iPhone: I Am Rich and Power Nap
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Apple allows anyone to create an applications for it the iPhone and sell them, which allows for great innovation (like Power Nap), and sometimes, totally useless junk. Like the 'I Am Rich' application.
The I Am Rich "App" cost $999.99 and does the following: puts a glowing ruby on your screen that says "I Am Rich". And that's it.
Eight people - six from the US, one from Germany and one from France - bought it in the first 24 hours it was available. Although apparently two of them bought it on accident. This means that the developer earned $5,600 and Apple made $2,400.
Apple took it down 24 hours later after numerous blog postings and complaints, and the developer says he isn't sure why. He also hasn't been paid yet, but remains optimistic, and believes there is a market for this (unabashedly obvious) status symbol.
Whatever.
Our favourite iPhone application is Power Nap, which, in the words of the developer:
"...lets you take short naps away from home. In the library, for example, I don't want to bother my fellow readers by needlessly setting off an alarm when a simple vibration may have been adequate, so PowerNap vibrates for 25 seconds before sounding an audible alarm. While waiting in the VIP lounge at the airport, you don't want to accidentally have the wrong AM or PM setting, so PowerNap limits your times from between one and 60 minutes. Lastly, you don't want to miss the alarm because of a muted phone, so PowerNap provides a "Test Alarm" button for testing volume. It's great while waiting for class, while waiting for a plane, or while just resting your eyes before the next big thing. PowerNap lets you catch 40 winks anywhere."
And this nap facilitation costs only 59p.
What would MasterCard say?
That's right. (Almost) Priceless.
Click here to buy Power Nap
Eight people - six from the US, one from Germany and one from France - bought it in the first 24 hours it was available. Although apparently two of them bought it on accident. This means that the developer earned $5,600 and Apple made $2,400.
Apple took it down 24 hours later after numerous blog postings and complaints, and the developer says he isn't sure why. He also hasn't been paid yet, but remains optimistic, and believes there is a market for this (unabashedly obvious) status symbol.
Whatever.
Our favourite iPhone application is Power Nap, which, in the words of the developer:
"...lets you take short naps away from home. In the library, for example, I don't want to bother my fellow readers by needlessly setting off an alarm when a simple vibration may have been adequate, so PowerNap vibrates for 25 seconds before sounding an audible alarm. While waiting in the VIP lounge at the airport, you don't want to accidentally have the wrong AM or PM setting, so PowerNap limits your times from between one and 60 minutes. Lastly, you don't want to miss the alarm because of a muted phone, so PowerNap provides a "Test Alarm" button for testing volume. It's great while waiting for class, while waiting for a plane, or while just resting your eyes before the next big thing. PowerNap lets you catch 40 winks anywhere."
And this nap facilitation costs only 59p.
What would MasterCard say?
That's right. (Almost) Priceless.
Click here to buy Power Nap
