Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz iPhone App – Why Didn’t We Think Of That?

If we were to run a contest, challenging developers to come up with a clever name for their app which uses all the 26 letters of the English alphabet … then this Austrian dude, Jörg Piringer, would be the big winner. No, Jörg’s iPhone app is not “The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog” … he got straight to the point and released  … abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.

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Besides having an obnoxiously loveable name, the best part is that  abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz (FFFFUUUU for making us spell that out) is not even a word game or some type of etymology (look it up – we did) app. Nope … it’s a freaking “sound toy”. You see, Jörg, is what they call, a sound geek … or as he puts it, a “sound poet”. Dude is a member of the Institute for Transacoustic Research and the Vegetable Orchestra (no clue) … so the result of all his musical madness is an extremely dance-tee bizarre, one of a kind, iPhone application.

Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz (you bastard Jörg) is sort of like an interpretive dance performance, but with letters. The app’s description reads, “create and control tiny sound-creatures in the shape of letters that react to gravity or each other and generate rhythms and soundscapes.”  … huh? … yeah, it’s really hard to describe – just watch Jörg’s demo video below.

Jörg swears up and down that he does not take drugs … but watching his video, really makes us question this claim. We guess abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz (you suck bro!) is pretty cool … but since we are completely sober at the time of this writing (please, no wiseass remarks), we simply cannot get a grip on this visual concept of flying letters and corresponding sounds. Sound geeks … feel free to chime in (see what we did there?) with your opinion.

 

March 5, 2010 | Filed Under Entertainment 

Comments

  • TerryNorris
    Wow...Not quite sure what to make of this guy. Seems a little crazy..but most geniuses are. I just got my first iPhone so I am on the hunt for any and all cool iPhone Apps. This one definitely meets those criteria, so I will be sure to give it a look.
  • congrats on the new iPhone and welcome to the family ... an awesome piece of
    technology, even though there are plenty of opportunities to make fun of :)
  • Video is cool.......!!! I like it....!!
  • agreed ... very creative stuff!
  • Marco
    Like this? You might love "Primiti Too Taa"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcrTzPAUqic
  • That's pretty damn cool. Sounds a bit goofy but looks great.
  • agreed ... very cool & original app ... love how each letter has it's
    own cooresponding sound
  • d.
    So sad that you had to look up etymology.
  • So sad that you had to look up sarcasm
  • love2text
    Good when I am caught drinking and driving, I could tell them the alphabet backwards.
  • Liss Thomas
    Words are failing me right now. It looks amazingly addictive but it's like crack, I think I'll say nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
  • LLLLLOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL
  • Why is the name so freaking long, couldn't he name it ABC'S?
  • Do't know what he is trying to show......
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