TipKalc, KolorWheel widgets for iPod
Koloroo today announced the release of the first widgets that run on any iPod with a color screen. TipKalc is an easy-to-use tip calculator with instant check-splitter. "Just spin your iPod's Click Wheel until your bill amount is displayed in the center of the screen. Everything else is automatically calculated for you. It calculates recommended 15% and 20% tip amounts, grand totals, and even splits the check up to five ways." KolorWheel is a color utility that provides scientifically formulated color schemes to match a web page, home decor, shirt or outfit, etc. Both widgets can be loaded onto an iPod from either a PC or Mac and are available at an introductory download price of $5 and $8, respectively: "You select a base color by moving your thumb over the iPod Click Wheel. A suggested color scheme is automatically displayed in the four corners. If you prefer to match your base color to a particular object, you hold your iPod next to it. Again, a suggested color scheme will be automatically displayed in the corners."
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If you take a look at the requirements, they list iPhoto as one of them.
Basically, they've created a bunch of image files for the iPod's screen, with the tips precalculated for dollar amounts between $1 and $500.
In total it looks like it takes up 10 MB on your iPod.
I was curious at first, but I'd rather spend an hour making my own version of this, optimized for my iPod's screen, rather than shelling out $5.
That's just me though, I'm sure this will be useful for many users.
Just don't think you're actually getting a widget programmed for your iPod. It's a bunch of image files, is all.