Sunday, July 3, 2011

Can I borrow your iPhone? Sorry, it’s dead… but not really (Yahoo! News)

New iPhone app lets you fake a low battery, keeping pesky friends at bay

One of the most annoying things about owning a new piece of technology is that absolutely everyone who sees it feels the need to play with it. New smartphones are a favorite of those who prefer to look with their hands rather than their eyes, but sometimes you'd rather keep your treasured device — and the loads of personal information therein — to yourself. A new app for iPhone lets you do just that, by faking a power-down indicator with the push of a touchscreen button.

The app is called Play Dead, and it's 100% free right now on the iTunes App Store. Once installed, you simply start the app to allow your screen to be taken over by the dreaded "power down" animation. This repeating loop makes it look like your iPhone is on its last leg and would therefore be no fun to play with. Hitting the phone's home button brings your device miraculously back to life, as soon as the threat of wayward fingerprints has passed.

Play Dead is about as simple as an app can get, offering a single feature and nothing more, but its uses are many. So the next time your iPhone is in danger of being hijacked by a curious friend or a youngster looking for a game to play, you can reply simply "Sorry, it's dead."

Play Dead via Gizmodo

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