A lot of iPhone ‘Wow’ moments seem to come along on weekends. I’m not sure why – maybe all those hyper-clever devs get bigger blocks of time to play with – but anyway today offers up another one …
Video wallpaper on the iPhone.
Anyone remember when Microsoft first demo-ed video wallpaper on Vista? I thought that looked pretty amazing back then. But video wallpaper on your phone – crazy. Lord knows the effect this will have on battery life, but it is another sure-fire ‘show off your iPhone’ must-have sort of app.
It comes courtesy of the new vWallpaper application, developed by Skrew. The app is touted as just for testing and preview on its own settings page, so it is pretty alpha and has its quirks, but it works. It gives you video wallaper! Check out this great Video Demo of vWallpaper in action – made by MMi forum member dirtybird1977.
You can currently choose from two videos to use as your wallpaper – one with exploding balls of flame, one with drops of water rippling outwards. Some clever folks over at the EIC forums have already figured out what files to replace and where if you want to switch to a custom video of your own.
I had a scary moment after first applying it, as it stuck itself on top of nearly all my home screen icons and I was unable to tap anywhere or do anything except look at it. Luckily, this corrected itself after a couple of restarts. It now seems to play nice, and let me turn it on and off as needed.
vWallaper is available on Installer now. You’ll need to add this source to get it:
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