iDie
Ever wanted to figure out when you’re going to die, and exactly how much time you have left? Joseph Kump, the maker of the free Apple App iDie sure thinks so, because his does exactly that! The App, released only for free, has a very catchy tag line as well, which is “Get it Now, before you’re dead”!
As soon as you open the App after the download and install, you’ll notice that there is a lot missing however. All the current App does is let you choose the day you were born, and then choose whether you’re a guy or a girl. It then uses the average life expectancy to calculate exactly how old you’re going to live to be, and then does the math and gives it out to you in terms of days, hours, minutes, and seconds. The idea behind the App is to be able to whip this out and tell someone exactly how long you’ve got to live, and how much time they’ve wasted. The idea is a bit flawed, however, as there are a number of factors that come into account when figuring out a person’s life expectancy. A few factors that come to mind include their personal habits (smoking, drinking, etc.), their nationality and ethnicity, their diet, etc. While the App can’t possibly incorporate all of these factors, we feel that a few more would have made the App much more fun and realistic. We also think that fixing a couple of annoying errors and typos would have made it more professional.
Let’s hope the developers of this App get it right next time, because this idea is almost guarenteed to be a sure-fire hit, and if the developer can fix up his act, this App will be exactly that. Until then, we’re going to have to give this App a promising 2 out of 5 stars.
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jalal says:
June 26th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
cool