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MUJI Launches Three New Apps for the iPad and iPhone

By Lisa Smith - November 3, 2010

in Tech | Object Culture

Who needs iCal when Muji Calendar promises more legibility? Or Adobe Ideas, if MUJI Notebook picks up the slack with handwriting recognition and different paper grids? Or a calculator, clock, weather display, or a currency converter, when you've got MUJI to GO? Yes, MUJI, the darling of design lifestyle brands, has just launched three apps for the iPad and iPhone. We haven't had our hands on them for very long, but if they're anything like all the other Muji products we own and love, we won't be disappointed. The launch is timely; we were just wondering how the famously "non-branded"brand's simple treatment of everyday life would translate to the consumption and production of digital information. These apps may provide a partial answer, though like any new product, there will be kinks. No biggie&mdashlin true MUJI form, the apps are free or very nearly—the Notebook app coming in at $3.99.

MUJI Calendar syncs with Google Calendar, and allows for more sophisticated navigation of crowded schedules. MUJI Notebook provides a way to record ideas and thoughts, in a combination of hand drawn images and typed text, input through the keyboard or handwriting recognition. Finally, MUJI to GO is designed with travelers in mind, providing fast access to the world clock, world weather display, an index of international power adapters, fast access to google search, a currency converter, and a calculator.

Download them all from the App Store and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Andy

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Great apps!

The handwriting recognition sucks - no matter how many times I write 'N' i get a 'W'. really bad!

And syncing is a bit slow for the calendar - but otherwise they are designed really well!
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jada

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These three apps are iPad only unfortunately.
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Olav

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Right now I am not seeing these show up for the iPhone - on the iPad all three are there and at a glance they look very clean and well put together.
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