Pangeasoft Launches 'The Finger' for iPhone and iPod Touch

The Finger pokes its way into the App Store Spotlight?

Pangea Software bring us one of the App Store's newest recruits, The Finger. Pangea Software claim 'The Finger is an incredibly cool 3D animation app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and the basic idea is that you manipulate a 3D hand to form and display hand signs. A built-in animation editor lets you construct hand signals that can say anything from “You are insane!” to “She’s hot!” to… well… other “expressions” best left to the user’s imagination. The worry with this is the people that actually purchase it. Some people may choose to use The Finger for obseen or inappropriate hand signals.

Pangea's spokesman told us 'The Finger comes with over 90 built-in hand gestures, but users are able to create their own using an intuitive touch interface to manipulate the fingers, thumb, and wrist.'

Pangea reckon their product is more than just novelty. They say this 'visually cool' app offers many practical uses. They told us 'It has the ability to translate text into American Sign Language, so, users can enter text and the 3D hand will then “say” the text using signing. But is this appropriate for an international product? Can foreign countries adapt text into their countries signs?

Pangea Software have created many children to populate the App Store. Their hits include:

- Enigmo

- Cro-Mag Rally

- Bugdom 2

- Nanosaur 2

- Otto Matic

Pangea reckon what makes The Finger stand alone and hopefully stand out, it is their first product to join the Entertainment category.

“This is one of the most unique apps out there,” says Brian Greenstone, President of Pangea Software, “When we were developing The Finger, we would build animations to test it, and sometimes they would come out so funny that we’d nearly bust a kidney laughing. There’s a lot of fun to be hand with this app!”

Tell us what you thought to get your view up here.