Augmented Reality Cinema
The Augmented Reality Cinema app for the iPhone allows you to walk around London and discover all the places where movies have been shot. Just point your iPhone in the direction of a sweetspot and get a replay of the movie scene that was shot there.
The app is currently a work in progress prototype. But if and when it does see the light of day, I am sure it will make a great gizmo for all the movie buffs out there.
Budweiser Ice Cold Index
Irish people have always been fascinated by the weather but their interest is set to reach new heights this summer with the launch of the Budweiser Ice Cold Index.
The Budweiser Ice Cold Index App is set to show you the local weather, then spit out redemption codes for free or discounted beer at nearby participating pubs. The higher the temperature, the less you'll pay for your pint. 
This app literally moves people into the selling space, provides refreshment, and so it should gain some loyalty points with the customers as well. Too bad it's only in Ireland!
Boil an egg with your iPhone
This egg timer iPhone app was created by Crispin Porter + Bogusky Europe for Swedish sandwich spread Kalles Kaviar.
The idea behind the app is to assist users in boiling the perfect egg. It even puts together a playlist, that when finished, means your egg is ready.
It's clearly a hit with caviar/egg lovers as the app has already had more than 50,000 downloads and is the third most downloaded in the free app section in the Swedish iTunes AppStore.
Homeplus Subway Virtual Store
South Korea is a unique market. Even the most powerful global corporations tend to fail miserably in the Korean market. Walmart and Carrefour had to pack up their bags and leave. On the contrary, Tesco has been evolving itself, adjusting to the local market. It even changed the name itself, from Tesco to Homeplus! And at last, it grew to rank No. 2 in Korea! But Tesco had to overcome one obstacle? A fewer number of stores compared to the number one company, E-mart.
Agency Cheil Korea came up with the idea to bring the store to the people! They created virtual stores in subway station hoping to blend into people's everyday lives. Their first try was busy subway station in rush hours. Although virtual, the displays were exactly the same as actual stores – from the display to merchandises. Only one thing was different, you could use smart phones to shop! Scan the QR code with your phone, and the product automatically would land into your on-line cart! When the online purchase was done, it would be delivered to your door right after you get home.
As a result people could meet Tesco Homeplus wherever they go, not having to visit the actual store. Moreover they could make good use of the wasted times and enjoy their free time. After this campaign, on-line sales increased tremendously (Nov 2010 - Jan 2011). Through this campaign, 10,287 consumers visited the online Homeplus mall using smartphones. The number of new registered members rose by 76%, and on-line sales increased 130%. Homeplus became the No.1 on-line market and is a very close 2nd offline.
T-Mobile Angry Birds Live
T-Mobile with agency Saatchi & Saatchi is capitalizing on the Angry Birds fever with a clever new viral video titled Angry Birds Live.
In a square in Barcelona they created a human-scaled mockup of the Angry Birds, with lucky participants using the game on a smartphone to launch birds on their castle-smashing journey. It included authentic sounds effects and exploding pigs, and was obviously popular judging from the size of the crowd that appeared.
Vodafone Pixel Hunt
To promote the new Vodafone LG Optimus Windows 7 phone with 5 Megapixel camera, German ad agency Jung von Matt/Alster launched a website where the users had to search for the winning pixels in a picture of 5 millions pixels. There were one hundred winning pixels and each one of the winning pixels contained a brand new LG Optimus Windows 7 phone with 5 Megapixel camera.
In under a month, the entire 5 Million Pixels were clicked out by over 300,000 visitors (pixel by pixel). Thereby making this a great example of how a simple engagement campaign can generate the best results.
1 song, 1 fan, 1 ringback tone = buzz
Ringback tones have been around for years. As far as I know they haven't been particularly successful. But this campaign by Forsman & Bodenfors for Comviq could help boost their popularity.
Comviq, the biggest Swedish pre-paid mobile provider partnered with Universal Music and singer Veronica Maggio to release her new single 'Välkommen in (Welcome in)' exclusively as a ringback tone on one phone number. For two weeks, the only way to hear her new single was to call +46739 52 50 06, a number belonging to Firat Delen - an 18 years old student and a big Veronica fan.
Fiat Street Evo
Leo Burnett Iberia has launched a new app called Fiat Street Evo [iTunes Link], which is also the world's first not-printed car catalogue! Its a catalogue that's virtually on every street in your city!
Fiat Street Evo recognizes traffic signs as if they were QR codes and associates each sign with a feature of the new Fiat Punto Evo. For example; a STOP sign will tell the user all about the new breaking system, a CURVE ahead sign will tell the user that the car has an intelligent lighting system that guides you in curves. And the list goes on with every feature of the car.
Nutricia Baby Connection
Young parents all over Belgium rely on Nutricia babyfoods every day. So ad agency Duval Guillaume helped Nutricia find a new unique way to support mums even before their baby is born – with Baby Connection: a unique iPhone app that helps gets the dad more involved in the pregnancy.
Baby Connection works best when you use it as a couple. There's a mum version and a dad version – and everything each parent adds is automatically synced with their partners' phone. The app can even transform two iPhones into one big screen.
Have a look at the demo to see how it works:
To launch Baby Connection, Duval Guillaume even came up with a campaign that's as unique as the app itself. Have a look at what they did:
iHobo
Its easy to ignore a homeless person as you walk past them on the street, but after having one on your phone for three days Depaul UK hopes that you will be able to see the complex and varied issues behind youth homelessness.
This free app was created (pro bono) by Publicis London to raise awareness of Depaul UK, a charity devoted to youth homelessness in the UK.
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