http://www.appstorehq.com/pocketuniverse-virtualskyastronomy-iphone-3985/app Thu, 14 May 2009 21:30:00 GMT Latest blog posts mentioning mobile application Pocket Universe: Virtual Sky Astronomy. Provided by AppStoreHQ.com http://www.tuaw.com/2009/05/14/the-universe-in-your-pocket/ I've always loved astronomy. There is something about the tremendous size and scope of our observable universe that is inspiring and humbling at the same time. It's why I get excited about the variety of astronomy programs for the iPhone. The latest is called Pocket Universe [App Store link]. For the $2.99US price, your iPhone or iPod touch gets a star atlas of 10,000 objects, a guide to moon phases, a list of what's up on any particular night including meteor showers and any visible planets, as well as live links to astronomy news. The app also includes an accurate rendering of the positions of the 4 easily visible moons of Jupiter, but your best bet in seeing a planet this time of year is Saturn which is high in the southeast. As we move toward summer, more and more people will be heading outdoors. That makes it it is a Thu, 14 May 2009 21:30:00 GMT http://www.tuaw.com/2009/05/14/the-universe-in-your-pocket/ TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/appcraver/LYEp/~3/FHRJ4D71m3M/ 06.18.09        App Score: 8/10    Summer is a great time for stargazing and of course your iPhone can aid in that endeavor. Pocket Universe – Your Astronomy Guide by Craic Design is an astronomy guide for iPhone and iPod Touch that has a few good features that utilize the unique capabilities of these devices. Though there are a plethora of astronomy apps available, like Star Walk, Pocket Universe is thankfully uncomplicated and friendly enough for novice star gazers. Since I aptly consider myself a ranking somewhere below a novice on the astronomy scale, I typically need help finding even the Big Dipper. What makes Pocket Universe helpful is the way it displays the constellations with or without the horizon line and the “show me” feature supplies you with directional arrows to help you find them based on the time and your current location. In fact, there are several optional settings Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:30:33 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/appcraver/LYEp/~3/FHRJ4D71m3M/ App Craver (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/03/pocket-universe-ups-the-astronomy-app-ante/ When the fireworks stop and the smoke clears, it would be a great weekend to look at our beautiful summer skies. Pocket Universe [App Store] is a US$2.99 app that has been updated to make star finding easier for those that have a new iPhone 3GS. The app uses the position sensors and the compass to orient your phone to match the real sky. As you turn or tilt the phone, the sky map changes to give you a very accurate picture of where you are pointing, with lots of labels and links to more information. This is one of the first examples of an augmented reality app to hit the platform since the introduction of the 3GS. If you have an older iPhone or iPod touch running OS 3.0, you can tilt the phone to match where the real sky is, but you'll have to manually set the direction you're Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:00:00 GMT http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/03/pocket-universe-ups-the-astronomy-app-ante/ TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/rF9Zh7u8hfI/the-week-in-iphone-apps-childhood-v30 Right, so bear with me here: this week our apps are all about learning new things, understanding the world around you, meeting new people, playing extremely silly games in large groups. Sort of like being a kid again! No? Ok. Pocket Universe: It's a pinchy, zoomy, 3D star map for the iPhone and iPod Touch. For the iPhone 3GS, for which the new Pocket Universe is designed, you get full-on astronomical augmented reality. Using location services, accelerometer data and the 3GS's compass, Pocket Universe pseudo-overlays information about your stars, planets, constellations and general space things according to whatever you're pointing at. Three dollars. Loopt for iPod Touch: The Loopt iPhone app has been around as long as, well, iPhone apps. Since 2008, it's earned its keep as one of the only useful friend-locating apps. Just about every mobile platform has a client, with one notable exception: the iPod Touch. That, along Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/rF9Zh7u8hfI/the-week-in-iphone-apps-childhood-v30 Gizmodo (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://feeds.tuaw.com/click.phdo?i=6bc5160ecfa279a7c548f5c193ad3804 Regular readers will know I'm hooked on astronomy programs, and we've reviewed quite a few in this Today only, Carina Software, one of the premier publishers in the field, is giving away Mac, PC, and iPhone versions of their software for next to nothing. It's in honor of today's 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. On the iPhone, they are free, for the PC and Mac version, US$00.01. Note: Due to server overload the Mac and PC versions have been pulled for now. Here is the latest from the Carina website: "First, our iPhone apps SkyVoyager and SkyGazer will continue to be free downloads from the iTunes app store all day long. No changes there!At approximately 6:20 AM PDT this morning, we recieved a call from our web-hosting provider, bluehost.com, asking us to suspend the one-cent download offer for our Voyager and SkyGazer desktop software. Demand was so high Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://feeds.tuaw.com/click.phdo?i=6bc5160ecfa279a7c548f5c193ad3804 TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://feeds.ismashphone.com/~r/typepad/1209935315s4903/ismasher/~3/gSS1_zsnQck/todays-notable-iphone-apps-wednesday-july-22nd-edition.html Today's iPhone app reviews are all about stretching the boundaries of your iPhone. With TED, you'll have access to the genius talks right from your iPhone. PDF Expert does just what you'd imagine, but better. Pocket Universe allows you to browse the night sky right from your 3.5 inch screen, and 3D Contacts reinvents the way you browse through contacts.   TED by .willflow limited Category: Eduction Price: Free App Store Link PDF Expert (Professional PDF Documents Reader) by Readdle Category: Business Price: $4.99 Say hello to the best PDF app in the whole iTunes Store. The application essentially puts the full Adobe reader on your iPhone. This app is intended for professionals, who read PDF files frequently as part of their job. First of all, it's the first app that allows you to read password protected PDF's. You can also save PDF email attachments, search text, navigate through bookmarks, handle Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:14:19 GMT http://feeds.ismashphone.com/~r/typepad/1209935315s4903/ismasher/~3/gSS1_zsnQck/todays-notable-iphone-apps-wednesday-july-22nd-edition.html iSmashPhone (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://feeds.tuaw.com/click.phdo?i=cbe760396e920b55416687bf90476335 In this International Year of Astronomy we're seeing a small explosion of astronomy apps updated both for the Mac and the iPhone. One of my favorites, Distant Suns [App Store] has updated the build that runs on the 3GS iPhone to include some augmented reality features. This means that if you point the phone up to the sky, the program figures out the direction you are pointing and your elevation and slews to the proper view of the star map, giving you a view that should match what you are seeing in the sky. This greatly enhances the usefulness of this program, especially for novices who want to get outside under the summer stars and quickly figure out 'what's up?'. This new version is only for 3GS iPhones, and an update with some additional features for all the earlier models is on the way. Of course older phones won't have the Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:30:00 GMT http://feeds.tuaw.com/click.phdo?i=cbe760396e920b55416687bf90476335 TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://twitter.com/itunesukapps/statuses/3952914083 The profile you are trying to view has been suspended. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:43:27 GMT http://twitter.com/itunesukapps/statuses/3952914083 iphone apps - Twitter Search (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/w-rhv8guz-Y/ ...FPS: Remember that old Kids in the Hall skit, where Mark sits back and pretends to crush everyone's heads with his fingers? This is that, exce... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/w-rhv8guz-Y/ Gizmodo (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://twitter.com/DannieOBrien/statuses/7308397093 ...favourite app on my new iPhone. Truly astounding use of the compass: http://bit.ly/7fXe4G... Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:54:23 GMT http://twitter.com/DannieOBrien/statuses/7308397093 iphone app - Twitter Search (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://twitter.com/rscottjones/statuses/8486904626 ...of the coolest #iphone apps out there: Pocket Universe http://bit.ly/aQw8KK Definitely worth the $3!... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:22:10 GMT http://twitter.com/rscottjones/statuses/8486904626 #iphone - Twitter Search (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/technology/personaltech/29smart.html Choose a clear night and hold your phone skyward, and the heavens suddenly make sense — that is, with the help of a stargazing application. If ever there were a type of mobile software guaranteed to elicit a grin, this is it. These apps — like Starmap, Star Walk, Pocket Universe, Google Sky Map and others — are part of a category known as “augmented reality.” The idea is to point a mobile device toward an object and let an app show you more about what you’re seeing than your own eyes could. At the moment, the category is in its nascent stages, with one exception — the stargazing apps. As for which app you should buy, it depends on your level of astronomical expertise, and what device you have. Pocket Universe ($3) and Star Walk ($3) offer great experiences for beginners with an iPhone. Google Sky Map (free) will do Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/29/technology/personaltech/29smart.html The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/01/pocket-universe-updated-with-iphone-4-gyro-support/ Pocket Universe has always been one of the best of the astronomy apps, and I reviewed the earlier version positively. I like the use of augmented reality to overlay a star chart on the real sky, and there are lots of features like astronomy news, a planning module for any particular night, and quick and easy guides to finding visible comets and other nighttime events. With some nice clear summer nights there are plenty of things to see and appreciate. The app has now been updated, and is one of the first science apps to use the iPhone 4 gyroscope. According to John Kennedy, who wrote the program, using the gyroscope speeds up orienting the phone position, because the internal compass is a bit slow and prone to interference. The app doesn't need internet access, except for astronomy news and linking to Wikipedia articles. All the star charts and graphics are Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.tuaw.com/2010/08/01/pocket-universe-updated-with-iphone-4-gyro-support/ TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://twitter.com/ninegu/statuses/20082858625 ...with a Pocket Universe app (http://bit.ly/amKYL8) for a while, and I like it a lot. now need to spend more time looking at the sky~... Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:48:57 GMT http://twitter.com/ninegu/statuses/20082858625 itunes app - Twitter Search (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/18/tonight-is-international-observe-the-moon-night-so-grab-your-iph/ Tonight is the first-ever International Observe the Moon Night. If you have an iOS device, you can get even more out of observing our nearest neighbor and learning about what its made of, how it came to be, and how to observe it. Free apps like Moon Globe will allow you to explore the lunar service in detail tonight, or any night. If you're a social, rather than a solitary backyard astronomer, then here's a map to help you find local public observing groups all over the world. Expect to find some telescopes to get you a live close-up view. Since you'll already be outside, don't forget some of the great astronomy apps that help orient you to the visible planets and constellations. I like Star Walk, Pocket Universe and Distant Suns. Happily, the author of Distant Suns has put version 2 of the app on sale for US$0.99 today only Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/18/tonight-is-international-observe-the-moon-night-so-grab-your-iph/ TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://twitter.com/johnshepherd/statuses/22200733654851584 ...Going to watch the eclipse on iPhone app "Pocket Universe" http://tinyurl.com/23qlaup... Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:55:41 GMT http://twitter.com/johnshepherd/statuses/22200733654851584 appstorehq - Twitter Search (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/app_showdown_star_gazers Posted 01/17/2012 at 10:30am | by J Keirn-Swanson Readers in the Pacific Northwest and certain portions of the midwest will understand: You hear of an awesome celestial event, set your alarm, wake at 3am, run outside, and it's all clouds as far as the eye can see. Galileo saw moons orbiting Jupiter with just his crummy telescope, but you can't even make out Orion with all the light pollution. Where the heck do you look when you want to even try to find a constellation? You look in the App Store, silly. Star Walk from Vito Technology Inc. is what immediately comes to mind for most people when you discuss astronomy apps. One of the first to arrive on the scene with this kind of app, Star Walk is still the one to beat whenever the topic comes up in conversation.  Lots in the sky, little on the app's controls With Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:30:00 GMT http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/app_showdown_star_gazers Mac|Life (Provided by AppStoreHQ) http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/25/daily-iphone-app-pocket-universe-now-lets-you-talk-to-it-and-it/ Pocket Universe has been one of my favorite astronomy apps for the iPhone. Take it outside to easily identify what's up using the charts and the built-in augmented reality features. With an update that hit the app store yesterday, you can now talk to Pocket Universe, using Siri speech recognition by tapping on the microphone icon on the built-in keyboard. You can say things like "Where is Jupiter?" or "What is the phase of the moon?" and so forth. I tried several queries like, "What time does Mars rise?" and "Find M42 in Orion." It all worked very well, and certainly beats typing in a dark backyard. If the app needs to talk back to you, it does so in a synthesized voice. The voice quality is a little rough, but it's slated to be improved. Author John Kennedy says he hopes to add voice-driven weather forecasts and other astronomical tidbits Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/25/daily-iphone-app-pocket-universe-now-lets-you-talk-to-it-and-it/ TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (Provided by AppStoreHQ)