Not only does Concretedog make fantastic music and instruments, but also this excellent Axim case. The case is made from used plastic bags, so it is environmentally friendly too.
If you want to have a go, you can get instructions on how to make a fused plastic bag here.
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I guess that this is a bit like the iStylophone and VL Tone simulators. Fun though. Apparently this app has 200 samples from a speak & spell.
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There have been lots of announcements recently about various manufacturers setting up their own ‘app store’ equivalents. This is not unexpected I guess, when you see a good model why not copy it?
But I am interested in what this will do for the quality and variety of applications in for different operating systems? Microsoft have promised an app store for Windows Mobile, but will it generate more audio and music apps? Will Microsoft make their development tools available for free? Somehow I can’t see that happening.
We know that Palm has in effect abandoned the mobile music community when they decided to go for their new OS and cut out all legacy apps (unless Styletap step in), and Rim has never really targeted the multimedia market.
Yesterday I posted a link to the Intermorphic blog. That post ends by pointing out that without the 3rd party developers no platform can be a success. Which makes me wonder if the manufacturers who are starting these new app stores know how to properly stimulate the developer community in the same way as Apple have? Because, if they don’t get it right, no number of app stores will make any difference.
I’d like to see more developers come into the Windows Mobile space. I think there have been some really good apps here, but they have been few and far between. Of late Intermorphic have brought their excellent Mixtikl app out. 4Pockets have delivered MeTeoR, and of course there’s the superb Griff.
But these apps have come out over a long period of time and it makes me wonder what will create the same explosion of interest and applications as we’ve seen with the iPhone and the app store? I had hoped that the iPhone ‘halo’ would rejuvenate interest in Windows Mobile music apps and bring it new developers, but it hasn’t happened.
So, is there anything that will make a difference? Or will the iPhone’s success with apps be a one off that other OS’s can’t replicate?
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