Virtual Zippo® Lighter

Michael (Admin) | Sep 25, 2008 Lifestyle

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I just got done bitching about an app called Lighter because the developer is planning to charge for it after the free trial is over. It doesn’t look like Moderati is planning to charge for the Virtual Zippo Lighter… my guess is that Zippo already paid them plenty to engineer this exercise in brand marketing… so I’ll be far kinder here.

Simply put, Virtual Zippo Lighter totally lives up to its name. I’m not saying this just because it’s free forever, I’m saying it because it’s 100% true. You open the Zippo by shaking your iPhone or swiping in an upward direction on the screen. Sorry, a quick tap doesn’t work here. Why? Because it doesn’t work in real life!

Once the Zippo is open, a swipe downward on the wheel will turn it to ignite the flame. The flame, which is completely true to an actual flame from this type of lighter, even responds to accelerometer movements as you tilt your iPhone this way and that. Shake or swipe right/down to close the lighter and admire the steel-cased handiwork Zippo is famous for.

Not only is this an awesome lighter simulation from top to bottom, even including the way a Zippo sounds, Moderati also gives you no less than 20 different Zippo models to choose from by swiping through the selections across the bottom of the Customize screen. Plenty of different styles are represented, ranging from basic chrome for people who think they’re classy to “anarchy” for weird emo types to bling and guitars for the rockstars of the world.

If you want a lighter for your iPhone and a crappy Bic won’t cut it, get this Virtual Zippo. It’s a no-brainer. And if you’re close enough to the stage you might even get a shoutout from the band.