Zephyr 1.2.1 (iPhone OS 3.0 Test - iPhone - iPod Touch - 300475168 Category: Social Networking Author: Smule Vote(s): 3063 Price: $0.99 Released: December 29, 2008 Version: 1.2.1 (iPhone OS 3.0 Test Download Zephyr Get Zephyr for $0.99
Zephyr - Smule
"Zephyr from Smule takes the concept of finger-painting on the iPhone screen and adds a social networking aspect."
Philip Michaels, MacWorld
"Another hit from the guys at Smule, creators of Ocarina and, of course, Sonic Lighter" -- John Mahoney, Gizmodo.com, App Pick of Week
"Zephyr: Throw Your Creativity to the Wind"
Nick Santilli, The Apple Blog
"Make mad music with Zephyr"
Rob Beschizza, Boing Boing
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Create a message by drawing on your touchpad with your finger -- Zephyr will play the wind as you write.
Draw with vibrant red hearts, shimmering snowflakes, lucky green clovers or shining stars!
Send your message around the world with a single tap. Where will it land?
If someone likes it, they can forward it on by selecting the heart icon. If they don't like it, well, that's it for your message.
How far will your message go? How many people will see it, touch it, hear it? You know, like a message in a bottle.
You can reply to a message you receive from distant lands. If you want to reveal your identity, you can name your Zephyr. You can also see where your own messages have gone, the world's top messages or your own favorites.
Visit http://www.smule.com/ for a video tutorial and information on Zephyr.
Zephyr, from Smule, the creators of Glee, Magic Piano, Ocarina, I Am T-Pain, Leaf Trombone: World Stage, Sonic Lighter, Sonic Boom, and Sonic Vox. 2008-2011 Smule, Inc.
Zephyr reviewed by Users
Awesome Very cool smule makes alot of great stuff and I think that theirproducts are the best on the app store
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Version 1.0
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Dec 30, 2008
- Zephyr review by
Jakob G poop
Lots of value for $99 Snowflakes looks great, sound is mystical!
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Version 1.0
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Dec 30, 2008
- Zephyr review by
Mewqs
Aweeesome! This is a great time to be Sonic Boom, Inc. Their creativity grew to develop some great apps. Great job, guys!
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Version 1.0
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Dec 30, 2008
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SoNIcRuLEz
blowing in the wind == new take on "social" After Sonic Lighter and Ocarina, I've come to deeply appreciate what Smule is doing - uh whatever that is (I can't put my finger on it, but it's incredibly refreshing). Zephyr is quite different from a lighter, a fire cracker, an ocarina, and yet it is somehow consistent. Zephyr basically captures and sonifies your gestures as you create an image, a greeting, a slogan, an equation, a symbol, and shares it with the world, anonymously. What Smule is demonstrating once again is that you don't need to know "who" in order to be "social" and compelling! In the globe view (a trademark Smule feature by now) I am seeing peace signs, equations, logos, greetings, and drawings as they travel around the world, literally. There is something magical about all this... - Zephyr review by abandon$hip
Cool This is actually pretty cool!
You can draw pictures or write stuff, send it off and it will go to a random recipient and they can reply to your message.
The only thing, is there were not many people using, it so it took a while to get a message.
Changes to be made:
I wish it were a little more organized and I also wish it would tell me who I am talking to. - Zephyr review by jmm1313
global village it's like passing notes in class - but the whole world is the classroom. this is a sweet app - it would be nice if the sounds had musical meaning - ie they were repeatable and predictable - and even perhaps the scale or mode could be set like the ocarina. congratulations smule! - Zephyr review by kierkegard
Gets Boring Fast I'm a big smule fan, but this app is far too limited. Your "pictures" go out into the world, never to be heard from again. You can't know if anyone "loved" it and you can't trace its progress. You have VERY limited control over the sounds, and the drawing tools are VERY crude. You will get quickly bored. But it might be worth 99 cents, so get this app if you don't expect much out of it. - Zephyr review by john.me
Entertaining!! So I was browsing the app store and found this new app by Smule. I was really impressed!! It is incredibly entertaining and definately worth $.99!! This is the next Ocarina! Great job Smule!! - Zephyr review by roostah7
So cool! (plus my suggestions to make it even cooler) I love this app. There is something about the blowing snowflakes and the sound of the wind that makes people all over the world want to send warm, peaceful messages to each other. It's awesome seeing my messages that have gone to other continents! Here are my suggestions to make it even better: 1. Make it clearer whether the button that looks like >> is used to forward a message you like to others, or to skip the message you're viewing. 2. Make it possible to delete your own messages. I have some where I was just practicing, and I don't want to see them any more every time I look through "my messages". 3. I don't understand how my messages have been sent 35 times but only "loved" 5 times. Is there a way that others are re-sending my messages without loving them? It's also confusing because when I look at "my messages" Zephyr shows me a map of their progress through the world, and my messages have made many more than five stops. 4. There should be a way to delete the last stroke without using the two-finger thing, so you can get rid of a mistake without getting rid of other stuff that you want to keep. 5. It would be cool if you could draw with more than one of the tools (snowflakes, clover) in one message. 6. There should be some kind of rating system (other than "top messages") so I can see the really cool ones that people have done without wading through all the ones that say "hi." (Some of the "top messages" which have been circulated widely are really boring. I want to see the awesome ones done by artists.) 7. There should be a clearer distinction between when you are really "clearing" the message and starting over, vs. when it will show more than one screen when you send it. I tried to erase one and start over, but when I sent it, it showed the first draft, the erasing, and the second draft. 8. How do you tell when someone's message is "over"? Sometimes I want to forward them before they end, but I accidentally hit forward too soon, and it stops it in the middle. Those are my suggestions - fantastic app! - Zephyr review by papagena1
Sweetness This is great definetly worth $0.99. This is a great way for expressing your self without a worry of humiliation. - Zephyr review by Badger 132
Very Cool Does what it says, very nice. Needs a little more though, maybe different size snowflakes or more drawing tools. Other than that very good app - Zephyr review by ♂Safari♂
Very, very cool! This is a clever little application, and it is very interesting to see where the messages have gone to. - Zephyr review by Jimbobo Joe
Super fun and addictive! I love this app! It's fun to send your creations around the world and with the new update your able to see where they go!! I've had this a few days now and have already spent quite a bit of time drawing and watching others creations.
Though, I do wish there were other tools to draw and write with. It would be cool, since it's the wind, that you could write with blown leaves, dust, grass, or flower petals. - Zephyr review by Jemeriquay
Ok It's great to send messages to the world by snow, but later it gets boring - Zephyr review by Viewout1
Creatively entertaining This app is avery creative way to link fellow users together to express themselves - Zephyr review by mzlnsoccer
Good I think that this game is very fun! It can take up time when you have nothing to do!! - Zephyr review by Lola the showgirl
Love it I love messageing people and getting replies this is the kind of the we need for the world to bring us all toghether although not many people in the middle was and Africa has this app or the iPhone ITS A MUST HAVE - Zephyr review by disturbion
Cool This message is for the devs. If you could limit the sending range to like your own state, it would be superb. The drawingbtools shouldn't be limited to just snow, and try putting 3d effects in. Overall nice work, but these suggestions could make this app the best in the store. - Zephyr review by Somebody 7382848
Sweet app! It just needs more features like sending a voice message along with the message, putting your nickname in it and have people know who they can send the reply to... Other than that great application from smule since ocarina! One note, remember that this just came out. ;) - Zephyr review by Cmighty
Needs more This app is almost perfect. If the devs read this, here's what would make it great.
Being able to see where your message has gone, being able to reply to somones message. Don't make it so anonymous.. I would like to know what happens to my drawing after I send it. And better drawing tools would be great. - Zephyr review by VJ55
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