Proposing with an iPhone app

Unfortunately, Wired doesn't tell us if she said yes, but it's Valentine's Day, so we'll assume she did. The app must have been distributed ad-hoc, too, because we don't see it on the App Store at all (not too surprising, considering that as cool as it is, it's got some limited functionality). But congrats to Haggerty and Choe -- if they run into any issues at the ceremony, there's probably an app for that too.
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Need to propose to someone? There's an app for that. Brian X. Chen at Wired reports that coder Bryan Haggerty proposed to his girlfriend...
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I know Bryan. We used to work together at JPMorgan. I saw this and gave him a shout.
February 16 2009 at 6:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWho in their right mind would propose via an iPhone App.
I would say yes, take their money and their iPhone and then divorce them for being stupid.
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Who in their right mind would assume that if someone likes something they don't, that person is "stupid?" (And who in their right mind would post a question and forget to use a question mark? Who's stupid now?)
February 15 2009 at 2:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat's very sweet... I love the idea of being proposed to by someone that gets how "into" Mac I am!
February 14 2009 at 10:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIn this sense, "iPhone app" meaning the pre-SDK version of the term when Steve wants people to code for Mobile Safari.
February 14 2009 at 8:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replythat's not an app, its in safari - its just a website
February 14 2009 at 6:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes this work with indecent proposals as well?
February 14 2009 at 3:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyî C what U did thereî·
February 15 2009 at 12:01 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyif those screenshots are accurate, it's obviously a web app and not a native iphone app.
February 14 2009 at 3:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo... I take it it's a jailbreak app, or did he actually get it approved by Apple?
February 14 2009 at 1:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAd-hoc distribution is a provision by Apple that lets you distribute your app to a limited number of iPhones/iPod touches without having to submit it to the App Store, i.e. if the app is only ever going to be used by your company's own employees. No jailbreaking required.
February 14 2009 at 2:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI proposed to my now wife with an iPod touch engraved with the request. She still tells people about it. Done it in the university's mac lab too :P
February 14 2009 at 1:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAweee...that's sweet....
bad part...I think your girl friend has to be very very non-geeky to fall for this though...but any way good luck to these guys..
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