SEGA’s Super Monkey Ball for the iPhone will use the phone’s accelerometer to control the gameplay. It is set for a June release, when the iPhone Firmware 2.0 is released to the public. Click “more” to watch a video.
“This is not a cellphone game. This is a full console game. And we underestimated the power of the device. We had to fly in a developer to upscale the art for the iPhone.”
[via Gizmodo]
Apple could quite possibly be working on a clamshell iPhone, according to this patent, which gives “the user three touchpads to play around with, depending on what the phone is being used for.”
The clamshell design allows the entire phone to be shrunk without sacrificing any functionality, although you will loose some screen space. Perfect for an iPhone Nano, perhaps? Your guess is as good as mine, but whatever this technology ends up it
[via OhGizmo]
LEGO-Touch transforms your iPhone into a brick factory by allowing users to “build virtual LEGO creations using a large catalog of basic building blocks.” Click “more” to watch the video.
In addition to the basic block construction kit, Nicholas’ concept will let share your designs over the Internet. You can even create your own Mii-like avatar using those familiar LEGO block people. One of my favorite features is the ability to challenge your online friends to a LEGO “build-off”.
[via Technabob]
If you’ve always wanted to turn your iPhone into a turntable, then MixMeister Scratch is just the program for you. This “rudimentary scratch app that comes with a set of funky fresh samples and will also work with any music already loaded .” Click “more” to watch the video demonstration.
Among the items on the miles-long list of things made better (or at least more interesting) with a capacitive touchscreen, virtual vinyl scratching and beat juggling has to be somewhere on there
[via EngadgetMobile]