PosiMotion unveils unfortunately-named iPhone app

PosiMotion is planning a suite of applications for the iPhone to assist in everything from navigation to a social network for iPhone users.

Its flagship product, hilariously named G-Spot (ask your parents), features a compass and tool to determine your latitude and longitude using the iPhone 3G's built-in GPS antenna. According to the press release, you will be able to find G-Spot at the App Store on July 11 "for an affordable $1.99."

Don't forget to visit the G-Spot website, where you can download high-resolution G-Spot pictures, and get more G-Spot information. (Sorry. Couldn't resist. I'll stop now.)

Anywho, PosiMotion's other products include G-Park, which helps you find your car in large parking lots with step-by-step directions back to your vehicle. G-Fi is a small hardware device touted as the "world's first" mobile GPS network router, adding GPS capability to any nearby WiFi-enabled device. G-Life, which is vaporware thus far, will be a social networking application for iPhone users with an undefined feature set. The company will also publish a series of games.

Curiously, the company is also featuring G-Minds, a "publishing program" that has been "pre-certified by Apple to test applications and distribute them on Apple's App Store." It sounds like a sort of consignment program for developers not as-yet accepted into the App Store program.

Thanks, Yoli!

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Rodney

Can I also point out a characteristic flaw here? There is no compass in the iPhone, and core Location will NOT tell you which direction you are going in unless it has GPS. If it doesn't then it will need to MANUALLY call for location at a second's interval which will take ages for you to pinpoint (like 20 seconds) and so how could they have tested this in real life?

July 08 2008 at 9:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adrian vG

and Glife is allready a social networking site...

July 08 2008 at 1:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jerry Jones

This company sent me an email regarding my app, and wants to "help me" get my app in the app store. Total scam if you ask me.

July 08 2008 at 1:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Nate

Finally! A way to find her G-spot on the iPhone! You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this...

July 07 2008 at 11:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

(01)

Oh man, $2 is totally worth it for me to be out in public and tell people I have to check my g-spot to figure out where we are.

July 07 2008 at 9:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adam

Considering the company is called "(Posi)motion", I think G-Spot is very appropriate ;).

July 07 2008 at 8:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Caitlin

That was really funny. Totally just scored TUAW some points in my proverbial book.

July 07 2008 at 8:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Matt

I looked all over but I couldn't find the G-Spot software.

I think it's a myth.

July 07 2008 at 8:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Shawn

Er...did they do any kind of searching about that name first? Even for existing software?

GSpot Codec Information Appliance: http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

July 07 2008 at 8:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

JKT

I agree with Ben--this naming is 100% intentional. The proof? "You can find the g-spot..." marketing line. C'mon--they're playing it for everything it's worth with writing like that.

July 07 2008 at 8:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Robert Palmer

Actually that's my phrasing (for comedic effect) ... the press release only had the quoted portion of the sentence with a different phrasing.

Nothing in the press release otherwise suggested this was an "in" joke. Not at least to me. If they did it on purpose, then kudos to them. Personally, I think it's another TrekStor "iBeat Blaxx" situation.

You can read the press release yourself, even:
http://xrl.us/kkay2

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