Despite Apple’s constant attempts to keep the iPhone wholesome, the adult market has flocked to the new phone’s FaceTime videoconference software, and porn companies are even hiring models specifically for the product.
FaceTime, a software program designed for face-to-face videoconference on Apple’s new iPhone 4, is one of the phone’s top selling points. Marketed in a series of commercials that feature friends and family sharing touching moments across the distance, FaceTime is finding a whole new audience through sites like Craiglist.
Recently, postings have appeared on Craigslist featuring language like “Hey what’s up my girl and I are looking for a couple or another guy to video chat” and “must have iPhone 4 with Face Time.” Individuals aren’t the only one taking advantage of the erotic possibilities, however.
According to AP, adult production companies like Pink Video and CamWorld are well prepared for the market’s potential, in some cases arranging services before the phone went on sale. "It has a very personal feel,” explained Quentin Boyer, a Pink Video spokesman.
Apple has always endeavored to prevent pornographic and adult applications from selling through iTunes, but many feel that FaceTime creates an uncontrollable outlet that could open up new problems for parents, as cell phones are not as easy to monitor as a family computer. Jonathan Zittrain, cofounder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, thinks Apple will emerge unscathed, however: "Apple can't be seen as responsible any more than makers of routers or hardware are responsible for the content you are looking at.”
Apple has sold over 3 million fourth-generation iPhones since the product's debut in mid June of this year.
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