Although we have been graced with some quality free iPhone software already (see our “essential dozen” below), the wündervice still lacks The Killer App.
What’s The Killer App?
To put it one way, when urged to flick icons on microquest for stroke amusement and no app earns a tap, then I’ll know The Killer App has arrived.
An examination of the current crop of games reveals:
- No quick game you can really just quickly resume and play in microbursts. This attritibute is essential to The Killer App.
- No true one-handed gameplay. Over sensitive gesture games need not apply. Killer App must be usable while holding onto a pole or handle for use on public transportation.
These two attributes exemplify the special needs of mobile software design not yet satisfied by the new App Store marketplace.
The Free Essential Dozen:
Great free apps, but none of these are The Killer App.
- NetNewsWire for feedbag
- WordPress for bloggoreah
- Facebook for status-faction
- AIM for buddy-talk
- Twinkle for micro-blogging
- iPint for parlor tricking
- Cube Runner for cube running
- Tap Tap Revolution for groove gripping
- Pandora for music genome hopping
- Urban Spoon for jiggle picking meals
- Yelp for added locative chow-hounding
- Remote by Apple for magic jukeboxing
Stay tuned to this space as the situation evolves.
