Apps of the Day: Radarscope and A.I.type
There’s this tropical storm headed for New York called “Irene” apparently. She’s said to be bringing 10 inches of cold, cold rain. And you would think those below the ground would have an easier time getting around the city, but that isn’t the case at all. It’ll supposedly flood the subway system as their pump system is inefficient for large quantities (yes, 10 inches is considered large) of rain, meaning subways will probably be too flooded to use. It sucks. But with one of the apps below, you can track all of this and prepare for the worst. Sorry, but a weather app won’t actually allow you to control the weather. We’ll leave that to Haarp. Apps of the day!
Radarscope – For all you budding weatherman out there, you can get your meteorology fix on the go with Radarscope. NEXRAD level 3 radar data allows you to track storm and wind patterns and get live updates on thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods and more – all on your phone. 155 different radar sites are at your disposal and you can play back the 6 most previous radar images in any given area to get a look at patterns and trends of 5-10 minute intervals. I don’t know about you, but I got excited just reading all of that. And it’s $9.99, but it seems to be worth it so give it a shot if you’re into this sort of stuff. [Market]
A.I.type – This is like a really souped up autocorrect keyboard. A.I.type claims to use learning technology so advanced that it will cut your keystrokes down by 75%. It will also apparently learn your language of choice, even if the keyboard doesn’t support that language (though we can’t imagine that’d be so easy for certain languages). Users in the Android market have compared it to Swype, saying it bests the popular swiping-based keyboard based on how easy it is to use and how fast it allows them to type. The beta is free in the market so give it a chance if you’ve got a minute. [Market]