Video: Pocket Pain Doctor is the worst iPhone app. Ever.
By Vlad Savov 
posted August 26th 2009 6:06PM
posted August 26th 2009 6:06PM
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Isn't the saying "An Apple a day keeps the doctor away"?
I cant tell!!! if he isnt sarcastic thru the whole thing Ive lost all faith in humanity
It sounds/looks like he filmed this in his Bathroom (listen to the minor echo compare it to talking in your bathroom)
Apply directly to the forehead!
dumb ass be gone apply directly to a dumbass!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey engadget, instead of posting all the read links so we can double check your facts, how about just not posting this shit at all here? Or at least keep it to TUAW.
Wow, guys. Both the video and the account are now closed!
http://www.youtube.com/user/pocketpaindoctor
The App is still up though. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=321241863&mt=8
You can say what you want about the app itself, but there are no fake trademark claims. It shows the writer is very lacking when it comes to IP law. Under US law companies lay claim to product names (especially in thies genre) by using the TM. This is completely legal just like using a copyright. If you check, you will see Pain Doctor is the applied for brand under TM and Bluwave is a product under its umbrella. Even thought the writer has ripped this app apart without even trying it and refuses to try a free samples for review, I respect his right to his OPINION, but he has no right to defame our company by claiming anything about our trademarks is fake. That is illegal for him to do and we may sue if it's not retracted. Get your facts straight. And by the way, bluwave does work as a supplemental light source. It's funny I offered everyone on this site a chance to get a free download for review and so far nobody has taken me up on it. Guess you're all afraid it may work. And what about the other similar apps out there, Dr. Pain, White Noise, all the Binaural stuff? MMMMM?
he is kidding right.....right???
Placebo works as well as the real thing so who knows.
No, he's not kidding, nanometres are totally a measure of light.
Why is it so hard for you guys to believe outlandish medical claims being made by some shady looking guy in what appears to be his linen closet?
Maybe someone should beat the crap out of him and then ask him how he feels.
although he evidently doesn't know it, the "exacting nanometers" of which he speaks, refer to the wavelength of the light. and it is true that 750 nm is red, and blue is 450-475 or so.
"It's true science"
New diet pill app coming soon?
1 app a day keeps the doctor away
Is this junk science?
why no, did you not hear? it is NOT junk science. trust every word this man says. :p
No, didn't you hear him? He said it's not junk science. And he said it on the Interwebs, so it's gotta be true.
IT IS NOT!
the internet is always right i gotta have this app =P wat has the world become -1 internets
No, it has nothing to do with science, just junk.
It's been done before - many times before:
http://www.lightstim.com/
Well if people buy the application, as dumb as it may be, he's still making money, smart in my opinion. Placebo effect maybe?
I would almost hand him a dollar for being so creative! :D
Sometime's a good lie is more entertaining than the dumb truth, and apparently "This isn't junk science!"
Scamming people does require some smarts (though not always very much) but it's unfair and I'd never commend someone like this for being so shady.
-Taylor
Aha! *Activates vibrator mode* - 'You can also use it for personal fun'
This snake-oil app gets approved but Google Voice gets shit-canned. Interesting.
Because it "doesn't infringe on a already implemented function of the iPhone." And as much as I dislike Apple its because they are at least smart enough not to play witch doctor :)
i knew this comment would be here. i came looking for it. Thumbs up. fuck apple and their bullshit app world decision practices. one more reason you wont catch me on their bullshit device with their shit At&t service.
@ yochachi
Not a fan of the "An apple a day" anecdote, eh?
The Dude - Yes, because those two situations are directly comparable.
@Zach: How aren't they? Someone submitted an App. Apple reviewed the App. Apple decided that colored light is better than Google Voice
I don't doubt that light therapy works -- but I do doubt that this iPhone app works. What a joke.
Plus, the last time I checked, the iPhone did not use an LED screen. He can say that LED light stimulation heals you a thousand times, that still won't change the iPhone's LCD screen into an LED.
@Dhomas
The iPhone does use an LED backlight, though not an OLED screen. There's a difference.
no guys. you dont understand, this APP uses the same LED technology as NASA.
he's not even talking about the iphone's screen or usage of led in screen
its about the APP using LED's to heal you.
fuck this.
I bet he sells HHO converters for your car too.
Didn't Apple say that they rejected apps in the users' best interest?
That man is God, and God is a douche.
Please leave religion out of this
I thought the worst iPhone app ever was I am Rich?
Nah, that one did more for a better price.
It's the glowing red vibrator app
Proof of Apple's flawed App store approval policy.
"seasonal depression and things like that".......................... LOL
I can't believe he's managed to stay married
id like an app for harvard studies
there's thousands of horrible apple apps. what did this one do to get picked out of the bunch?