In an unshocking turn of events, Apple has pulled 'Baby Shaker', an iPhone application that allows users to shake a baby until red X's appear over its eyes and it stops crying, from the iTunes store.
Within a day of the game being available for download, childcare organisations had reacted with fury to the game's shocking premise.
An Apple spokesman would not comment on why the program was initially approved for sale nor about how many people downloaded the game. Apple screens every iPhone application and has rejected a number of controversial apps in the past, including one that let iPhone users throw virtual shoes at President Bush.
First of all, shaking babies isn't really funny. And secondly, I'm more than a little pissed that POS application got approved and mine didn't. How the hell does 'Baby Shaker' make it and not, 'The Oregon Happy Trail: An Adventure In My Pants'. What? It was educational! You died of gonorrhea.
Also, I've had several requests for a Geekologie iPhone app. Personally, I view the site in the browser, but hey, if somebody wants to make one, I won't pay you. But I will make you famous. Internet famous.
Video of the 'game' after the jump.geekologie.com
Apple stifling technology, by approving (read LIMITING users to) applications.
In contrast an application or program made for the Pocket PC / Palm / Symbian / Android (Web based) platforms does NOT limit the user, and does NOT require ROYALTIES to be paid all the time for its use.
The same mistake Apple made in the 80's by locking down its platform which as a result nearly wiped itself from the IT world, and the reason why Apple today is NOT the leading PC platform.
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