So the Fifa World Cup is only 10 days away and I am an avid Football (you call it soccer) fan from Holland. Actually that is probably an understatement, I am a die hard fan.

I am also a respectful fan and have always been intrigued by the National Anthem for each team. When the Dutch national Anthem is played in a stadium of 80,000 people and the whole stadium sings along, it just gives me an adrenaline rush.

I know my own national anthem, but always was intrigued by what the other countries were actually singing, so I decided to contact the guys at Web Design Beach and collaborate on one of my passions, soccer and combine it with their awesome design skills to create a super simple iPhone application for the World Cup.

We decided to call it World Soccer Anthems. The initial idea was to call it 2010 Fifa World Cup Anthems, but we ended up having to change it due to Trademark and copyright issues with the App Store. In addition, one of the guys from WB mentioned to incorporate mp3’s. I loved this idea, but we tried finding nothing that we could use without having to go through the legal mumbo jumbo.

We spent some time researching each of the 32 countries national anthems and found some easier than others. Add to that that the each national anthem is shortened for any sporting event and you have a interesting mix from a very short Japanese anthem to the super long Italian and Mexican anthem.

We ended up finding all of them, created a cool little Icon for the App store and submitted in hopes of getting approved quickly. It actually took us 3 tries due to the World Cup copyright issue and even WC was trademarked by Fifa, go figure.

We ended up in the App Store early May. “Onion” created a cool design around the www.worldsocceranthems.com - This guy really has a great touch for simple, but clean design.

The Irony is that 3 days after we released our app, a bunch of “copycats” followed suit, including paid apps with MP3’s.

In conclusion, was our idea good? Absolutely! Are the other ones better? Maybe. See for yourself and download which one you like best.

That is of course if you are a Football, oops Soccer fan.

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Edwin Lap

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