I am probably way behind everyone else with this story, but it really made me chuckle when I heard it on the BBC Radio News today. Thats right, it has made the BBC News.
For those that haven’t heard, Joel Comm the creator of iFart and self titled “Social Media Expert” has written about court action he has taken to determine if the phrase “pull my finger” can be trademarked following agressive action by the developers of a similar iPhone application Air-O-Matic who suggest they have.
Joel writes about it on his blog (click here) and even includes the court filings!
Basically, iFart and Pull My Finger are iPhone Applications that can be downloaded to your iPhone so that you can play fart noises! Unbelievably Joel Comm is reported to be making over $10,000 per day and this brilliant publicity will only increase that. It really amazes me how much can be made on the internet from some very simple things. When you have access to a worldwide customer base you can literally print your own dollars!
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Lol awesome, wish i had an iPhone for some of these cool things.
lol @ that one sounded wet
I got to see Joel Comm at the o2 arena in london late 2009 where he showed us the ifart app live on stage and the whole arena was in histerics. Can you imagine it, over 7,000 people wetting themselves with laughter, it was awesome.
He also went on to show us all the sort of income possibilities from creating iphone apps and the figures can be staggering. Fun apps tend to sell the most and ifart is evidence of that when it made $27,000 in one day on the app store alone. Well done Joel and thanks for the insight into the industry which i’m now promoting through my own wesite.