Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
You knew it had to happen. The charming but murderous computer from the 1968 film
2001: A Space Odyssey has made to the iPhone/iPod touch.
Hal 9000 [App Store link] awaits you for US $0.99.
It's basically a still of HAL, with lots of his famous sayings from both 2001 and the 1984 sequel,
2010. The real voice of HAL was Canadian actor Douglas Rain.
Don't know how MGM, owner of the two films, or actor Rain will feel about their work being appropriated for this app, but sound clips of HAL have been floating around on computers for a long, time. Images of HAL have also been used as desktops and wallpaper on computers and phones.
The author of the program, Jonathan Mulcahy is a Boston Systems Engineer. Not surprisingly, he used to fool around with robotics.
[via
VentureBeat]
Nothing can go wrong.... Hal 9000 is on the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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So you’ve been on the fence about Jailbreaking recently, maybe this is enough to sway you? Once again, a 3rd party developer has come through for all of us and has delivered a working turn-by-turn GPS solution!
xGPS uses Google Maps and add it’s own real-time navigation readout and a voice. Seriously, how hard could this have been for Google or Apple to add for us? Another nice feature is the ability to download maps ahead of time. So that means even first generation iPhone users can get in on some turn-by-turn action.
So how many of you are going to Jailbreak now? Let us know!
* I did try this early this morning and must say it works as smoothly as it looks in the video. Great work guys! Be sure to check out the xGPS Blog.
[Via Gizmodo]
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xGPS Brings Turn-by-Turn Directions to iPhone Via Jailbreak
Aiya! There’s still no iPhone officially available in the world’s most populous country, the People’s Republic of China. Sure, Apple actually sells unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong and Taiwan in an attempt to lure the most affluent Chinese customers to their platform — and lets not forget the monstrous iPhone 2G black market — but absent homegrown carrier subsidies and support, it will never attain most-favored device status.
Previously the problem was China Mobile wanting to strip out the 3G and WiFi. The latest holdup? The App Store, according to Interfaxchina (via Ars). China Mobile doesn’t seem to like the idea of Apple running its own software service right on the phone, and would prefer to handle all that on their own end. Heh. So would AT&T, Rogers, Vodafone, and all the other oppressive, myopic, oligopolistic carriers around the world. The lure of the iPhone and its data-gulping customers let Apple one-inch-punch their way right through that tired old carcass, but China…?
China’s still wearing the iron vest of feature control furor.
So the raised platform is set, the combatants have taken their corners, and the rules remain: knockout or knockoff. Who’s going to win this battle?
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