Video: pigeon learns to "play" Tap Tap Revenge
By Darren Murph 
posted August 3rd 2008 10:52AM
posted August 3rd 2008 10:52AM
posted August 3rd 2008 10:52AM
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Stop that Pidgeon, Mutley!
Does he get a medal for sorting out the spelling mistake too?
I speak more english then you speak Dutch, so shut up, and don't try to get a Highest Rank which such weak comments
You know what's scary? That framed picture on the desk...
haha, i think he/she's just hungry for some moving white balls.
That's not an iPhone 3G and... who the hell keeps a dirty pigeon in their home??
not an iphone 3g? did you notice the crazy wobbliness when the finger/beak pressed/pecked on the screen due to the curved back?
I hope he had a screen protector because the iPhone's screen is scratch-resistant not scratch-proof.
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Pigeons smegons, haven't you ever seen how well sheep play with this thing?!
What's the big deal? 95% of the applications in the App Store are for the birds. :-)
WHO THE F*** has a Pigeon as a Pet??
That is DISGUSTING.
It ranks right up there with worms and bacteria as fish bowl replacements.
People also keep rats as pets and they're great. I used to have a budgie and there's no real difference if they're house birds. Mind you, they will shit everywhere but you'll get that problem with any large bird.
Given that dogs lick, er, those areas with limited sunshine and then you, I'd rather go with the pigeon. Each to their own.
I don't want no pigeons
Them be the girls who get no dubs from me
Playing the bar dumb broke with her best friend's coat
Trying to holler at me
The iPhone is not registering the pecks at all (I'm not sure what the commenter was smoking to think that the pigeons breath was causing it to work). The proof - in the TTR game, if you tap too high on the screen, it will pause the game and pop up a paused game screen. The bird is clearly tapping too high on the screen and the game is not pausing... Nice try, but the bird is just futilely pecking at the screen. No high scores for the bird, just the guy whose finger keeps tapping the screen.
Well, duh, genius. Last time I checked the iPhone can only respond to human skin. Can't use a stylus, or better yet, a bird's beak.
You realize that google is going to sue for this because they have already trained their pigeons to power their search engines by pecking. If apple uses them for voice dial they will be toast.
I want to see Mr Pigeon in a rhythm game.
A Pigeon supposed to "carry" mails,
not sending SMS !
I now need a pigeon on my shoulder that hits the send button for me :D
I wonder what the Iphone will register when the pigeon turns around and craps on it.
Flying rat ?
Watch out for lockjaw, dude.
Do you think they could teach a pigeon to play "Taps" on a musical iPhone at the Steve's and the Woz's funerals when they pass on to their next existance?
dat pigeon be crazzxy!
So, answer me this - what would someone be doing with a pigeon in their house in the first place? I don't really know anyone who has one as a pet...
The iPhone is not registering the pecks at all (I'm not sure what the commenter was smoking to think that the pigeons breath was causing it to work). The proof - in the TTR game, if you tap too high on the screen, it will pause the game and pop up a paused game screen. The bird is clearly tapping too high on the screen and the game is not pausing... Nice try, but the bird is just futilely pecking at the screen. No high scores for the bird, just the guy whose finger keeps tapping the screen.
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That poor iphone!!! What did it ever do to deserve death by pecking!
mass hysteria with intent to breach the peace
It was framed, I tell ya, FRAMED!!!!!!!!!
Instead of a regular arm, Carl had been born with a pigeon's wing. The odd thing was, all through his life, no one had ever laughed at his wing -- not even the mean kids at school. Then one day he realized why: He looked in the mirror and saw that HE WAS A PIGEON! He crapped right there, as he often did, wherever he was.
Reminds me of a Deep Thought by Jack Handey...
Instead of a regular arm, Carl had been born with a pigeon's wing. The odd thing was, all through his life, no one had ever laughed at his wing -- not even the mean kids at school. Then one day he realized why: He looked in the mirror and saw that HE WAS A PIGEON! He crapped right there, as he often did, wherever he was.
Dammit, that's the 200th pigeon i was looking for on GTA IV. argg.
in unrelated matter, elite beat agents would be awesome on the iphone/ipod touch.
The pigeon doesn't have to wear headphones! Lucky him. This pigeon deleted his version of TTR because the volume blasted his feathers off. And, according to what I've been reading, no plans to provide volume level adjustment for Apps any time soon. (Yes, this is different than music volume at least on the Ipod Touch.)
that's nothing, my pet woodpecker made mincemeat of my iphone just before i went to mime class
Lol it would be funny if you sprinkled your iPhone with breadcrumbs
i know! it's totally funny when you drop random clumps of small particles onto a phone!!1
warning. allowing a bird to use your iphone may void warranty
What is that picture on the backgroud ???
iPhone gaming at its finest.