Comments on: NASA launches an iPhone app

By: JonB

JonB — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:21:36 +0000

I was at a party over the weekend out in Malibu, away from the light pollution of LA, and while I was stargazing, a fellow partygoer wandered over, aimed her iPhone at the sky and then announced, “That’s Vega.” I don’t know the name of the app, but it uses GPS positioning and the built-in camera, among other things, to look at the piece of sky the phone is aimed at and superimpose a star chart.

Needless to say, I had a nerdgasm over it. Almost enough to make me pay money to the evil kingdom of Apple. Almost… but not quite.

By: Randy A.

Randy A. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:17:07 +0000

With respect, Cindy is wrong — real geeks use the iPhone, too. But only if they download an app that creates and speaks pirate curses…

By: NOYB

NOYB — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:04:54 +0000

Too bad AT&T sucks!

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By: Rosie

Rosie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:38:26 +0000

awesome. hope they do it for the google phone (android) apps!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:11:26 +0000

Phil,

Come on, real geeks use Android.

By: Danno

Danno — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:49:13 +0000

Argh! Need this for Blackberry!