You hear that sound? That’s the sound of my mind being blown.
When the folks over in Cupertino strapped a little speaker to the bottom of the iPhone and released an SDK, do you think that any of them thought “Oh, people are totally going to use this to make apps that can push little Styrofoam balls around a fake soccer field.” Yeah, probably not. But sure enough, people have.
The 99 cent app, Football – Real Kick, is a clever twist on the “blower” concept we’ve seen before. In a nut shell: sound pushes air around. Certain sounds that the iPhone speaker can emit push enough air around that you can just baaaarely feel it, making it just strong enough to blow out a candle — or in this case, blow around a little Styrofoam ball.
Unlike past blower apps, this one doesn’t emit a constant stream. It only putts out air when you tap that “kick” button; combine this with a hand drawn soccer field, a couple of iPhones, and a whole lot of beer, and you’ve got the world’s most expensive game of foosball that doesn’t actually involve a foosball table.
Simply fun! Very creative, keep it up.
Me, I guess the coolest thing I’ve seen of what an iPhone can really do is the iDriver (Remote Control your Car via iPhone)
Greg, I agree with you on the “coolest thing I’ve seen an iPhone do” part.
Talk about thinking outside-the-box!
This is easily the dorkiest thing you could do in a bar with a friend.
Really! Any woman sees you playing with this and, you just lost any chance of getting laid.
FINALLY, a use for my Styrofoam and craft paper collection.
This is one of the coolest thing I have seen. Imagine using your iPhone like remote controls :D
This is really awesome! Is this video true? I mean, that’s a real styro ball that the Iphones “kicks” around, is it?
Totally kewl stuff!!! I can’t wait to show this “magic” to my friends!!!
iFart-o-meter = how far can you fart a little white ball?
Unbelievable their ideas! Very Great Apps!
Finally, something the iPhone does well!
Yeah, aside from beating all the other phones to a pulp.
You Apple fanboys are pathetic. Is this really all you have to do? I’m quite sure you must be bashing everyone that doesn’t own an iPhone as compensation for something else that’s lacking size.
You probably own a really big truck, too!
Answer me this: Why are iPhone sales stagnating, and Android phones gaining market share like crazy?
Because when you have the world’s best-selling phone, most everyone already has one.
Here’s a link to something else the iPhone can now do; use Sprint’s Wimax network…
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/new-sprint-ad-shows-iphone-using-wimax-via-overdrive/
Very creative.
really… go outside. enjoy the world. Hell, maybe turn your iphones on to silent, and play real football. It’s more fun! ;-)
This is just too cute! I’m sure it is more fun than player in the ‘real world’ but having a match in a semi-empty train sounds pretty fun to me.
I think this is great! I can see playing a match while having a few beers at a bar. Not dorky at all!
Tyler Hurst: Don’t really know what you’ve been smoking but, the iPhone isn’t even close to being the top selling phone in the world. And, in the smartphone world, it ranks number 3, behind Symbian and Blackberry.
Apple sales have stagnated, and it’s just a matter of time before Android catches, and surpasses Apple. (a short time)
If you’re just going to blurt out some unsubstantiated fanboy BS, you might want to have your facts straight.
iphone > your life
you’re probably too poor to afford one cuz you work at wendy’s
Gosh, you’re an idiot. Too much of a hamster dick to give an email, eh twit?
When did your mom buy yours for you, fagboy. Sorry, I meant fanboy.
That’s pretty cool. However, I’d be kind of worried about cracking my iPhone (no I don’t own one – I’m an Android man) into my opponents iPhone.
I suppose that’s the worry wart in me. Oh well, still a very cool concept.
How does it know you’ve scored a goal in order to trigger the celebrations?
Seems like you keep manual score via buttons on the screen.
What a load of pointless rubbish
huh. i don’t know what to say. i am seriously baffled (for better or worse)
so id have to carry a tinny foam ball around with me to play…. does belly button lint work?
this is the most retarded blog post ive seen all week