Cooliris 3D image and video viewer for the iPhone
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Orinally a Safari plugin Coolris allows users to surf the Web within a 3D environment. More specifically, a “3D wall” displays images and videos that allows users to easily navigate with beautiful transitional and scrolling effects. In essence, Cooliris is eye-candy.
On launch, you are presented with the 3D wall along with a default search. At the top lie two buttons—Discover and Search. While Discover lets you browse public feeds for a variety of categories like news, sports, technology, or anything related to the 2008 elections, Search gives you the power to conduct a search on Flickr, Google, deviantART, and a few other websites.
The interface is very fluid and looks stunning on the iPhone. Tilting the unit sideways moves the wall on either side. You can, of course, flick the wall to move it as well. Tapping any of the pictures brings it up front along with all the related information. Tapping on it again puts the image in fullscreen. You can also pinch in and out of the wall to make it smaller or larger, but the default size should be good enough for most people. Tapping on any of the links brings up the built-in Safari browser so you don’t have to switch between applications.
Here’s a Video to give you an idea of how Coolris works:
One of the features that trumps the desktop version is the use of GPS. When I chose the News feed, it was all relevant to my location.
The application, however, can neither save any images locally nor can it bookmark them for future reference. You can only email the link using, what else, the email button. You are also limited in the number of websites that are shown and, unlike the desktop version, you cannot invoke Cooliris from the Safari browser. The Cooliris team promises that future versions will make it much similar to the desktop version in terms of functionality, as well as extend it beyond given the unique UI of the iPhone.
When you combine this with the iPhone’s ability to download images to your device it becomes a very useful application. Best of all this application is free!
Hi again!
Just wanted to give you a quick update on Cooliris! After receiving over 250,000 downloads in the first few weeks, cracking the top ten in Entertainment Apps and getting chosen as a Staff Favorite from Apple, Cooliris for the iPhone has added new, richer features in version 1.2!
We are pleased to announce YouTube video support. Our latest version offers a slick and easy way to perform YouTube searches on your iPhone. With the recent announcement that YouTube will soon feature full-length movies, Cooliris brings you the fun of theater-hopping anywhere you go!
You can now also save images from the Cooliris Wall straight to the iPhone’s local camera roll with a unique “photocopier effect”. Turn photos from Flickr, Google or our new Wallpaper Discover channel into a custom background for your iPhone.
With Video Support, we have introduced several new channels that take advantage of our great content. Entertainment News brings you the latest from E! blogs, Perez Hilton, the Insider, ET and more. You can also watch all the hottest music videos from your favorite artists in the Music channel. If that’s not enough, you can always kill some time with the Cool Videos channel, which has a selection of some of the most popular new videos to grace the web!
Learn more at http://blog.cooliris.com/2008/11/20/cooliris-for-iphone-v12-now-available/, and find us on the iTunes store at: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=294479487&mt=8, or just search for Cooliris straight from the device.
Kindest regards,
Jenny
All the pleasure is mine Jenny,
We should really thank you for bringing us this great applications for the iPhone. It’s truly the developers who make this phone stand out of the competition.
Wish you all Great Success!
Thank you so much for writing about us! I’m so glad that you are enjoying Cooliris for the iPhone, and I hope that you and your readers will continue to enjoy using it! We’re adding tons more features, so stay tuned!
Also, just wanted to let you know that we have just released new content in our Discover feature in the Cooliris web client that includes full-length movies and TV episodes (courtesy of Hulu), edgier gossip in “Entertainment News,” a finance focus in the “Business” channel, full-reel tech shows in “Sci-Tech,” and more viral videos in “Around the Web.” Check it out at http://www.cooliris.com, and get back to us with any feedback you have!
Warmest regards,
Jenny & The Cooliris Team