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I love iPhone Apps just as much as the next person, and we’ve been talking about developing a few for clients. Apps are great when they are useful and enriching. That being said, there are definitely some apps out there that don’t need to exist. PC World just released their list of “The 10 Most Idiotic iPhone Apps.”

It’s hilarious! To read the entire article click here. Otherwise, here is a short synopsis of the list:

1. Fatburner2K – makes your iPhone vibrate. Once vibrating you are supposed to place the phone on your belly letting the vibrations turn your lard into a six pack.

2. Hair Clinic: For Man and Woman – This app emits inaudible frequencies that are supposed to promote hair growth as you move the handset around your scalp.

3. Kiss Me – Rate your kissing ability by smooching this iPhone app.

4. Passion – Apparently this app judges your prowess in the bedroom… I’m not describing how.

5. Sexy Girl Talk – Sexy Alphabet Deluxe – This is either better or worse than it sounds. All it is is a sexy girl voice reading the alphabet.

6. HangTime – if you use this you deserve what you get. This tells you the hang time when you throw your iPhone up in the air.

I apologize in advance for this one…
7. Rate a Fart 2.0 – I don’t know what horrifies me more. The fact that this app exists? Or the fact that it is the 2.0 version. I think you can guess what it does.

8. U.K. Payphone – This is irony at its finest. Basically this allows you to search for the nearest pay phone (in the U.K.) from you iPhone.

9. Drunk Sniper – This is so tasteless. This app allows you to fake urinating to see how accurate you are.

10. Beer Opener – This app just lets you pretend to open a beer.

All I have to say is… Wow.

The article has some awesome runners-up, as well. Take a read, and if you are an iPhone developer make sure before you develop another app you ask yourself, “would I be proud to tell everyone at my 20 year high school reunion that I made Rate a Fart 3.0?” If not, put the computer down, back away and come back when you have a better App idea.

Know of an app that there shouldn’t be? Post a comment and let us know!