New app turns iPhone / iPod touch into Rovio controller
By Donald Melanson 
posted November 14th 2008 3:49PM
posted November 14th 2008 3:49PM
Rovio owners have been able to control their all-seeing sentry bot from their iPhone (or any other internet-connected device) from day one using WowWee's browser-based interface, but one enterprising individual apparently found that a tad lacking for his taste, so he decided to take things one big step further by building his own full-fledged iPhone / iPod touch app. In addition to giving you a larger view of the Rovio's webcam feed, the app achieves the inevitable by letting you use the iPhone or iPod touch's accelerometer to control the Rovio, which should let you give your Wiimote a rest for a while. Better still, the app is free -- you know where to get.
'i' like it
Now if only I had a Rovio. Does the navigation work if you have a slanted ceiling? (Don't vote me down if you don't understand what I'm talking about.)
I beg not to be voted down, is really an inadvertant plea to be voted down.
no, it doesn't work on a slanted or coffered ceiling. or one that's too high. or one with beams on it-- all of which exist in one part or another of the first floor of my home.
rovio is heading back to wowwee
What the hell did I do? I just asked a question. You don't need to be a jerk about it.
See muddyh2o? He answered my question without being an asshole.
Oh no mor cases of Wii Remote being misspelled as Wiimote .
Anyway i like it .
Oh no, more cases of more being spelled as mor.
Didn't something like this happen in Dr. Horrible?
cool, I'm making the assumption that there are apps for the G1, Xperia, BB, and Nokia phones out there...
I low ranked you because of that "i" thing you do.
OK what happened? This post was meant for OCEAN 'CLAK' 20th
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this gag never gets old...
WOW! an ieye comment that hasn't been lowest ranked yet? I can actually read it(Not that i was going to anyway)
Great, now all the 25 year old virgins have another way to pass the time.
Great, I now know what to get you for Christmas!
Is that why your nipples are dusty?
Now all they need is an machine gun on it and they can sell it to DARPA.
Can you imagine Jarheads using their iPhones to drive killbots around buildings looking for insurgents?
i think this is pretty kool, i want one with a gun on:P
Andy, I love your nipples.
Reason #74,383,999 why the Jesus Phone will always be better than the G1, a la the phone singlehandedly bringing back the brick design circa 1998.
If I could mount one of those Northrop 5kW lasers in this it would be better than a frickin' shark. Remote control destruction viewable via web cam.
WEee don't care?
sorry, meant for Clak.
Engadget. Please fix the problem with replying to people with 's in their name. If using a ' in the user name doesn't work properly you should correct it or you shouldn't allow it. Web 101.
Didn't apple say you can't use the iPhone SDK to build remote control app for robots and such?
Or am i just going crazy.
Ah just what I needed to get that wonderflonium being shipped next week...