Earlier this month saw the debut of Awareness, an app that should make life considerably safer and less embarrassing for people who (like me) walk around with earphones semi-permanently attached to their ears. And now, it’s on sale.
The app works by enabling a pass-through that lets ambient sound reach the users ears, so that even noise-isolating canalphones won’t make an iPod user completely oblivious to danger when, say, cycling down the street in downtown Manhattan (just remember though, local laws still ban headphones in one or both ears, pass-through or not).
The app also works with an iPod Touch, but only the 3rd-gen, and only when using headphones with an inline microphone. It’s also not compatible with Bluetooth yet.
Normally $5, Awareness is on sale for $3 until Oct 4. Check out the clip below for a look at Awareness in action.
