Comments on: Helvetiq – (Almost) Pointlessly beautiful http://beautifulpixels.com/iphone/helvetiq-app/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Milind Alvares http://beautifulpixels.com/iphone/helvetiq-app/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Milind Alvares Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:08:08 +0000 http://beautifulpixels.com/?p=586#comment-381 @Jilion: Oh my. Well I've had a hearty time playing it anyway. Poor scores don't deter me. :) @Jilion: Oh my. Well I’ve had a hearty time playing it anyway. Poor scores don’t deter me. :)

]]> By: Jilion http://beautifulpixels.com/iphone/helvetiq-app/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Jilion Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:03:44 +0000 http://beautifulpixels.com/?p=586#comment-380 Milind, thanks for the review! Just wanted to point out Helvetiq is actually "meant" for Swiss people (questions can be really difficult for non-Swiss citizens). The app is actually based on a physical board/card game that people can buy in Switzerland, and the principle of the "reverse question" on the back-side of the card is a key concept of the original board game. You can spot the real cards of the game in this photo: http://jilion.com/media/images/helvetiq_iphone_app.jpg Milind, thanks for the review!

Just wanted to point out Helvetiq is actually “meant” for Swiss people (questions can be really difficult for non-Swiss citizens).
The app is actually based on a physical board/card game that people can buy in Switzerland, and the principle of the “reverse question” on the back-side of the card is a key concept of the original board game.

You can spot the real cards of the game in this photo:
http://jilion.com/media/images/helvetiq_iphone_app.jpg

]]> By: Elean http://beautifulpixels.com/iphone/helvetiq-app/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Elean Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:07:09 +0000 http://beautifulpixels.com/?p=586#comment-370 @Milind Alvares, beautiful Pictures you have there on flickr! Nice! @Milind Alvares, beautiful Pictures you have there on flickr! Nice!

]]> By: Milind Alvares http://beautifulpixels.com/iphone/helvetiq-app/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Milind Alvares Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:16:26 +0000 http://beautifulpixels.com/?p=586#comment-369 @Elean: Thanks a bunch for that! @Elean: Thanks a bunch for that!

]]> By: preshit http://beautifulpixels.com/iphone/helvetiq-app/comment-page-1/#comment-368 preshit Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:28:45 +0000 http://beautifulpixels.com/?p=586#comment-368 Aah, Switzerland. The #2 place on my 'Do visit before you die' list. I hear there's some "Magic" in the chocolate made there. No, seriously, I'd love to move to Switzerland. Also, the reason the country is probably so well known around here is for the Bollywood's overuse of 'Swiss bank accounts" terminology. Aah, Switzerland. The #2 place on my ‘Do visit before you die’ list. I hear there’s some “Magic” in the chocolate made there. No, seriously, I’d love to move to Switzerland.

Also, the reason the country is probably so well known around here is for the Bollywood’s overuse of ‘Swiss bank accounts” terminology.

]]> By: Elean http://beautifulpixels.com/iphone/helvetiq-app/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Elean Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:50:46 +0000 http://beautifulpixels.com/?p=586#comment-367 Switzerland was founded on the 1. of August in 1291. Our precious country has about 7 Billion citizen and is about 82 times smaller than india. It features clear, deep blue lakes and green forests in the summer and white mountains in winter. Switzerland has no King and not one President but seven Presidents. They are called "The Federal Council" and are based in the Swiss Capital-City "Bern". One of them living just a few meters away from my parents home. Thanks to a direct democracy, the Swiss People has the right to vote and to create new laws by means of submitting a constitutional initiative. Despite the small footprint, Switzerland has 4 official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh, most of them speaking German. Switzerland is in the heart of Europe and still had the blessing of not being involved in any of the two World Wars. Since Switzerland has no significant amounts of natural resources it's wealth relays heavily on strong industry, design and technology sectors. "Made in Switzerland" therefor primarily stands for quality. The swiss flag is one of two only flags worldwide that is a perfect square, rather than an rectangle. Inverted is the flag of the international Red Cross Movement. If you wan't to know more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Switzerland&w=all Ps. We do delicious chocolate too ;) Switzerland was founded on the 1. of August in 1291. Our precious country has about 7 Billion citizen and is about 82 times smaller than india. It features clear, deep blue lakes and green forests in the summer and white mountains in winter.

Switzerland has no King and not one President but seven Presidents. They are called “The Federal Council” and are based in the Swiss Capital-City “Bern”. One of them living just a few meters away from my parents home. Thanks to a direct democracy, the Swiss People has the right to vote and to create new laws by means of submitting a constitutional initiative.

Despite the small footprint, Switzerland has 4 official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh, most of them speaking German. Switzerland is in the heart of Europe and still had the blessing of not being involved in any of the two World Wars.

Since Switzerland has no significant amounts of natural resources it’s wealth relays heavily on strong industry, design and technology sectors. “Made in Switzerland” therefor primarily stands for quality.

The swiss flag is one of two only flags worldwide that is a perfect square, rather than an rectangle. Inverted is the flag of the international Red Cross Movement.

If you wan’t to know more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Switzerland&w=all

Ps. We do delicious chocolate too ;)

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