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iPhone apps: Touch Dial Emoji, Doodle Bug, Rental Car

updated 09:30 am EST, Thu January 29, 2009

AirTime, Ear Test

  • Touch Dial Emoji ($4) is a touch dial/SMS icon for the iPhone. Users can assign a phone number to the application and it will then dial the assigned number on launch. The application also can unlock the Japanese Emoji icons on the iPhone without having to jailbreak the phone. After enabling Emoji icons in the applications settings users can have access to 461 system wide icons.

  • Doodle Bug ($1) is an accelerometer-based drawing application for the iPhone and iPod touch. Gentle tilting of the device allows doodlers to guide a paintbrush-carrying ladybug around the screen. The application features a selection of different ink colors, canvases and the ability to adjust the bug's size and speed.

  • Rental Car ($1) uses the iPhone's built-in GPS to find the closest car rental location. Users can select their favorite rental company from a list of major dealers including Alamo, Budget and Dollar. Each location includes a phone number and directions so that users always have access to a rental car company when they need it.

  • AirTime ($1) uses the internal motion sensors of the iPhone and iPod touch to monitor snowboarding activity. The application tracks activities by applying tracking algorithms and then shows the collected data in a scrollable plot. After the data is plotted users can then visually analyze their air time and body motion.

  • Ear Test ($1) allows users to test how good their musical ear is. The application includes three different tests that allow users to test pitch recognition, pitch difference and pitch range. The pitch recognition test plays a series of tones and then users must play back the melody on a piano keyboard. The pitch difference test plays two slightly different tones and users then have to determine if the second tone was lower or higher. The range test plays tones of various pitch and helps users determine the lowest and highest tones they can hear.

    • By MacNN Staff

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