Alejo's Tenuki

A few days ago I made a new research for Go apps on the android market. One of the few new apps I found is this one: “Go Scoring Camera”. There’s a free trial version which works for 7 days available at the Android Market. The full app costs 3.40 €, which is around 4.5 $ currently.

Here you have the videoreview

Beware of the height you need to get above the board. It took me several attempts till I realised I had to stand up and rise my hands a little bit to fit the 19×19 board on an average table. Otherwise, the program will cut down the sides of the board… though I still don’t understand the reasoning behind this.

Another point which I’m curious about is the need for internet connection. Since the image needs to be interpreted on a remote server, the image needs to be uploaded… but wouldn’t it be possible to make the process locally with the latest phones? I mean, during the second half of this year some dual-core cell phones have been released so it would be an interesting option to add to the app.

Here you have the market links for both apps:
Go Scoring Camera – Trial version
Go Scoring Camera – Full Version 

On the next videoreview, I’m going to talk about another awesome app which turned out to be very useful at our club.