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April 13, 2007

New iPhone Dating App Either Fake or Comes Bundled With Old

After the iPhone poker that was really a bluff, here comes another application that wants to date the iPhone. This time, instead of being vague about it, the developer goes on the record and says that "this will be an application running on the iPhone in summer. It's currently in development and will soon be in beta testing. It will not be a Widget." Like, whatever. To me, this is all just a wonky try to get free media attention (and obviously, it's working). Plenty of reasons after the jump. Let's examine the information we currently have. First, the guy says this will be running on the iPhone in the summer and it won't be a widget. This implies four possibilities: a) Somehow, the guy got himself into Infinite Loop, stole the full iPhone Cocoa classes and this will be a "full iPhone API"-based application (whatever that may be). b) He is trying to weasel his way into selling us a Web-based app as an iPhone app (in that case, there's no point to this discussion). c) He is developing a Cocoa app with the iPhone in mind, all in the hope that Apple will release an iPhone SDK at their June WWDC'07 plus a plan to allow developers to get their apps certified. Then, he hopes to quickly adapt it for release before the summer ends. A lot of wishful thinking. d) This is the biggest amount of bullshit since that rumor about Phil Schiller replacing Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones 4 (we could only wish). Maybe we can ignore the fact that there is no public iPhone SDK right now and that'"looking at how things have been moving so far'"not even Apple's closest partners would have access to it. We can even forget about the fact that the current iPhones are still pre-production units and whenever they go out of Apple HQs'"and trust me, they go'"they are always guarded by a member of the iPhone team or His Steveness himself. The question here will be where is he testing his app? In a paper model? But anyway, let's believe he has one. We can go on and also scrap the fact that Apple would probably never waste their efforts in a cheesy, tacky dating app where there are plenty of social network sites out there (which are already working on the web to boot). However, what we can't ignore is the fact that, if that all was true, Apple would have never ever let this guy talk about it openly without getting him kidnapped by Steve's Imperial Cyborg Ninja Guard to be thrown away in the middle of the Pacific with new cement shoes. I may be mistaken, but I will circle option D. '" Jesus Diaz Apple iPhone plays the dating game [MacWorld]