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iPhone hurling 'sports game' app banned from the Apple App Store

by Mark Tyson on 7 August 2013, 11:15

Tags: iPhone, PC

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An iPhone 'sports' app called 'SendMeToHeaven' (SMTH) has been removed from Apple's iOS App Store. The idea behind the app was that it would bring iPhone users hours of fun hurling their smartphones skywards aiming to achieve the maximum possible altitude as recorded using the device's sensors. Of course there was a social aspect to the game as users could partake in league tables and challenge friends to beat their scores. Apple has decided to remove the app as it was "encouraging behaviour that could result in damage to the user's device".

The SMTH app required users to agree to a disclaimer saying that playing the game would be completely at the owner's own risk. The game developers also offered pre-play hints for safer smartphone throwing fun "Hints: Be careful not to injure yourself or others. Be always aware that there is enough space above you and around you. Do some training to learn right skills to get best results." After practice and having built up your projectile skills there are national and city league tables and challenges in which a user, GPS turned on, can partake.

At the time of writing the SMTH app is still available for Android device owners. What this says about the difference between the two rival mobile platforms and their app stores is open to interpretation. Unfortunately it won't work on your redundant desk-drawer handsets that run Android versions older than 2.2. Also on Android the app only supports ARM v7 phones.

Apple iDevice charger trade in scheme

Following various deaths and injuries to iDevice users who have opted for cheaper, perhaps lower quality, chargers Apple has responded by announcing a trade in scheme. Under the new 'USB Power Adapter Takeback Program' any owner of an iDevice and a third party charger can pop in store and get a genuine charger for US$10 or the local equivalent.

Apple wrote that "Customer safety is a top priority at Apple. That’s why all of our products — including USB power adapters for iPhone, iPad, and iPod — undergo rigorous testing for safety and reliability and are designed to meet government safety standards around the world."

Take in your iDevice, along with your suspect charger, to get this offer. The offer, limited to one charger per iDevice, runs from 16th August to 18th October in the USA but dates may vary by region.



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Yes, throw your £500 smart phone as high as you can. Perfectly safe, nothing to worry about :D
Good game, good game :)
That picture of the melted connector is curious IMHO - resistance at the connector alone shouldn't produce nearly enough heat for that. I guess a knock-off charger without any output protection could short out and cause something like that though.

It's something I've been trying to tell people for a fair while now - just don't buy stuff like chargers (or pretty much anything TBH :P) from Ebay/Amazon Marketplace/market stalls/etc unless you really know what to look for. The potential for risk to life/property is very real, and the knock-offs can be fairly hard to distinguish from the genuine kit.

IMO, keep hold of chargers, USB cables and the like from phones in a safe place so you have some known-good, genuine kit for spares. Even basic USB and PC power cables I've bought from ebay are often appalling quality, using unbelievably thin conductors for example, causing real problems for the connected kit!
My best try = 1.17m

No1. Royboy_91 = 43.14m ………wth he must have dropped it off a building or attached it to a firework, I call cheating
What about the vomit comet? That might work.