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Sex and Smartphones: 5 Apps Edgier Than Pepsi's 'Amp Up'

23.10.2009
The Web's gotten all worked up this week over a sex-centric by Pepsi. The app, called , provided pickup lines for different categories of women, ranging from "the nerd" to "the foreign exchange student." It then encouraged users to keep track of their conquests on a "brag list" that could be shared across various social networks.

Before you get your keyboard in a bundle, you should know that the app's been pulled: Pepsi on Thursday following calls of .

We've seen plenty of before. So why did Pepsi get singled out? Who knows -- maybe sex and soda just don't mix. One thing's for sure, though: There's no shortage of risqué apps, even in Apple's . Here are five that strike me as being far edgier than Pepsi's Amp Up offering.

1. Booty Gong

The objections to Pepsi's app included claims that it . The people lodging these complaints, I have to assume, have never picked up a copy of Men's Health or Cosmo (or watched a single movie made since 1967). They also probably haven't downloaded , an iPhone app designed to let you "ring the gong" and notify your friends after a "successful booty call."

Then again, maybe I'm just being stereotypical.