This is a quick first-impressions review of Layar 2.0, an augmented reality app released for the iPhone 3GS by sprxmobile [iTunes - free].
For starters, this app is very cool, and definately has the “Wow – …

There’s been much made of Tonchidot‘s Sekai Camera, one of the first Augmented Reality iPhone apps to allow users to add their own content to the virtual-world database powering it.
And rightly so. Whilst Augmented Reality …

Having been consistently disappointed by voice recognition apps in the past, it was with some scepticism that I installed Koetan Tokyo from Traffic Gate, Ltd.
[iTunes, Free]
Using it is very simple. You can ignore all the Japanese.
Image …

App name: Tokyo Metro

Developer: Presselite
Buy: [iTunes, 115 yen]

Part 1: the Basic App
This is a great navigation app for Tokyoites, with a decent resolution pinchable image of the Tokyo subway network and, unlike most timetable …

Heads up to www.JapanNewbie.com who yesterday posted a brief story about Japanese Phrases iPhone app [iTunes] from www.TheJapanesePage.com.
If you’re interested in that, you might want to do a search for ‘Japanese’ in the …

Appliya, a Tokyo-based iPhone application publisher has just released a new app for fans of the hit anime movie Evangelion 1.0: You Are Not Alone. [App website More info] [iTunes, 230yen]
“We’ve taken scenes from the …

Following on from the previous post,  Asiajin has also recently blogged about a new iPhone App to keep track of street crime in Osaka.
Feedtailor Inc’s Crimemap is available for free from the iTunes store.
Check out the full …

Asiajin has recently posted a review of two Japanese sword apps, Katana Japanese Sword by Hanatsuki Inc.[J] (iTunes, free) and KATANA by Appliya Inc (iTunes, 230yen).
Both applications are very simple and involve swinging …

Some of the best apps on the iPhone are the simple ones – and Gengou Free [iTunes] is a perfect example of this.
It only does one thing – converts the non-Japanese calendar year into the …

As reported by Black Tokyo earlier today, three major Japanese newspapers have teamed up to create an iPhone / iPod touch app featuring the latest news from Japan.
The app, あらたにす (Allatanys) [iTunes, free, Japanese only] …