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The Week in iPhone Apps: And We Have Reached A New Low [IPhone Apps]
i.gizmodo.com - 1/17/2009
The Week in iPhone Apps: And We Have Reached A New Low [IPhone Apps]
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See if you can guess which icon represents said "new low." Have a guess? I bet you do. But thankfully, there were some legit cool apps this week too. Zit Picker : The aforementioned low. I write about it only to warn fellow Gizmodo fans, with hopes of condemning this app to the graveyard. You ...

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appbeacon.com - 1/23/2009
AppBeacon - iPhone & iPod Touch Apps Discovery Made Easy
— appbeacon.com — Start at the New Apps link above. See the list of all apps you haven't reviewed. Don't like an App? Sink it. You'll never be bothered by it again. Find a gem but not ready to buy yet? Bookmark the App and get updates on prices and new features. ... (more) AppBeacon - iPhone & iPod Touch Apps Discovery Made Easy

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iPhone developer: App Store rewards "crap" apps
appleinsider.com - 1/22/2009
iPhone developer: App Store rewards "crap" apps
— appleinsider.com — A software engineer who wrote what he calls a "terrible" and "crap" app in less time than it typically takes to eat lunch has since watched it shoot to the top of Apple's App Store, where it's now generating over $200 an hour ... (more) iPhone developer: App Store rewards "crap" apps

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i.gizmodo.com - 1/13/2009
Beijing Man Shows Why Certain iPhone Games Shouldn't be Played on the Subway [Iphone Bowling]
— i.gizmodo.com — Some Beijing man had to learn the hard way that Flick Bowling on the iPhone is probably not the best game to play in public... especially inside public transport. Yowch, expensive lesson. [ Youku Buzz ] (more) Beijing Man Shows Why Certain iPhone Games Shouldn't be ...

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Zit Picker iPhone App, Yes That Zit
Gadgetreview — ... The Zit Picker app for the iPhone is disturbingly ingenious.  John of Gizmodo wants fans of Giz to ‘take a stand’ and ‘condemn [the] app to to the graveyard’.  The irony John, is that by posting it on Giz it will probably garner some attention and breath additionaly life into its short term success.  Good job. ...

The Week in iPhone Apps: Lil' Jon, He Always Tells The Truth [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo — ... Just as we condemned the worst app genre last week, today we signal the pinnacle of another App Store standby, the soundboard app. There will never be a better soundboard made, ever. WHAT!? ...

Inside the Mind of the Man Who Gave Us iFart Mobile [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo — ... about the flatulence app that has been downloaded over 350,000 times from the App Store, and is largely responsible for plunging the App Store further into its already stinking cesspool of ridiculous and worthless apps. ...

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