App of the Month - Google Sky Map

Google sky map is an application that allows you to find exact locations of stars, planets and other celestial objects in the sky. The application uses your phone’s internal compass, GPS and the current date and time on your phone to let you know exactly where you’re pointing at with your phone. I tried it and it was mind blowing. You just move your phone around and you can see what’s in space. You can search for planets, constellations, etc. And when you do so, your compass guides you in navigating to find what you’re looking for.

The only thing missing from the app is that you would expect it to tell you a thing or two about the celestial object you have just found but it doesn’t. Instead, it just says stuff like: ‘You’ve found Uranus!’. Seriously?

In all, the app is fun, it’s something to show off to your friends. It works pretty good and for now, it is available only on Android. iPhone and Blackberry owners will have to wait; I don’t know how long for because I’ve not heard any gist about development. Dear readers, The reason we have ‘App of the Month’ and not ‘App of the Week’ is because of consistency. We need to see how well we can keep up with a monthly review before we jump into weekly! We don’t want to raise  your hopes and them crush ‘em. That’ll be mean. We’re nice people. Thanks for understanding. :) The aIRplaY team.