The AMP UP Before You Score app also provided phone users with chat-up lines for “getting lucky” with 24 different types of women – including foreign exchange students and college girls.
The software provoked criticism and derision when news of its release broke yesterday, with many people complaining that it was sexist and denigrated the status of women.
Thousands of protests were marshalled on Twitter under the hashtag #pepsifail, prompting the soft drinks giant to issue an apology over the official Twitter feed of AMP Energy, the new drink that the app was released to promote.
“Our app tried 2 show the humorous lengths guys go 2 pick up women. We apologize if it’s in bad taste & appreciate your feedback. #pepsifail,” the tweet read.
But the company did not promise to withdraw the programme, which is still available to download for free from the App Store.
The app’s description encourages users to share the names of their sexual partners with their friends online.
“Get lucky? Add her to your Brag List. You can include the name, date and whatever details you remembers,” it states. “Keep your buddies in the loop on email, Facebook or Twitter.”
Pepsi’s unsophisticated appeal to masculine bravado went down particularly badly with readers of Jezebel, a US blog aimed at women.
“I think my favourite is ‘Out-of-your-league Girl’ because really, if you’re stupid enough to try and use this app, every girl is out of your league,” wrote one commenter.
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Apple iPhone (
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Stories have been circulating across the Internet on various blogs and forums that some users of Apple’s (
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The first known public account of the problem
originated in France where one 16GB 3GS user noticed that his phone was hot during use. Later, the owner discovered that the white backing on the device had turned pink-toned near the spot where the battery is stored, the report said.
PC World writer Melissa Perenson
wrote that while playing “The Oregon Trail” on her 16GB black iPhone, the device heated up so much it became too hot to handle.
Do I hear a recall coming? It’s unclear how many iPhone 3G S users are experiencing problems. Based on Apple’s history, a recall could happen. As PC World’s David Coursey
wrote, “battery problems are the stuff of which recalls are made and Apple has not been immune from them in the past.”
Experts are
blaming the applications themselves, particularly the games and GPS that are resource-intensive, Channel Web reports. The apps, the report said, pump up the battery until it gets too hot and eventually causes the device to overheat.
Apple has yet to comment. A company spokesperson could not be reached immediately for comment.
The claims come just after a week after Apple announced it sold more than 1 million units of the device.
The latest iPhone, which rolled out June 19, is designed to be the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, TMCnet reported. It offers new improved speed and performance and is twice as fast as the iPhone 3G. It also features a longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, video recording and hands free voice control, TMCnet said. more than 1 million 3 GS units during its launch weekend.
Despite the glitch, there’s no stopping Apple’s momentum. Several news sources reported a widespread shortage of the smartphone. As of Sunday, three out of 211 stores were sold out of the 3G S units, the report said. The most difficult model to find is the 16GB white phone, which was vacant from more than half of locations, the according to the report.
The
popularity of smartphones is sure to impact the overall mobile phone market. Mobile phone sales are expected to
dip by 9.1 percent this year, according to another TMCnet report.
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