With Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch being as popular as they are, it seems that companies are scrambling to create new and innovative products to cash in on that popularity. Today we've come across two videogame-themed products that we'd like to point out and mock.
The first is SMule: Ocarina for iPhone. That's right. If Link had an iPhone, he could have solve puzzles and call Epona with this. It's a full-blown musical instrument that has you blowing into the microphone to play. The video above shows a demo of someone playing the classic Legend of Zelda theme. As geeky as this is, there is a bit of a cool technical side to this application. It's just really hard to appreciate while watching someone blow into the bottom of a phone.
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10:23 AM on 11.07.2008
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You can also see other people using the app in a world view and listen to them (atleast that's what I understood it to be)
Preety awsome stuff.
But I dont know what your beef with the Ocarina app is...
"It's just really hard to appreciate while watching someone blow into the bottom of a phone."
Why? Im sure you have no problems with blowing in to your DS for little mini games. Or singing in to the microphone of Rock Band or Guitar Hero. So why is utilizing readily available technology to create something that, quite frankly, has never been touched upon before a bad thing?
Because its APplE OMg? Or because its popular? Or because its cool to hate shit?
I seriously don't understand your angle.
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