Iphone Apps + The Gadget Show = AWESOME!

Last month I got a call from one of the producers from North One Television, asking weather I wanted to help out on developing an IPhone App for the Gadget Show.  They found me through my mate Ben who has developed an app before with Phillip Parr, a lovely little metal detector you can check out here.  I don’t even have an Iphone so the whole thing was a learning curve for me.

I developed the interface in Photoshop at the following sizes:

• 320 x 460 pixels at 72 ppi - (when you hold the Iphone up to your screen this size will seem larger), this is because the actual iphone resolution is actually 163 ppi.
• Its 480-by-320-pixels in to total but you need to minus the size of the header with the coverage and power status (-20 Pixels).
• I exported all the images as high quality PNG’s.

So 2 Iphone apps were developed, Social Beacon and Biker Blast Off!.  Both equally awesome.  Here’s some more info:

Social Beacon:

We worked on Social Beacon. The gadget show presenter, Jason Bradbury came up with the idea for a social networking tool which lets you create super quick status updates for leading social networks.  I have played it as a demo and it’s SWEET!, the status updates are so funny and really imaginative.

Biker Blast Off

Suzi Perry came up with Biker Blast-OFF!.  Its a bike jumping game where you’ll need to use every trick on your iphone to achieve a record breaking jump.  Developed by Media Tonic.

Both apps use the IPhone accelerometer feature and are available at the app store FOR FREE!!.