[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……。

[読んだ] ASCII.jp:iPhoneアプリの売上を「国境なき医師団」に寄付

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学研グループの秀潤社は9日、医療向けiPhone/iPod touch用アプリ「Diagnostic Ultrasound Video Clips」シリーズにおける売り上げの1%を「国境なき医師団」に寄付すると発表した。

Diagnostic Ultrasound Video Clipsシリーズは、6月3日に提供を開始した医療やその教育の現場で役立つ超音波診断の動画集(iTunes Storeで見る)。現在、心臓の超音波検査に必要な、正常像(Normal Heart)、後天性心疾患(Acquired Heart Disease)、先天性心疾患(Congenital Heart Disease)、 頸部血管病変(Carotid Vessels)という4タイトルをリリースしている。

専門的な医療アプリも出てるんですね。

[読んだ] The Independent Florida Alligator: News - Pharmacy college requires iPod touch for students

This year, incoming students in the College will notice that their school-supply shopping list is a bit more expensive than previously.

Beginning fall 2009, all incoming PharmD students will be required to have an iPod touch or an iPhone.

学生に無料配給じゃないの?ケチな大学だなぁ。