“Apple may be golden because of the iPhone, but the soon-to-be updated device is also increasingly the source of forbidden fruit. Steve Jobs’ company is keeping a civil, if embarrassed, silence about one of the potentially most lucrative and controversial uses of its hand-held jewel: porn,” Jeremy Caplan reports for Time Magazine.
“The technological feats that the 3G iPhone can perform are key to the coming pornocopia… thanks in large part to the iPhone’s video dexterity, short clips are becoming a staple for the mobile porn business. The speed promised by iPhone 2.0 is much anticipated,” Caplan reports. “Google Trends, which measures Web buzz, shows a sharp increase over the past year in the popularity of the term ‘iPhone porn.'”
“Leading porn purveyors see the iPhone as a dream come true. Its relatively ample screen size, speedy Web access and ease of use are just part of it. The device’s miniaturized version of Apple’s Safari software simplifies mobile access and streamlines the process of tailoring dirty sites for optimal viewing on the go. ‘It’s by far the porn-friendliest phone,’ says Devan Cypher, spokesperson for San Francisco-based Sin City Entertainment,” Caplan reports.
“Apple spokesperson Jennifer Bowcock says the company doesn’t condone iPhone porn distribution and will ban adult content from official applications, just as it has restricted adult content in the podcast section of the Apple store. But they can’t prevent customers from accessing porn through the device’s browser,” Caplan reports. “Indeed, the new iPhone may eventually propel mobile porn deeper into the sphere of interactivity.”
More in the full article here.
Now we know why Adobe is so “hot” to get flash on the iPhone!
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I want cartoon porn!!!
@ TommyBoy
Hey, it’s a free country; enjoy all you want to your hearts content. But at least you know the downsides to a 70 billion dollar industry. And just tell the porn industry to stop stuffing my inbox with their crap. I didn’t ask for that either.
It’s the gynecological shots that ruin it for me. It’s not like I want to insert an eyeball in there. Porn is relative. In the Victorian era, the sight of an exposed ankle sufficed to arouse passion.
Yes. Apple bans porn from the iPhone.
That’s how good porn is.
There is nothing wrong with sexual addiction.
Sexual addiction has given mankind genetic diversity.
In fact, without sexual addiction, I think it’s safe to say that the human race would have died out before it really got started.
If the right wing hates it, the radical Islamic’ hate it, narrow minded hypocrites hate it, the Christian “Right” hates it – Then there must be something GOOD about porn showing adult, willing participants enjoying sex.
In the words of GWB – bring it on.