iPhone does guitars, spying with ease

Just when you think you've reached the apex of your iPhone's capability, there comes another accessory-maker, modder, or developer to prove you wrong. One new feature comes in the form of a piece of software for Jailbroken iPhones (or touches) called PocketGuitar. The premise of this software is simple -- it allows you to "play" the phone like an actual instrument, as well as strum along to your stored music -- thus fulfilling a number of twisted, rock-nerd fantasies. When you're done perfecting a version of "Frankenstein," you can use your phone to stalk your estranged lover... provided you're using Conice's 6 x 18 zoom attachment for the phone, a hideous plastic beast that snaps onto your normally trim device. Hey, no one ever said stalking was going to be easy.

[Via Mobilewhack]

Read - Virtual Guitar for iPhone and iPod touch
Read - Conice 6x18 Zoom Attachment for iPhone

[Aaron @ Jan 20th 2008 3:43PM]

Better then TTR..

[PsychOfMSE @ Jan 20th 2008 3:49PM]

That zoom lens has to be the ugliest iphone accessory I have laid my eyes on. Seriously, where's the market for something like that? Do people use their iphone as their primary camera?

[ericisshort @ Jan 20th 2008 3:50PM]

amateur up-skirt website owners rejoice!

[master_sword @ Jan 20th 2008 3:57PM]

lets run that scenario: oops, sorry, i dropped my iphone with gigantic and obvious lens between your legs, let me get that...yeah, that'll work great

[Kizorblade @ Jan 20th 2008 4:02PM]

Amateur indeed!

[Reader @ Jan 20th 2008 4:42PM]

and with that much zoom you'll get a picture of a very small and uneventful square inch.

[kbnguy @ Jan 20th 2008 4:53PM]

...so what would it be called then? iCrotch?

[PsychOfMSE @ Jan 20th 2008 5:08PM]

yeah, somethin tells me that a wide-angle lens would prolly work better in that situation.

New product...the iSnatch. Deluxe wide-angle close-range lens attachment for the iphone with built in flash for those dark environments.

[Mr. Blake @ Jan 20th 2008 4:40PM]

So how long until i can play Guitar Hero with it?

[Kyanges @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:17PM]

It'll play Guitar Hero without you.

[hopdevilrob @ Jan 20th 2008 5:21PM]

yea, and good accessory lenses normally cost $15 and are attached with tape. Can't see that thing doing anything but looking bizzare.

[James Cunningham @ Jan 20th 2008 5:43PM]

the PocketGuitar isnt Working for Some People (including me). Installed App give the Error "Main Installer Script Filed". It is under the Issue Section at the Moment.

[Chris @ Jan 20th 2008 6:19PM]

'The new design to run of rays effectively avoid the contortion of image, and makes the wide angle, the larger luminousflux, the higher visual acutenss, good for color reduction, which makes the high quality of photography.'

I've always wanted a product that could provide larger luminousflux.

[Bassir @ Jan 20th 2008 7:13PM]

It's small and fun applications like this that makes me wish Apple would just launch that SDK already.

[CraigJ @ Jan 20th 2008 7:40PM]

is that a lens on your back or are you just happy to see me?

[Byron Church @ Jan 20th 2008 8:11PM]

Dang ! I'm stuck in 1.1.3
I would love a music maker on my phone ! My choice would be a Kalimba kind-of-a-gig . That would rock (after I stick pins in my speaker of course . I wonder how much latency there is .
I ordered one of those lenses . Comes with the case that you screw the lens to ! Some of the pictures on other sights are pretty impressive !

[Chris @ Jan 20th 2008 8:20PM]

Hey hackers, I'm still waiting for my ipod touch camera!

[Stephen Levinson @ Jan 20th 2008 8:39PM]

now I can get even more attention to my phone.

[Mobius_1 @ Jan 20th 2008 9:17PM]

Chris Crocker: LEAVE THE IPHONE ALONE!!!

I still don't quite get the iPhone lens though

[MasterWitt @ Jan 20th 2008 10:11PM]

When you're done perfecting a version of "Frankenstein,"

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First off, I must say that Frankenstein is not a monster. In fact, it does not actually have a name. The creator of the monster is called "Victor Frankenstein"
I just recently had to read the the book "Frankenstein" in school and I now see this used out of context sometimes when reading on articles, much like this one.

Anyway, enough of the correction, that app is awsome!

[ndogg @ Jan 20th 2008 10:40PM]

"Frankenstein" by the Edgar Winter Group, not the monster.

[Chris @ Jan 21st 2008 1:13AM]

Wait a minuite, I looked at the site that sells those and they don't even have a real iphone in the case displaying it. I wouldn't trust it.