iPhone/iPod Touch Thread

[WiteWulf]

I was dicking around with Panolab while on holiday last week and thought I'd show off some of the results.


Trevone Bay, nr Padstow, where we stayed for the week


Trevone Bay, again. I was trying to get Sal in every shot so there'd be 4 of her in the finished image but I kept overlaying the images on top of her. She wasn't too impressed by the way it stretched her out with the perspective adjustment on the right hand side


This was the view out of the lounge window one morning. The power lines crossing each other and the clouds in the background really caught my eye.


This was taken at White Lady Falls in Lydford Gorge.


This is a normal shot to give you an idea of the size.

[Quaker]

Looks like I'll be picking up a touch over the next couple of days, what systems can it play emulated games for? I assume Scumm games work like a dream?

Cheers

[Col]

Panolab is great, though i really am shit at it. And there are a few games on the App store that pass the time a bit, the Air Hockey one for example!

And the NES emulator is a godsend on boring bus trips, i had forgotten how addictive Dr. Mario was.

[Mqark]

Looks like I'll be picking up a touch over the next couple of days, what systems can it play emulated games for? I assume Scumm games work like a dream?

Cheers

I actually found Scumm quite infuriating, just because of the precision nessecary to get the mouse pointer in the right area. Imagine the point in Indy where you have to zigzag between the boxes outside the theatre - it was nigh on impossible.

I found scumm far better on the PSP because the analogue stick could be used more more like a mouse.

[Flojomojo]

Looks like I'll be picking up a touch over the next couple of days, what systems can it play emulated games for? I assume Scumm games work like a dream?

Cheers

I actually found Scumm quite infuriating, just because of the precision nessecary to get the mouse pointer in the right area. Imagine the point in Indy where you have to zigzag between the boxes outside the theatre - it was nigh on impossible.

I found scumm far better on the PSP because the analogue stick could be used more more like a mouse.

Thanks for that ... I needed an excuse to keep my Apple stuff in NON-jailbroken form. SCUMM was the only thing that was really compelling to me. :-) How do those games run on the Nintendo DS? I need to finish Sam+Max someday.

[Misfit]

Can I recommend Topple? A nicely done little game that is mind of a cross between Tetris and Jenga.

I think it's worth it's 59p price of admission if only for the silly faces your blocks pull as you tilt your phone and everything starts to collapse....

http://artoftheiphone.com/2008/10/22/to ... me-review/

[Misfit]

What are people with cases doing as a solution for docking?

I'd really like to still use my dock, especially after splashing a whole 59p on the photo frame/clock app but it just doesn't fit any more.

There is this on eBay, but £20 seems a bit steep!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0306972709

[Misfit]

A really great site, if you want to keep on top of what is going on in the App store is:

http://www.appshopper.com/

Much better than trying to find stuff in the iTunes app store.

It has RSS feeds and you can see what has changed at a glance.

[matt]

Topple is good (though essentially the mobile phone game Tower Bloxx)

Also by the same people is MazeFinger (essentially old Namco arcade game Flamin' Finger)

[Col]

What are people with cases doing as a solution for docking?

I'd really like to still use my dock, especially after splashing a whole 59p on the photo frame/clock app but it just doesn't fit any more.

There is this on eBay, but £20 seems a bit steep!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0306972709

No dock, so no problem for me! Apple didn't bother giving 3G customers docks.

I'm currently going without a screen protector. Apparently the screen glass is pretty scratch resistant, so i'll give it a week to see if that is the case.

[Misfit]

Topple is good (though essentially the mobile phone game Tower Bloxx)

Also by the same people is MazeFinger (essentially old Namco arcade game Flamin' Finger)

And MazeFinger is free.

It's nicely done, but I'm not totally convinced by it. I get stuck a bit to easily. Perhaps I need to polish my screen?

Still at the price it's worth a risk!

[piku]

MazeFinger is let down by the fact I can't see through my own finger. rRootage works quite well though, you can offset your finger from the ship.

As to the dock problem, the case I have doesn't seem to get in the way of the dock on my Tesco bought iPod speakers.

[PVB]

What are people with cases doing as a solution for docking?

I'd really like to still use my dock, especially after splashing a whole 59p on the photo frame/clock app but it just doesn't fit any more.

There is this on eBay, but £20 seems a bit steep!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0306972709

No dock, so no problem for me! Apple didn't bother giving 3G customers docks.

My Touch only came with a USB cable.

[Misfit]

I'm currently going without a screen protector. Apparently the screen glass is pretty scratch resistant, so i'll give it a week to see if that is the case.

I've not used a screen protector in the year plus I've had an iPhone and the screen has survived perfectly.

The back of the v1 phone marks quite easily though and the unit as a whole can be a little slippy, so a tactile case that covers the back is nice.

[nyarla]

JellyCar is tops. Probably my favourite iPhone game so far. And it's free! I believe it originated on XBLA.
It's hard! Haven't been able to finish a single level yet. Fun though. It's a box2d physics style game where you move a wobbly car through an obstacle course.

rRootage is good. I wish it had sound though.

Just noticed another free game, Trace, which looks nice. Haven't tried it yet.