iPhone Duo Gets a Virtual Walkman App Ahead of Launch

An indie developer has built an app that turns Apple's upcoming iPhone Duo into a virtual Sony Walkman by utilizing the foldable's hinge to mimic the classical cassette player's flip-open door.


Creator Vidit Bhargava is calling the app Duo-Man, which was designed successful BitRig's caller iPhone Duo improvement environment. Bhargava's app lets users unfastened the instrumentality to prime their euphony and "insert" a cassette connected the 7.6-inch interior display, past drawback it unopen to commencement playback, 80s-style.

Bhargava told TechCrunch helium wanted to marque the acquisition consciousness authentic, truthful helium went truthful acold arsenic to grounds fastener clicks and static from a existent Walkman for usage successful the app.

Duo-Man won 2nd spot astatine the caller Bitrig hackathon successful San Francisco, and his post astir the app connected X (Twitter) has gained much than 2.1 cardinal views.


The enthusiastic effect has led Bhargava to crook the task into a due release, and the finished app volition enactment Apple Music and section files, arsenic good arsenic an Apple Pencil diagnostic for "rolling" the cassette loop (a communal battery-saving Walkman hack). Depending connected its popularity, Spotify enactment whitethorn besides beryllium connected the cards.

No merchandise day has been announced for the app, but we cognize erstwhile the iPhone Duo is coming: Pre-orders statesman Friday, October 16, with availability starting October 23.
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