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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Source: http://balloonsapp.com/beta
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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...
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Are you able to track your balloons? I'd like to see how far my balloon gets around the world...
June 29 2009 at 2:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDon'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!
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.
June 29 2009 at 5:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNice app, nice T-Shirt!
June 26 2009 at 5:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI wonder which lucky plucker will get Victor's handsome face in their balloon...
June 25 2009 at 5:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWith 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.
June 25 2009 at 5:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@mrpunk2uca & @heyvince: Yes, filters will be added for the pics before we launch.
@heyvince glad you liked it!
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.
June 25 2009 at 4:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyUm.. no he didn't. You must be new to the iPhone and trying to get every letter correct instead of trusting autocorrect :)
June 25 2009 at 5:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyi hope there is some sort of filtering for the pics sent out
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