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Cooliris' Free 3D Wall Browser Now on iPhone [Updated]

Wednesday October 22, 2008 9:28 am PDT by Arnold Kim

Cooliris has released a free iPhone version [App Store] of their browser plug-in that allows users to browse and search through images and video on the web.

Cooliris makes finding news and search results a breeze by displaying them as an endlessly streaming 3D Wall, complementing the touch screen perfectly.

Search across Google, Flickr, Yahoo and much more. Discover News, Sports, Technology and Business - faster than ever before with the flick of a finger. These channels take advantage of location-based services to deliver regional news just for you.

The 3D wall view allows you to take advantage of the iPhone's multi-touch to scroll and zoom your way around the images.



App Store Link: Cooliris

Update: Cooliris has pulled the app after discovering that a bug in the iPhone firmware 2.1 affects the uninstallation process of Cooliris. A revised version of the app containing a workaround for the bug has been submitted to Apple for review and release.

Update #2: The revised version is now available.
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zombitronic
Posted: 43 months ago
Looks sweet. I think I'll try it. If it's really great, I wonder if Apple would consider building something like this into the iPhone OS for browsing local pictures. The OS will, no doubt, evolve. It's interesting to see potential directions it could take.
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natebookpro
Posted: 43 months ago
Its definitely pretty neat, Im playin with it right now.
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oticon6
Posted: 43 months ago
It's nice, but not as impressive as the Firefox version. Doesn't seem to have very good acceleration, but maybe that will come with a later update. Potential for brilliance is there though :D
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bigandy
Posted: 43 months ago
I wonder if this'll crash as much as the Safari addon version. :rolleyes:
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SFStateStudent
Posted: 43 months ago
I like it...:cool: (Discover really loads rather slowly).
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Rybold
Posted: 43 months ago
I'm waiting to hear more feedback before downloading this. Please, if you have already been playing around with this, leave us a DETAILED review. Thank you. :)
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brinycbri
Posted: 43 months ago

I'm waiting to hear more feedback before downloading this. Please, if you have already been playing around with this, leave us a DETAILED review. Thank you. :)


is free too expensive for you or is your time that precious?
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zombitronic
Posted: 43 months ago

I'm waiting to hear more feedback before downloading this. Please, if you have already been playing around with this, leave us a DETAILED review. Thank you. :)


Check out the video. There's a grid of pictures on a 3D wall which moves by either tilting your phone or dragging/flicking. Tapping a picture zooms into it, and you can then zoom more with multi-touch or flick to an adjacent picture. You can search images by selecting your database (i.e. Google) and it displays your results, which you can then browse through. If you keep scrolling to the right, more pictures load.

It's free. Try it. If you don't like it, delete it.
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pcorajr
Posted: 43 months ago
Great App but they have some kind of built in filtering of adult content.
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DMann
Posted: 43 months ago

Great App but they have some kind of built in filtering of adult content.


'Tis not fair to adults...
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