View Full Version : Apple block iPhone radiation app from app store
Rouxenator
08-03-2010, 01:35 PM
Here we go again . . . Apple App Store Fail No. 5102928. A few weeks ago stealth Israeli startup Tawkon gave me a sneak-peak developer build of what I believe is the most important app on my iPhone. What does it do? It analyzes the cellular radiation your iPhone emits at any given moment, at any given location, whether in standby mode, or within a call
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/04/tawkon-iphone-radiation/
Fudzy
08-03-2010, 04:30 PM
Why would Apple want to market the application? Allow people to download it outside of the store but it would be like cigarette companies actively marketing a machine that determines your likelihood of getting cancer.
Aqua_lung
08-03-2010, 05:29 PM
App sounds like a gimmick without scientific research to back it up, they did the right thing this would just spread stupid FUD.
The appstore is full of snake oil salesman and blogs plugging their stuff.
Rouxenator
08-03-2010, 06:25 PM
Yeah, I'm just glad I'm rollin' with the best - Ovi Store & Internet
adsl3g
08-03-2010, 07:10 PM
whats that - sounds like an ovary store
Rouxenator
08-03-2010, 07:17 PM
Its door in Finish. But I am sure you would like a store that sells ovaries :-)
Rosaudio
08-03-2010, 07:30 PM
Yeah, I'm just glad I'm rollin' with the best - Ovi Store & Internet
+1
thed33p
08-03-2010, 09:33 PM
don't feed the trolls
Fudzy
08-03-2010, 09:38 PM
App sounds like a gimmick without scientific research to back it up, they did the right thing this would just spread stupid FUD.
The appstore is full of snake oil salesman and blogs plugging their stuff.
Give it a few months, it will be available for download via a premium rate SMS/weekly subscription. If you want further details, watch E-Tv/SABC2 late at night.
ianh4
19-03-2010, 12:06 PM
How many thorough long-term (proper scientific) studies have been done on the impact of cellphone radiation?
Mokopa
31-03-2010, 04:14 PM
There's no proven science behind the idea and it's debatable how accurately an app would be able to measure the phone's total radiation without external sensors. In any case, it's very likely that the app used private APIs to obtain its data, which is against the terms of the developer agreement and might be the reason the app was rejected.