iPhone app turns speakers into world's weakest fan

Seth Weintraub
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November 18, 2009
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If you were looking for an additional I/O on the iPhone, we think we've found one.  'Blower' turns the iPhone's built in speaker into a fan that can blow out birthday candles and 'refresh your skin on hot summer nights'.   Uh huh.

Sure, it is a gimmick, but so are fart apps and those have made more than one person rich.  Speaking of which, this one is $.99 at the App Store (via Gizmodo)

Comments (15)

me (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 8:06am

Boy. it'd be nice if it were a little bit quieter. har har.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 8:39am

Lame.

Sad that this type of app gets such coverage. It will sell like crazy just because of the publicity.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 9:06am

i second that!

Alex the Greek (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 8:46am

it's pretty funny, but wouldn't it wreck you speaker, strange that Apple would allow an app that could potentially break the speaker, i assume it ramps up the speakers output to constant full volume possible?

Can any clever sound boffs tell us if it would do any damage? 

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 9:00am

The fan almost looks like it's rotating the wrong way.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 9:08am

Wanna completely destroy the speaker on your iPhone? There's an app for that!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 9:13am

They should have called it a vaccum as the blower fan is spinning the wrong direction if it's supposed to be pushing air out not sucking it in :-)

kewlfocus (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 9:25am

to fuck up your speaker. 

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 10:14am

Ok.  so there are fart applications. And they make applications that blow air. Hmm...  I gotta go.  I have an idea for an app I gotta put together.

Crozia (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 10:22am

You sir, are a genius.  I wish I had thought of that first.

ddlee (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 11:30am

without a scent for that, moving air, it'll be just another fart app. 

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 11:48am

Jeez, is this "no sense of humor day"?

It's funny.

Gazoobee (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 1:38pm

You guys are all downers.  

 

This app is right up there with "more cowbell" and is totally worth it for $.99.  It's certainly more interesting and more entertaining than 90% of the stupid boring games for iPhone.  

 

People will remember an app like this long after the 100th boring clone of monkey ball or tetris is already history.  We should reward this kind of originality, not dump all over it.  

-AG- (not verified) | November 18, 2009 - 4:45pm

I agree.

 

I think the thing people are forgetting is the fact that ITS A FRIGGIN PHONE!!!!.

 

If it was something that was designed to be something more than a gimmick or tech demo then sure come down on it all you want but for the sheer fact that it was designed at all is something amazing. 

 

Seriously people are too spoilt for technology nowadays, Gone are the days where you would have to carry a backpack just to carry your "mobile" phone.

 

 

Detektei Frankfurt (not verified) | November 19, 2009 - 3:44am

I agree that people are forgetting that it is in fact a phone. It's purpose is to communicate not to blow out candles or whatever. Sure, some of the stuff you can do with your phone nowadays is amazing, but honestly where will this end?