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itunes.apple.com - 12/14/2008
"Pull My Finger" Now in the App Store!
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Apple has recently begun rejecting iPhone applications based on arguably spurious claims of limited utility. A recent victim is Pull My Finger, a juvenile but harmless application that makes fart noises. Sure, the App Store makes it nice and easy to find, purchase, and install iPhone ...
itunes.apple.com - 12/12/2008
"Pull My Finger" - App Store Link
— itunes.apple.com — The gloves are off. Apple has decided apps publishers who want to have a little bit of... fun should be allowed their day in the sun. I just received an e-mail from the creator of the Pull My Finger application. Read what he has to say. From ... (more) "Pull My Finger" - App Store Link

Comments vote down Silicon Alley Insider found this 12/12/2008found this
Apple Broadens App Store Acceptance, Approves 'Pull My Finger'
macrumors.com - 12/12/2008
Apple Broadens App Store Acceptance, Approves 'Pull My Finger'
— macrumors.com — One of the major criticisms of the App Store has been a seemingly arbitrary rejection policy on... the part of Apple. Air-o-Matic was one of the developers rejected by Apple for the reason of "limited utility" for his humor app "Pull My Finger". Sam ... (more) Apple Broadens App Store Acceptance, Approves 'Pull My ...

Comments vote down The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) found this 12/12/2008found this
click.linksynergy.com - 12/12/2008
"Pull My Finger" App - App Store Link
— click.linksynergy.com — I'm the developer of the infamously rejected iPhone app, "Pull My Finger." I just got a call... from Apple with some interesting news that I thought I'd pass along to you. They told me that they are going to start approving a whole new "genre" of ... (more) "Pull My Finger" App - App Store Link

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Apple Approves Pull My Finger, Adds a New Genre!
Planet iPhones — ... reports that the new app  Pull My Finger , basically turns your iPhone into an “Electrnic Fart Machine” was originally rejected before but has now been accepted to the store. Here’s what the ...

AppStore Takes a Bathroom Break
Cult of Mac — ... First, the re-emergence of Pull My Finger, an ingenious application that produces the sound of flatulence, produced over 200 stories in the Apple web-osphere yesterday. After initially rejecting the app as something with no discernible utility, Apple has reportedly sorted out how to handle this particular genre of application, ...

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"Pull My Finger" returns to the App Store — The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
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