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iFog for iPhone: the original fogged-glass drawing app
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iFog for iPhone: the original fogged-glass drawing app

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Identify the original iFog app, revisit its misted-glass drawing effect and historical product screenshot, and check its US App Store availability.

iFog turned an early iPhone into a virtual misted window. Instead of looking through the glass, you drew on it with your finger. This historical guide identifies the app behind our February 2009 coverage and explains the status of its original download.

What did iFog do?

A February 2009 founder interview published by VC Cafe describes a screen covered in simulated condensation that users could write or sketch on. The accompanying product image shows a tic-tac-toe grid traced through the mist, with droplets still visible around it.

The developers were MyApParty founders Barack Ben Ezer and Tommy Sheinfeld. Ben Ezer told the interviewer that drawing on a steamed-up shower screen inspired the idea.…

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