Sometimes you run into an application so bizzare that, despite it being not particularly well made, you just end up playing with it in an uncontrollable fascination. iPopetz's Monkey (iTunes link) is one such application. Yesterday, I had a chance to sit down and put Monkey to the test. The idea is this: Monkey provides an interactive avatar that lip syncs to your voice. You control the emotions and actions of the monkey and the application records your session. You can then share that session with friends via a central website. The app costs two bucks and you can upload your clips to the shared site without limit. So how does Monkey hold up in the real world of usable iPhone apps? Well, as already hinted, not so well. The lip sync is just awful. Even when tested on two different iPhones, the monkey just doesn't keep up or really sync Read More