{"id":1105,"date":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T11:58:41","slug":"the_best_pointless_apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/the_best_pointless_apps","title":{"rendered":"The Best Pointless Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our small survey of apps with little or no practical utility concludes with a couple of winners. The first actually looks quite fun while the second takes banality to a new level and deserves recognition.<\/p>\n<h2>Harmonica<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" height=\"150\" align=\"left\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/iPhone\/harmonica_app.jpg\" alt=\"harmonica app\" \/>Slide your lips along a &ldquo;genuinely sampled 10-hole diatronic harmonica&rdquo;. It also includes all twelve keys so it&#8217;s actually more useful than a single-key harmonica!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Hold On!<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" height=\"150\" align=\"left\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/iPhone\/button_hold_app.jpg\" alt=\"button hold app\" \/>This one&#8217;s a keeper. Ironically, this is listed in the &ldquo;Productivity&rdquo; section of the App Store. &ldquo;Compete to see how long you can hold the button!&rdquo; The &ldquo;player&rdquo; puts their finger on a &ldquo;button&rdquo; and the duration of the hold is timed down to a millisecond. That&#8217;s it.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our small survey of apps with little or no practical utility concludes with a couple of winners. The first actually looks quite fun while the second takes banality to a new level and deserves recognition. 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