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Section: iPod + iTunes, iPod touch, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone SDK & Apps, ReviewsSeller: Gamez 4 Touch
Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch
Requirements: iPhone OS 3.0 or later
Version Reviewed: 1.0.0
File Size: 8.6MB
Price: $1.99
Age Rating: 4+
Musical Lights is an application that allows the user to tap on an image they have chosen to add Christmas lights of various shapes, sizes, and colors. From there, the user can choose a song to play through the iPhone and have the lights turn on and off to the beat of the music. While it does have some ability to change settings and appearances, it is a pretty simple application that does what it says it does.
When you first launch MusicalLights, you are presented with a scroll style selector to choose an image (see below) in landscape mode (this app doesn’t use portrait mode). A pop-up from the bottom of the application will walk you through all the steps as you go. It does come with some holiday themed stock images, but you can also add any image you want from your photo library or simply take one using the iPhone’s camera.
Once you pick the image, it goes to full screen. To decorate it, tap where you want the lights to appear. A bar along the bottom of the application allows the user to return to the image selector and rename the picture, among other things. For instance, you can also choose to email your creation or delete the lights from it. However, the real fun part is in the bulb settings (see below) that allow you to change the color, style, and size of the bulbs. This allows room for some creativity based on the image you chose to decorate.
From there, you can choose to turn the lights on using the menu bar along the bottom. At first, this hides everything on the screen but the image. Then a scroll view slides up asking you to choose a song. There are a few Christmas songs included, but you can also use the microphone on the iPhone as musical input for the lights to dance to. This basically consists of the lights turning on and off to the beat of the music for however long you feel like watching it. To stop it, you just tap the screen anywhere.
This application certainly has an interesting concept. It’s neat to be able to decorate lights wherever you want to see how it will turn out. That said, I did find that the actual dancing of the lights to the music was somewhat strange at times; I feltit could have been improved a little, as it wasn’t completely on the beat. Either way, the interface was put together nicely, although it could be a little laggy at time. However, it never crashed on me despite combining neat audio and visual affects as part of its use. For $2, I’d say it’s worth it if you’re looking for this kind of application.
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