Pour a Virtual Pint For iPhone 2
9:35 pm, July 14th, 2008, Leander Kahney
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:
Posted by Leander Kahney in iPhone, iPod | Comment on this article
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).
pawel_z_wrocka, on July 14th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
“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.
Craig Grannell, on July 15th, 2008 at 12:35 am
And iPint’s physics are way better – it *does* actually drain properly.
Chris, on July 15th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Wow, what a useless piece of crap. Some people clearly have to much time on their hands to make/buy this, huh?
Church of Apple, on July 15th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Potentially useful to get chicks attention in social situations… I say it’s worth the money.
Daniel k, on July 15th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Um… What’s up with the eyebrow waggles?
JCK, on July 15th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
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.
Daniel k, on July 16th, 2008 at 12:07 pm