I’ve come across a couple of really great applications this weekend, but I’m not sure which one is the one to pass on a recommendation.

Firstly; MyRail Lite- a great application for anyone in the UK who ever uses the train; it looks up the live train timetables by station, including a GPS lookup to find your nearest station. Very useful, and very well designed.

On the other hand is the Ocarina application. It turns your iPhone into an ocarina- blow into the microphone to play, and use the touch screen to “cover” the holes and play different notes. It also lets you connect to a network of Ocarina users (who have opted to make their melodies available) and listen to them play. A nice and innovative use of all the available hardware.

At 59p, you could argue that it’s a complete waste of time and money, but having wasted a couple of hours over the weekend on figuring out how to play it, figuring out how to play a few tunes I like and listening to what other people all over the world are playing on it, I’m not sure whether that’s necessarily a bad thing…

So my advice is to download them both, then when you’ve got time to kill before going out to catch your train, you can play the Legend of Zelda theme tune while you wait.

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