The iPhone Duo Can Be a Tiny Mac, a Toaster, and a Nintendo DS
The iPhone Duo has an all-new form factor with multiple folding and orientation options, and app developers are having some fun with it. You can find quite a few apps using the foldable display in unique ways, many with skeuomorphic designs. Tiny Computers ($3.99) Tiny Computers turns the ‌iPhone Duo‌ into a miniature retro computer, with options inspired by the Macintosh, Commodore 64,…
The iPhone Duo, with its versatile folding and orientation capabilities, has become a playground for app developers. A variety of apps are taking advantage of this new form factor, transforming the device into everything from a miniature retro computer to a Nintendo DS.
Tiny Computers offers a virtual Macintosh-like experience, complete with desktop games, paint programs, and hidden files. Fold & Squish lets users create digital art by painting on one side of the Duo, then "squishing" the paint onto the other side. Portal provides a series of calming environments for meditation, with over 100 unique locations. Lake, an adult coloring book, adapts to the Duo's display size, offering a full-page coloring area in portrait mode and full-screen coloring in tent mode.
Toastie transforms the Duo into a toaster, challenging users to prepare and cook a perfect grilled cheese sandwich within a time limit. The Delta Game Emulator turns the Duo into a Nintendo DS, complete with controls and sleep mode functionality. TypeDraw turns the Duo into a notebook, supporting Apple Pencil and customizable colors, fonts, and handwriting.
Fold Accordion uses the hinge as a bellows, allowing users to create music by opening and closing the Duo. Living Earth is ideal for the Duo's tent mode, displaying live weather maps and a rotating globe. Duometry challenges users to match target angles by folding the Duo, while Deck-Man turns the Duo into a retro cassette player. Lastly, Orisuji is a paper maze game that becomes increasingly complex as the Duo is folded.
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