Tag: Apps

Everything is about apps at the moment. A lot of what I mention under the apps tag is around iOS and mobile music, but there’s other stuff too, and not just iOS, but Android, Palm OS and Windows mobile.

App revisit: BtBx

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

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.

App revisit: 8Bitone

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

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.

Getting the Donut

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

Now that I’m back to using my iPad for music again I thought I’d have another go at Donut, and suddenly, it really clicked. I used it to record some vocal cut ups and it was wonderful, or that is to say, I really enjoyed it anyway.

I really do love The Strange Agency. They’re amazing!

Mac OS 7 on Android

Posted by on in Mobile Applications

I finally found the files I needed to get this emulator running on my somewhat underpowered Android phone. Guess what, it works really well. So far I’ve only managed to get a few things working, but so far so good. It may even be useful, especially as I have a hypercard player app too.

App revisit: Vox 3000

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

This app from the retronyms is still as much fun to muck about with as the day it was released. What more could you want than to be able to type in a message and get it spoken out?

What’s more, you can use audio copy / paste to take it somewhere else. It doesn’t get much better.

App revisit: iHolophone

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

Another older Amidio app that was actually very good, and when I started using it again I remembered just how simple it was to play with.

Sadly it is no longer on the app store for some reason, Amidio seem to have withdrawn it alongside a number of other apps that I still have of theirs, which is a shame really.

You just have to love PalmSprak

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

I love the fact that someone made a Palm Sounds version of their app to celebrate when Palm Sounds was 5 years old. I really love the original Sprak app and this one is just as good, and reminds me that Palm Sounds was a really good thing and helped to create a lot of buzz around mobile music.