Annoy-A-Teen Lite

CJKApps have given us something annoying, but possibly useful. They offer Annoy-A-Teen for $0.99 or Annoy-A-Teen Lite for free.

These products work largely on the same principle as the Mosquito in the UK: a high pitched noise that can usually be heard by those under 25, but not those of us that are above it.

I couldn't really hear anything myself, as you can probably imagine from my previous copping to impending decrepitude. Happily, some of my friends have kids, so I could test things on them.

The adults largely heard nothing, though a couple of women seemed to have exceptional hearing and heard the noise. Those that heard it reported that it was annoying as all hell, sort of like the hum of a fluorescent bulb at its most annoying. Though one person said that it was was worse than a dentist drill and complained of a headache afterwards.

Other than possibly using this to give myself some space on the bus after school lets out, when roughhousing kids make the ride annoying as hell, I don't really see much use for this app.

Hear Planet

Hear Planet defines itself as an audio tour guide in your pocket. As someone that tends to shell out for audio tours and tour books, when I go to new museums—I'm clearly their gadget loving audience.

And I have to say I'm impressed. They tie the location services of the iPhone into a geo database on their site and deliver blurbs of information from Wikipedia and other sources.

The delivery is a bit dry as it comes from a computer synthesized rather than an actual human being, but that isn't a game stopper.

The wealth of information at your finger tips with this app is absolutely staggering. As someone with friends with vision issues, I can see this as the beginning of something that can really change things.

But even with what they have today, this is a really impressive app.