For lazy bastards: iPhone app – Girlfriend Keeper

Sep 8, 2009 by Dan Taylor    22 Comments    Posted under: News, Technology

For iPhone owners, the amount and scope of available applications is simply staggering.  Just before a recent trans-Austria/German/Switzerland/Liechtenstein roadtrip, I bit the bullet, and bought the tomtom gps navigation system app for my iPhone, and couldn’t be happier.  Now, the tomtom app is something that I’d consider genuinely useful.  On the opposite end of the spectrum, I give you Girlfriend Keeper.

The premise is simple: this $0.99 app will randomly generate and send texts and/or sms’s to that special one in your life.  You know, the one that you’re too lazy to send self generate messages to.  The user enters predefined data such as eye color, date you started dating, her birthday, etc., and can be defined by “Relationship Seriousness” factors.  The user can also define how often messages are sent, everywhere from once a month, right down to every two hours.

The significant other can respond to these messages, and the app has a built in history feature, meaning, the sendee won’t (or shouldn’t) be caught off guard if these messages come up in conversation.

Some example texts:

“I just drove by a brown barn and it reminded me of your eyes.”

“Did you know we started dating 37 days and 8 hours ago?”

And fear not ladies, there’s also the Boyfriend Keeper.

For me, the jury’s still out on this one.  In concept, I think it’s a decent idea, but I’m not so sure the recipient would feel the same should he/she discover that these messages are AI generated.  On one hand, I’m thinking his/her heart is in the right place, but on the other hand, seriously dude (and dudettes), you couldn’t be bothered to come up with something original?