Filed under: WWDC, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
WWDC Demo: Balloons!
Balloons! for the iPhone (and iPod touch) made me smile. It's like Distant Shore, but more personal and fun. Don't get me wrong, I love Distant Shore, but Balloons! reminds me of being a kid and tying a message and photo to a balloon to send up into the stratosphere. Plus, you get a real sense of community. It's just plain fun to pick up a virtual balloon supposedly drifting past you. To see what I mean, check out the video. But if you ever tied a note to a balloon and let it go, that's what this does. Except now you get to catch other balloons, have conversations and attach photos all from your iPhone.
Unfortunately Balloons! isn't in the store yet, but from the build I saw looks pretty close to being ready. The Balloons devs are looking for beta testers, which you can apply for here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mrpunk2uca said 3:59PM on 6-25-2009
i hope there is some sort of filtering for the pics sent out
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Brian said 4:27PM on 6-25-2009
God he typed fast !!!
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waiownsyou said 5:24PM on 6-25-2009
Um.. no he didn't. You must be new to the iPhone and trying to get every letter correct instead of trusting autocorrect :)
heyvince said 4:32PM on 6-25-2009
I think that this could be really cool with a Postsecret-like theme. Getting p2p secrets from around the world sounds really cool. I also agree with mrpunk2uca.
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Dave Verwer said 4:43PM on 6-25-2009
@mrpunk2uca & @heyvince: Yes, filters will be added for the pics before we launch.
@heyvince glad you liked it!
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Jaap said 6:03AM on 6-26-2009
With messages like 'demo' and 'It made it to San Fransisco' I hope this guy won't be contributing many more of his musings to the ballooning community.
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Sander said 5:22PM on 6-25-2009
I wonder which lucky plucker will get Victor's handsome face in their balloon...
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Will Jessop said 5:42AM on 6-26-2009
Nice app, nice T-Shirt!
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Dave Verwer said 5:04AM on 6-29-2009
The beta is unfortunately completely full now, feel free to sign up to the mailing list to stay informed of when we release to the app store though.
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Blaktornado said 2:06PM on 6-29-2009
Don't like the new icon... less shiny... less fitting with the rest of Leopard. Thankfully, I know how to change application icons ;)
I like the new downloads manager. Mimics FireFox, Safari, Adium, etc... Now all we need is a Universal downloads manager to replace the need for all these various extra download windows we have open!... wait... good idea! Time to make millions off it!
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Blaktornado said 2:08PM on 6-29-2009
1password -.-
Blaktornado said 2:08PM on 6-29-2009
Are you able to track your balloons? I'd like to see how far my balloon gets around the world...
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