Here's a short article from Unzipped August, 2009 issue which I found, called
Bump & Grindr by Sean Carnage, which was nicely illustrated by J.C. Etheredge.
BUMP & GRINDR
iSlut, iAss. . . Call it what you will, this free application for your iPhone will revolutionize the way you hook up.
BY SEAN CARNAGE
(Unzipped.Aug.2009)
Got a boner? Got an iPhone? You're in luck, because the axiom that "sex always leads the way with a new technology" holds true in the realm of mobile computing — especially with the ubiquitous iPhone. Just log in to Apple's App Store and take 45 seconds to download Grindr. It's 100% free and brilliantly straightforward.
It's also brilliantly gay-forward. By accessing the GPS data of iPhone users in your local area, Grindr shows you graphically (through steaming hot thumbnail images) the face, chest, or ass of every nearby guy who's looking for a good time. Just activate it, and voila! Welcome to the candy store. The program even displays the distance between you and each man down to the foot. That's right — just traipse down the street and let Grindr identify each dude who's moanin' for a bonin' — then go scoop him up. Grindr is like having the perfect gaydar we've all fantasized about. Don't see anyone you fancy? Simply shake your phone and Grindr will load a whole new batch of sluts.
Grindr is perfect for the discreet, too. This clever app dispenses with all the old school, centralized control that hookup sites usually maintain over your sexual 411. With Grindr, you're not required to provide any info you don't want to. Think about it: no need to give up your name, age, height, weight, likes/ dislikes, or even a photo if you don't want to (just your location will appear instead). And there's no requirement to run home and fiddle with your PC, either. Grindr is not accessible via the Web — thus no worries about someone stealing your photos — all of the program's features are controlled on your iPhone.
Grindr is most useful in big, densely populated areas like New York City. Reliable sources tell us that as bar traffic winds down each night, hotties from Chelsea to Williamsburg can be seen shaking their phones and Grindr-ing for a hookup.
When we first booted up Grindr at Unzipped's Los Angeles headquarters, it was like stepping into a whole new world. All of a sudden all these hot guys we had seen on the street were there — and they were looking for sex just like us! (It also picked up an unsuspecting coworker just a few desks over, though, so beware.) Maybe early adopters of the iPhone and Grindr are just edgier than the rest of the general population, but all the dudes were so hot. They were ethnically mixed (love all the beautiful Asian and Latino guys on there!), alternative (lots of artists and musicians), aged 20-50, and, because the Grindr technology is so groundbreaking, there were more bi and curious guys than you might expect. What boy doesn't love to play with a new toy? It seems that the genius of this new gizmo will get a straight guy to consider an m4m blow job pretty quickly (like our fave, bisexual 26 year-old "Cowboy Hay Hay," who says, "Grey Goose got your girl feeling loose?"). When you find a dude in your area, you can send him a text and additional photos through Grindr's proprietary chat system — amazing!
But a word of caution: Grindr is so addictive, you must not ever use it while walking or driving. After all, it's much nicer to be crashing your dick into a gorgeous butt hole than smashing your car into a telephone pole.
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