Wind OS – The 90’s Windows on your iPhone
January 8th, 2010Bamboo Group brings the nostalgia to iPhone complete with X386 / 486 computer boot screens , Mine Sweeper , the fell of early 90’s Windows with the Wind OS .
Available at iTunes for USS $0.99. Wind OS is a clever application which can run a couple of programs over itself namely
- Web Browser
- Mine Sweeper Game
- Notes - Text Editor
When you start the Wind OS , it beeps like the old Pentium / 486 machines, Energy Star lookalike logo appears , those familiar with the Infra / Phoenix boots will get a nostalgic kick , messages like no Disk Drive , Mouse and Keyboard found shows up
The application starts with the almost familiar 4 petal Start menu click it and a familiar Windows menu show up with About , Apps , Games , Notes and Help
- About covers a Fictious Story about some Private Bryan in whose memory the OS is made .\
- Apps contains the Web Browser which uses the Safari Browser
- Games has Mine Sweeper
- Notes is the standalone text Editor
- and Help , well it tells about the application , the nostalgia and says that there are some 40 Bill Gates Quotations hidden in the OS for the one who is smart enough to find them
Click on the Trash bin and try to Empty it , you get the classic BSOD ( Bliue Screen of Death ) and the Windows restarts ( App keeps on running ) Also Virtual Memory low errors are shown which could also result in BSOD
The most annoying feature of the App is the Cooler Hum Sound for which I had to put the phone on vibrate .
Overall may be the Apps is not that useful but it does lay the foundation for other developers to be able to run one App over other and fix iPhone’s multi tasking problems - may be in future we may see some Apps within Apps
What you think of Wind OS - A blast from the Past or will simply Pass
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