Star Walk – with a new sky!

by admin on 02/02/10 at 9:45 pm

Star Walk – with a new sky!

The new Star Walk starts the new year with version 3.5 that features a new sky, new splash and FAQ! The starry night sky in Star Walk is clearer and appears less crowded. Now the stars on the background picture do not interfere with the real stars.
New splash evoked lots of discussions in our team. Some think that the bear looks fine, others say it is a bit aggressive. We’d like to know your opinion. Check out our new splash and share your ideas whether you like it or not on our Facebook page.

Due to our users requests we added FAQ to make sure everybody is clear on how to use Star Walk and what the symbols we use mean, e.g. the tan dashed line, the red lined circles, the squares with symbols. Besides we added instructions on how to adjust the number of stars seen on the screen to the number of stars seen with the naked eye, how to switch on and off the push notifications of the Astronomy Pictures of the day.

All Star Walk features and how to use them:

VIEW from the EARTH:

SW will allow automatic and manually selected location on the globe. Touch it, spin it and find where you want to be to observe the sky tonight.

DIGITAL COMPASS with Star Spotter:

If you have an iPhone 3GS tilt your phone and the ”Star Spotter” function will be activated, a live representation of what you see in the sky will appear on your display and the sky will start following your movements whether you move up or down, left or right. In order to stop the function simply tap the display.

If you don’t have an iPhone 3GS the ”Star Spotter” function will still activate once you tilt your iPhone or iPodTouch and will work as you hold it and move it up and down.

TIME MACHINE: tap the clock icon and date and time will be displayed. Slide your finger on the hours and the sky will start moving accordingly. Touch year, month and time and change depending on what you want to see, the display will adapt accordingly to show you how stars and planets were aligned at that time.

MOON PHASES: select the moon with the touch of your finger, tap the -i – symbol to enlarge the image and start the clock to watch moon phases. You can do the same with all other planets and stars.

Wikipedia LINKS: select one celestial corpse and tap the – i – icon to activate the magnifier and read main information about it. To know more tap the -w – icon at the bottom of the table and the wikipedia page will open up.

HELP GUIDE: for any questions on how to use the ”Star Spotter” function or the Time Machine tap the – ? – menu.

SETTINGS: with the bottom right icon you are given different options. You can change the screen with night mode, select brightness, put sounds on and off, find and select location and start your list of favorites.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Since it entered the mobile software market in 2001 VITO Technology Inc. has developed an impressive portfolio of products for Windows Mobile. The latest VITO Technology’s endeavor includes iPhone and Web 2.0 software development.

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Visit Star Walk page at our site. (http://vitotechnology.com/star-walk.html)

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Alena Kudasheva
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