For those of you who like to impress your guests by having a solved Rubik cube on the table, but don’t have the time, patience, or smarts to do it yourself, iPhone has come to the rescue. The iPhone CubeCheater application lets you take pictures of the 6 sides of your Rubik cube and then shows you the fastest way to solve the cube. Too good to be true? Check it out for yourself:

I am thoroughly impressed with the technology, but not quite sure how useful it is. What’s the point in having a Rubik cube if you don’t take the time to figure out its logic yourself? Where is the fun in letting your phone give you a step by step answer?

What do you think? Am I too traditional?