‘I Am Richer’ App Hits the Android Market for $200
By James Falconer on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 12:01 AM PST In Android, Applications
You might recall the ‘I Am Rich’ App that hit the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) App Store last year. Priced at a cool $999, the application was nothing more than useless ‘bling’ that allowed the purchaser to show off how much money they have. Why? Well, the app did nothing you see. Well, almost nothing… when you opened the app there was a glowing ruby gem that appeared on screen. Woohoo. $1,000 down the drain.
As I suspected, a similar app has appeared in the Android Market. Called ‘I Am Richer’, this time around the app displays a blue gem on screen… and that’s it. Oh, and the price tag? $200. Not surprising, as Google (NSDQ: GOOG) did set a price cap in the Market (last I checked anyways) of $200.
If you’re ready to try on all the smug satisfaction you can handle, knowing you’re one of the precious few stupid enough to purchase such a useless application… Go ahead and pick up ‘I Am Richer’… Honestly, if you are really considering such a purchase… Do everyone a favor and give the $200 to a person or charity that can use it!
[Via: Yahoo! Tech]
would it really work for the android market? I’d say that the kind of people who own the iphone are more susceptible to that kind of thing*.
*by ‘thing’ I mean the desire to own and display bling. That’s (at least part of) the reason they have an iphone in the first place…
Whoever buy that app is a moron