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Of all the music games I’ve played, and I’ve tried to play as many as possible, I think that Isle of Tune is the most successful. But why? What makes it so good? I think the ability to be able to make simple tunes in such a playful way goes a long way toward making this one of the best apps that crosses over from game play to music creation.
I’m really pleased that it’s come to the iPhone too.
I’ve mentioned before that I think that pretty much all the Strange Agency’s apps and this isn’t any different. Slice isn’t their finest, that’s for sure. Many of their later apps are far more interesting, but slice is still good, still fun to play with and still an interesting design.
I’ve always liked the idea of a PDA type watch. So much so that I actually bought one of the old Fossil PDA Palm OS watches years ago. It was something that I almost instantly regretted as wearing it was more like having a small brick on my arm.
So after that somewhat failed experiment I decided that I wouldn’t try wrist based devices anymore. That was until I saw this one, which is very small. I thought I’d take a picture of it to compare against one of the newer iPod Nanos. As you can see it is tiny.
It’s a Sony Ericsson Live View, which is supposed to connect to your Android phone/device and be able to communicate with it to show texts, twitter etc as it happens on the phone without having to constantly check your phone. Interesting idea, and as I was able to get hold of one very cheaply I thought I’d give it a go.
So far I’ve only just got it out of the box, but hopefully I’ll have it up and running soon and I’ll post some results.
Another app that seems to continue to work well on my 3G is iSequence. I remember when this app first came out. It was something of a revelation, and it’s still a very good sequencer for putting together tracks.
Anyway, it’s a keeper for my 3G music device and still works very well for setting up tunes either in their own right or for taking into something else to work on.
This is one of those films that I really wanted to see for ages. So I saw it in HMV for £3 and bought it. What a disappointment though. I thought it was really gratuitous for most of the movie, although the ending wasn’t bad.
So, for £3 it wasn’t quite the bargain I thought it was. I don’t think I’ll be watching it again.
A lovely little cafe I spent some time in yesterday during a visit to Camden market. I especially liked the clock.
Another old app that hasn’t seen the light of day for a very long time, and whilst it does still work and in fact works very well on my 3G, it isn’t too functional. You have to remember though that this app first came out back in 2008 I think, so it isn’t as though it wasn’t a good piece of software. When it came out it was an excellent app considering the others that were around back then, but by today’s standards it isn’t anywhere near as complex as many others.
Even so, I think I might keep it on my 3G just for fun.
Romo’s seem to be arriving all over the place, although mainly in the US of course. I’m still waiting for mine and for the updated app to get into the iOS app store. I’m really looking forward to seeing mine and getting a chance to play with it.
Another app I haven’t used in ages and ages. But why? bleep!Synth was (is) excellent, and if that wasn’t enough it runs good on my 3G too.
I decided to revisit 8bitone after ever such a long time. To be honest I could never get my head around this app when it came out and never managed to make anything that was even vaguely satisfying. I thought that when I went back to it I might find it easier, but no, I still don’t get it as yet, which makes me really annoyed!
It’s a shame, as Yudo were so promising in the early iOS days, but they’ve just disappeared from that whole scene now. I guess that happens, but I still see it as a lost opportunity.
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