Communicate with cats the master of the earth

SingingCat price: ¥115($0.99) developer: Daigo Wakabayashi iTunes

The master cute animal of the Earth interrupt their housekeeper's work every day. Their cute voice heals me but sometime, I hope they shut up. Housekeepers of cats may be happy with having SingingCat.

SingingCat is simple mewing tone application.

SingingCat have simple cute interface. Pow shaped bottom key sounds mew in each tone. Tapping keys shows some cute photos.

Only it? Yes, it's only function of SingingCat. It may no work with independent human being from cat. But this cute application makes us to communicate, if you allow me to say it's communication that only cats are searching mewing one like following photo.

If you feel some interest, visit developer Daigo Wakabayashi's website frink*info's Our first iPhone application, SingingCat is going to release from Feb 16. There is some movies of this app. And as he says, this cool application is his first one. I hope him to release more app like make me happy.

Minimum dance moves Japanese

UNIQLOCK price: FREE! developer: UNIQLO CO,. LTD. size: 154MB iTunes

UNIQLOCK is simple clock application shows time and movie. Every 10 second, typography and beauty girls minimum dance sequence loop by 5 seconds turns.

Developer company is UNIQLO. Well know as Japanese casual clothing maker. UNIQLOCK is advertisement application promoting new lightweight fabric HEAT TECH.

Releasing UNIQLOCK surprised Japanese companies rather than famous Chanel's promoting app. One of the most succeed Japanese company UNICLO's quick approach to iPhone knocked Japanese prejudice, because many company doubt Apple and iPhone business in Japan. In fact, I have some experience that person directing company changed opinion after I showed UNIQLOCK.

With having strong sympathy and feel something related with Japanese ones, almost Japanese company think they have no relationship with oversea companies like Google, IBM, Oracle and Apple even if it actually affected.

If you're working in advertisement or graphics in Japan, I suggest install UNIQLOCK though you don't boot for yourself, in order to show your client. With talking, taking out iPhone from pocket, "Yes this is iPhone, BTW, do you know that UNIQLO does promoting HEAT TECH on it? ...". Modern style movie and easy-listening music have no extra message and you are able to build various opinion with it. More quality, simplicity, Japanese Zen style and so.

If only I say that real UNICLO store is not so cool instead.

Winding stroke shows your soul

iShodo price: ¥155($0.99) developer: Ubiquitous Entertainment Inc. size: 1.1MB iTunes

Japanese caligraphy “Sho-do” uses soft brush to write infinite style letters. To learn sho-do may hard from many reason like these straighten sitting “Sei-za”, knowledge of writing order of thousands kan-ji letters, spending many papers, etc... Even if you'll get respect from many Japanese people after getting skills and spirits of Sho-do, the road to sho-do seems like Jedi training.

“iShodo” is the easiest way of enjoying sho-do style drawing.

Japanese beauty wearing kimono invite you to iShodo after launching on splash screen.

To start, tapping "Write Now" buton opens white wrinkled Japanese paper (Wa-Shi) where is your sho-do canvas. Flicking screen with your finger puts ink on paper. Quick stroke will draw narrow and slowly or stop moving your finger put wide lines. This width variation expresses huge kind of expression on small number of letters. Below drawn letter is my name... Not so good.

After several stroke, you'll find ink pale down. This is simulation of real brush. In order to fill ink, tap right side to pan ink tray and water bottle area. Scrubing on ink tray fills ink to brush and tapping watter bottle fills a bit of water for smooth drawing.

In fact, user interface of iShodo is not good. Terrible point is, any clear looking button doesn't appear.

This terrible interface will make user confused at first looking though Japanese people can predict iShodo's layout from real sho-do experience and "Instruction" button is prepared on start up screen. I hope developer fix interfaces.

Though some weekness exist, iShodo simmulates sho-do on iPhone with incredible response. I was surprised at the feeling to draw on iShodo reminds me real sho-do drawing even if paper size is too small and important drawing techniques are not able to use. I enjoy it enough drwawing sho-do on iPhone.

I'm not sure developer will release next version but current iShodo is worth to take a look.

Fly me to the Moon with iClouds

iCloudsprice: $0.99/¥115developer: STUDIO-KURAiTunes

Not usable, no help business and time eating healing Apps are popular in AppStore. Needless to say, I love these.

iClouds brings you to beautiful sky where you're in dream.

Launching application starts flight and will continue until you decide to wake up from dream.

Setting panel will appear from right bottom "i" button. iClouds' interactivity is only moving with flick or tilting iPhone in your flight. No departure or arrival exist in iClouds' dream.

iCloud have 3 types of beautiful sky named Daytime, Evening and Night. My favorite sky is Evening flight which brings me to eternal sunset flight.

Differ from king of healing application "Koi Pond", iClouds' polite, quiet and well designed in detail make you feel Japanese micro-mentioned instinct.

Anyway, healing time made by iClouds has worth to pay ¥115 ($0.99).

Translation and user-ability

All controls are translated into English perfect and interface user-ability is well.