The particular app I'm talking about has actually been around for awhile now, but Google has finally developed one specifically for the iPhone. Here's the link to the post: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/08/google-translate-for-iphone-hits-the-app-store/
Now, this probably doesn't seem very interesting...and it kind of isn't. However, as a person who despises foreign language classes it is intriguing. This app reminds me of something I saw a few months ago (posted below) and it makes me wonder how important this required foreign language business really is. Maybe (hopefully) it won't turn out to be such a big deal after all. I understand that I'm being lazy, not wanting to learn a foreign language, shame on me. But that's kind of a consequence of going to a public school in the United States, right? Not really anything I could do about it. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I think this app is pretty awesome...that's about it. Oh, and it reminded me of this video I saw awhile back. Enjoy!
You thought it was real for a second, didn't you? (If you've never seen that video before.) Don't feel bad, I did, too. It's actually an ad for Nova Scotia (instead of getting everything you want in one phone, you get everything you want in one place). Anyway, it kind of makes you think, doesn't it? Who knows, maybe one day we will have a phone, cafe, and blues band all in one...all in the palm of our hand.
I love the video. It seems crazy, but it would not surprise me if something like this was made in the next few years. The projector part of the phone seems unrealistic though, but who knows? Someone could figure out how to make a phone a projector.
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