[読んだ] 松村太郎のiPhone生活:レファレンス:第25回 10キロ単位の辞書を、ワンタッチで──「ウルトラ統合辞書2009」 - ITmedia +D モバイル

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1万3000円という価格は、iPhoneアプリとしては高価な部類に入るが、これらの辞書を実際に書店で見てみてほしい。価格の合計がかなりの額に上るのはもちろんだが、そのページ数の多さ、重さに驚くに違いない。あるいは通販番組で電子辞書が売られているが、このアプリの価格よりも高額であることが多いはずだ。またちょっと散歩に出かけるときに、iPhoneとは別に電子辞書まで持ち運ぶとは考えにくい。紙に比べても、電子辞書専用端末に比べても、価格と携帯性の点で、十分競争力があるアプリだ。

使い勝手はシンプル。検索したい辞書を選んで、検索ワードを入れるだけ。調べ始めるときに必ず辞書を選ばなければならず、辞書を横断した串刺し検索を行う機能はないが、辞書のラインアップを見る限り、串刺し検索が必要なものはあまりなさそうだ。また検索語が入っている状態で辞書を切り替えれば、選んだ辞書で同じキーワードでの検索が可能だ。串刺し検索ができると便利ではあるが、なくても実用上はたいして気にならなかった。逆に辞書を始めに選ぶ、といういわゆる電子辞書端末と同じ使い勝手を提供している点で、誰にでも使いやすい仕様かもしれないと感じる。

いつかは欲しいアプリ。

[気になるアプリ] PlayPix™ - 3 snaps [スライドショー作成アプリ。YouTubeにも簡単投稿]

「プレイピクス 3スナップス™」は
3枚の写真を瞬時に、音楽とグラフィックに彩られた美しいスライドショーとして再生。
あなたのフォトコミュニケーションをより豊かに演出するインスタントスライドショー・アプリケーションです。
ショートムービーは、Youtube へのアップロード、メールでのシェアが可能。
たった今、撮影したばかりの写真をより豊かに、より新鮮にシェアする歓びを。

なんで3枚なんでしょうね。6枚くらいの方がいい気がします。

[気になるアプリ] App Shopper: Nobel Laureates (Reference) [丸わかりノーベル賞]


Know about over 700 Nobel Laureates.


'Nobel Laureates' app is a tribute to Alfred Nobel,the inventor of the dynamite. And who started the Nobel Prize.
This app has details about all the Nobel Laureates till date.

If you are more info savvy, you will not be disappointed.
What can be more interesting way to know about Nobel Laureates, than to have an app for it !!!

And not just that.

Once you learn about them, would you not be anxious to quiz yourself and your friends about them?

Did you know that there are only 34 women of 809 individual Nobel Laureates - and Marie Curie twice.

To date, the youngest Laureate is Lawrence Bragg, who was just 25 years old when he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his father in 1915.

The oldest Laureate to date is Leonid Hurwicz, who was 90 years old when he was awarded the 2007 Prize in Economics.

How much do you know about the Nobel Prize Ceremony?

Yes, you guessed it right!!!

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We also have a QUIZ feature in this app.
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クイズ付きってのがおもしろいですね。

 

[読んだ] End User: Touch Arcade Serves Up the Latest in iPhone/iPod touch Games [ゲームアプリ情報ならTouch Arcadeで]

Toucharcade One of the things I love about the Internet is that even if you've been around for a while, there's always something that you haven't seen before--even if a lot of other people have.  In that vein, recently I ran across the very cool Touch Arcade site: a site dedicated to reviews and news about all things in iPhone and iPod touch gaming.

おっとこのサイトは要チェックですね。

[読んだ] Apple preps iPhone face recognition • The Register [顔認識するiPhoneカメラ]

The US Patent and Trademark Office published 33 new Apple patent applications on Thursday, bringing the total filed in July to 55 - and we're not even a third of the way through the month.

Today's cluster of creativity ranged from flexible cabling to scrolling lyrics, but the bulk of the filings described new powers for the ubiquitous iPhone and its little brother, the iPod touch - especially when the 'Pod is equipped with a camera, which it seems destined to be.

Two of the filings are directly camera-related. One focuses on object identification and the other on face recognition. The former is targeted specifically for handhelds, while the latter's reach extends both into your pocket and out to the entire universe of consumer electronics.

The object-identification filing describes a system in which a handheld's camera captures an image of an object either in visual light or infrared, then compares that image with information stored over a network. The network then asks the you what information about that object you'd like to download, then provides it.

AppleはiPhone/iPod touchのユビキタス化にかなり本気なようすですね。

[読んだ] Guitar Toolkit for iPhone | Smoking Apples [ギターの練習に便利そう]


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I recently picked up the guitar again, and I’m a little rusty with chords and all that surrounds strumming those strings. Well, I have my iPhone with me, so why not use that to get back on track.

I searched on the App Store and was surprised to find only one viable candidate to do the job. No I’m not talking about virtual guitars where you can strum strings by shaking the iPhone. I’m talking about real useful functions like tuning, chord progressions, and a metronome. Guitar Toolkit by Agile Partners seems to be the most feature rich guitar application on the iPhone, and boy was I happy I found it.

第2世代iPod touchでもチューニングが対応するようテスト中だそうです。

[読んだ] iPhone gets a fully 3D Grand Theft Auto clone – Video Games Reviews, Cheats | Geek.com [この夏リリース予定]

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Following the precedent set by iPhone action game Payback, clones of Grand Theft Auto are starting to hit the device in force.  Mobile game publisher Gameloft has announced Gangstar West Coast Hustle, an open-world crime action game set much in the same mold as Rockstar’s infamous hijacking-happy series.

Gangstar, much like the GTA series, has an open mission structure and a fully 3D world with a full 3D camera, unlike the top-down approach used by Payback and older GTA games. It’s also got car theft, radio stations, custom music playlists, running from the cops, auto-targeting and pretty much every other part of the gameplay trail that Grand Theft Auto 3 blazed back in the PlayStation 2 era.

Set in a fictional Los Angeles, Gangstar is set to hit the App Store this summer.

これは期待ですね。

[読んだ] ASCII.jp:小学館のiPhone「寿司ネタ図鑑」に最新版が登場

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小学館は8日、iPhone/iPod touchで閲覧できる電子書籍「寿司ネタ図鑑」のバージョン2.0をリリースした(iTunes Storeで見る)。価格は600円。
最新版では、インターフェイスを刷新し、日本語に加えて英語表記にも対応した。
具体的には検索機能を強化し、寿司ネタをジャンル、旬の季節、名前で検索したり、サムネール一覧から選ぶことが可能になった。また、寿司ネタの詳細画面で画面を横に倒すと、拡大ビュー表示に切り替わる。さらにCover Flowのように左右にスライドしてほかのネタに移動できる。各ネタの名前を読み上げる音声データも収録している。

説明だけ読むと値段に見合う内容なの?高くない?と思ってしまうんですが……。