Things have been very exciting lately! I’ve got a few very cool projects in the works, a couple of which I’m happy to share with you today.
First up is Walkie Talkie 3000. This is a very neat bluetooth Walkie Talkie app for iPhone/iPod touch. It was developed by Jonah Grant and designed by myself. It has theme support, and will be adding additional themes via in-app downloads. We even hope to do a contest for a theme you’d like to see in the app. It’s very close to finalization and should be ready for consumption soon. Follow @wt3k on Twitter for all the updates.
Next up is Commandments a new app for your iPad. There are a lot of people who like to keep these in their mind and who would also enjoying seeing them presented in a beautiful and intuitive fashion. Commandments lets you swipe through and enjoy the “Original Tablet App”. Commandments was developed by Jonah Grant and designed by myself.
Also coming very soon is Stacky. A collaboration between myself and the wonderful Carter Allen, this is an insanely functional tool for OSX that will let you control how you access your favorite apps in your dock. You can expect some more information on Stacky very soon. For now, you can visit the Stacky website or follow @stackyapp on Twitter.
There is one additional card up my sleeve that is extremely special to me and something I’m insanely excited about. A joint project between myself and Sasha Friedenberg, this is something you will all LOVE and want to have with you at all times. Keep your eyes on http://www.scipadapp.com and @SciPad on Twitter for all the juicy details.
This is all I can tell you about at the moment, but expect some more cool stuff coming soon!
-M
#1 by William Hook at March 30th, 2010
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I hate to say it, but I can’t really see the usefulness of Walkie Talkie 3000 all that much. By all means, it looks great and it’s a good idea, but the problem is that Bluetooth has a range of 10 meters, at most. Which I think is close enough that you may as well just talk to the person. You could setup a WiFi based ad-hoc network, sure, but again, it’s limited in range. How about 3G? Sure, but even on a full 3G signal the transmissions would need to upload, and then download to the phone, which would take
at least a minute.
Thus, I have come up with a genius idea. Since iPhone OS 3.0 supports hardware devices, all you need to do is find a hardware partner, such as Motorola, or a similar walkie talkie company, and then make a small and cheap device that plugs into the dock connector and communicates with the app. This device would then act as a transmitter and receiver – just like a real walkie talkie – and provide a land-based link up to about 3km in distance. Maybe even whack an extra battery in there, and boom, you have extra battery life too.
Of course, that might not work so well since you’d need tons of R&D to develop it, testing, FCC approval, and god knows what else. So, screw it. Bluetooth will have to do.