Augmented Reality Twitter Application for iPhone

First there was "Layar" a Mobile Augmented Reality Browser and now comes a new Augmented Reality App for iPhone - "Twitter 360" - which helps you to visualize your Twitter Friends. Cool.. (via GoogleMapsMania)

When you look through your iPhone camera with Twitter 360 you can view information windows superimposed on the screen showing the direction and distance away of your Twitter friends. Twitter 360 also shows arrows on the screen that, as you move around, uses the iPhone's in built compass to point you in the direction of a chosen Twitter friend.

Download Twitter 360 from iTunes Store

Check out this video about this cool new Application:

placeSpotting has a map quiz for your iPhone #googlemaps

placeSpotting.com a popular "Google Map Quiz" mashup now has a version for your iPhone. Now you can test your knowledge of geograpic locations and landmarks "on the go". You can test it on iPhone.

The quiz on the iPhone will provide you with hints and then you try to match the image with the map snapshot. There are 15 thousand quizzes waiting for you.

iPhone Halloween Costume #iphone

(via Mashable)

Control your car with your iPod touch from anywhere in the world.

This is simply amazing!. Check this video out which shows a car being locked, unlocked, engines turned on, engines turned off from anywhere in the world from your iPod touch or iPhone. The car has 3G internet connection and the iPod touch is connected to the internet via Wi-fi. The iPod touch has a Google Maps Mashup application which pulls data from the car's GPS and shows the car's current location.
(via theiPhoneBlog.com)

So what's next?

Google Maps Street View Comes to iPhone

iPhone version 2.2 is out there now. And with it comes a great new feature: Google Maps Street View. (more info at Google Lat Long Blog)

Check this screenshot of Golden Gate Bridge: Awesome!!

Google Voice Search comes to iPhone but...

my accent might be a problem. After numerous tries with "Pizza" I get this:

Google Earth for IPhone

Stephen Shankland reports in CNET that Google has

dived headlong onto Apple's highly regarded mobile phone with a full-fledge application, a handheld version of its Google Earth geographical software.

I just downloaded it. It is awesome!!. I just took a screen capture of Mt. Everest shown on the right. Some of the coolest feature (quoting from CNET)

When the iPhone is tilted a certain angle out of horizontal, Google Earth reads data from the phone's accelerometer and adjusts your view accordingly, so you can look up into the sky.

Also handy for folks whizzing around foreign cities in buses, taxies, rental cars, or trains, the iPhone app can show your changing location on a map.

I think I have used this app way too much!! Now I have to recharge the IPhone battery :)

Here's a video from Google on how to get started with Google Earth on your IPhone (video found at Google Earth Blog)

IPHONE 3G - Worldwide pricing

IPHONE 3G is all set to be released on July 11th, 2008. Here's the Worldwide pricing of IPHONE 3G shown on Google Maps. This was created using "My Maps". I have turned the collaboration feature on so if prices shown is different in your country then what is shown then please do update the map. (Source for Pricing info: tuaw.com)

Locate Me feature comes to IPhone

Yesterday, I upgraded my IPhone to version 1.1.3. And with the upgrade a cool new feature was added to my IPhone. "Locate Me" has now been added to IPhone. It uses information from nearby wifi base stations and cell phone towers to pinpoint your location on Google Maps.

Here's an example - The image on the left (before I clicked the "Locate Me" Eye Icon) is a cool Google Maps Satellite View of Northwest Jet approaching Detroit Metro Airport. Now I click the "Locate Me" Eye Icon in the lower left hand corner of IPHONE and I get a Google Maps Satellite View of my current location (Plymouth, MI - shown in the image on the right) which is almost close to accurate (Just off by couple houses).

For more IPhone 1.1.3 features check out Gear Live.