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Porn Market Capitalizes on iPhone 4


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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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  • Name: Brian Gross
    Date posted: 8/3/2010 5:31:48 PM
    Hometown: Woodland Hills

    Comment:

    To the writer of this article, the company name is Pink Visual, not Pink Video.

  • Name: Frank
    Date posted: 7/31/2010 2:08:14 AM
    Hometown: Elk Grove

    Comment:

    @Doug, I've salute you because you can not only read people faces, you can read abs too. LOL. But is true, they just took out your post and changed the picture like nothing happened. The advocate not long ago also posted the picture of a transgender man that wasn't related to the article at all and they had to change it after the poor guy received a lot of calls. I love the advocate, but you guys if you read this, you guys need to increase your stock images library. BTW, I'm also a model, for a fee. Call me. xoxox

  • Name: doug
    Date posted: 7/30/2010 11:08:48 PM
    Hometown: vb

    Comment:

    wow...censorship rules the Advocate...my post alerting you to the fact that the pic you posted was of legit actor Steve Sandvoss was removed, and the pic was changed- instead of saying thank you- the Advocate wipes my post out and re does the pic- I guess you don't want everyone knowing what dumbasses you are.

  • Name: droughtquake
    Date posted: 7/30/2010 7:01:50 PM
    Hometown: Oakland, CA

    Comment:

    Victor, if that's your problem, why are you giving an iPhone 4 to a 12-year-old? Part of being a parent is choosing when a particular piece of technology is appropriate for a specific child.

  • Name: Frank
    Date posted: 7/30/2010 5:29:33 PM
    Hometown: Elk Grove

    Comment:

    @Victor You need to read the article again or own an iPhone to know what they are saying. Apple controls only the app store, they don't control the websites you visit with the safari browser or what goes on faceTime. Porn companies set up websites and phone lines that can provide their services to iPhone owners because they are not selling them on the Apple app store.

  • Name: Victor
    Date posted: 7/30/2010 4:54:31 PM
    Hometown: Bloomington, IN

    Comment:

    I'm sorry, this is so stupid. Apple needs to let go. Especially with something like this were you very specifically have to connect manually as the service isn't porn specific who cares about kids? Do I want a 12 year old to accidentally stumble onto a porn video, absolutely not. Any pornographic content that is that easy to access should be more locked down. If someone is old enough to pursue sexual content, then they're probably old enough to handle it. Porn made high school way easier to deal with, and I probably wouldn't have figured out I liked guys nearly as quickly without it. It's necessary, and quite honestly often positive. We need to get over out sex negative culture.



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