Playboy Launches iPad App, Minus Centerfold

[Maura]

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PaidContent reports today that Playboy has released its iPad app to the App Store. The app costs a reasonable $2.99/£1.79, but before you get too excited, bear (bare?) in mind that Playboy is still subject to Apple’s anti-nudity policy, as per the great purge of all naughty apps earlier this year, which means there will be no centerfold, and no nudity, although a fetching bikini or nice bra is okay, apparently. There’s even a rather mournful note at the end of the app description on the iPad App Store saying “This app does not contain any fully nude contentâ€, just in case you were in any doubt. But no need to be downhearted, the app does after all bring you the Playmate’s intro text, data sheet, and a behind-the-scenes video, not to mention free Rabbit Head wallpaper, as well as those all-important features and articles that are most people’s main reason for buying Playboy (cough), so that’s okay then.

Source: paidContent, iTunes

 

[Matth3w]

Worthless as tits on a man.

 

[iPadCharlie]

Playboy without pictures is just..... wrong!

 

[Dbolen888]

Pimp ahoy

And we want to view this dried up lecherous old pimp because ?

 

[Matth3w]

We don't want to view him, we want to view the women he surrounds himself with.

 

[gentlefury]

What's the point?

They would be better off doing an iPad formatted web site.

 

[Drag Bunt]

I rest easier knowing that no soft core porn can be accessed from my iPad.

 

[Matth3w]

Youporn.com can be accessed from your iPad and they have an iPad HTML5 version of every video.

 

[iVan]

Playboy is available on Zinio. Would that be the reason behind some iPads overheating? Now I see why Apple would want to control that...

 

[Petro Dudka]

That is very interesting!

 

[King Hal]

Might as just have a text-only version of Playboy = totally pointless (if you'll excuse the pun)