Pour a Virtual Pint For iPhone 2

Leander Kahney ()

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iBeer is a virtual pint for the iPhone and iPod Touch that is supposed to behave like a real pint of delicious bubbly beer, according to the developers.

Thanks to the iPhone’s accelerometers, it tips, pours and drains like a real pint. It even foams up when you shake the iPhone.

However, the $3 app is getting mixed reviews on the iTunes App Store. Some love it, but many say the fun lasts for about 30 seconds.

“For $3, I can get a real beer,” says one.

Here it is in action on YouTube:

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Leander Kahney

is the editor and publisher of Cult of Mac, and author of three books about technology culture: Inside Steve’s Brain, the New York Times bestseller about Steve Jobs; Cult of Mac; and Cult of iPod. Leander has written for Wired, MacWeek, Scientific American, and The Guardian in London. Follow Leander on Twitter @lkahney and Facebook.

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  • pawel_z_wrocka

    Hey, iPint does about the same thing (plus it gives you a mini bar-tending game) – and it’s free (’cause it’s sponsored, but who cares).

  • http://www.snubcommunications.com Craig Grannell

    “For $3, I can get a real beer”

    I wish that were the case here. A typical pint of anything drinkable in this part of the UK is about $5 these days.

  • Chris

    And iPint’s physics are way better – it *does* actually drain properly.

  • Church of Apple

    Wow, what a useless piece of crap. Some people clearly have to much time on their hands to make/buy this, huh?

  • http://keepinitrealyo.blogspot.com Daniel k

    Potentially useful to get chicks attention in social situations… I say it’s worth the money.

  • http://www.freewebs.com/ishuma JCK

    Um… What’s up with the eyebrow waggles?

  • http://keepinitrealyo.blogspot.com Daniel k

    You know what? I’ve downloaded the freeware iPint and it’s nice, but it doesn’t give you those virtual bubbles, which are vital to sell the whole beer concept. I mean, without the carbonation it could be apple juice, right? How un-sexy is that?

    If the makers of iBeer would like to send me a free copy of their software in exchange for my enthusiastic shilling on their behalf, I’d accept with gratitude.