Comments on: 10 absurd new iPhone apps

What are the most ridiculous and absurd iPhone apps to grace us with this morning's iPhone firmware update? We round up 10 of our favorites.

[alco-pa]

Apple Touch WEB applications may be available on the Itunes Store but you can not get them on to your device until 7/11/08. According to Apple this is because your Touch will need V 2.00. That wont be released until tomorrow.

[Toscane]

No but seriously, would anyone ever consider paying any money at all for those "apps". I certainly would not want them for free, let alone paying for that nonsense.

[sehca]

So wrong about Birth Buddy, Josh! I used a similar app on my Palm for my first two births, and will definitely use this app on my iPhone when #3 comes along in a few months. The stopwatch with lap option could sort of work, but trust me when I tell you a woman in labor needs things to be simpler than that once the contractions start.! However, I certainly see it probably won't have broad appeal. :)

[Josh.Lowensohn]

My colleague Stephen Shankland says his watch worked just fine for such a task with his own children. Out of curiosity how much did you pay for your Palm one?

[Toscane]

How the hell did 5 billion people managed to see the earth before the iPhone ? I am baffled

[bfuenmayor]

Now that Lost-themed application actually sounds cool! haha.

[Josh.Lowensohn]

Go write it!

[LunaticSX]

I just want to see those Lost number flippers going and have the phone start shaking when the numbers haven't been entered! Then the whole screen goes violet...

[3rdalbum]

It's like all the 3rd party developers for the Newton have ported their programs to the iPhone! What's next: A replica Star Trek interface for the iPhone that just makes beeping noises when you press the buttons?

I guess if you've dropped that much money on a phone that looks cool, I guess you could spend a bit more and get some useless programs for it.

[Toscane]

The "Hold On" button...totally retarded. Seriously.

[Tony McCune]

I'm totally bummed about the Salesforce app that is "Free". To use the salesforce app you have to pay salesforce $50 to add a "mobile user" account to your existing (expensive) salesforce account. Here is the catch, you can use safari just fine on Salesforce. What the???
http://tmccune.blogspot.com/2008/07/greed-tarnishes-salesforce-reputation.html