Thursday, 2010-06-17 07:45 MDT
World's Most Useless Software Product, Redux
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| Vuvuzela 2010 Logo. |
Well, another contender for the coveted tile of "World's Most Useless Software Product". I've already describe the North Korean "Red Star" operating system as a major contender.
Comes now the Vuvuzela 2010 application for the iPhone, by maal4.nl. It puts the raucous sound of the plastic horn onto your iPhone, iPod or iPad. Just what you needed to annoy the <BLAT> out of everyone for several cubicles around.
The app cranks out about 90 decibels, compared to as much as 127 for the real thing. "But you can always hook your iPhone up to an amplifier," says co-designer Lyan van Furth, ever so helpfully.
Users grabbed only a few thousand copies before World Cup play started in South Africa. Since then, downloads have shot into the millions. And world fame has found the developers. Who may come to wish it hadn't.
Meanwhile, support for banning the vuvuzela at the World Cup is running more than nine to one.
This app is so mind-bogglingly stupid that maybe it will get iPhones banned. In which case it won't be such a useless product, will it?