We get quite a few emails from people who want us to take a look at their product with an eye towards reviewing it. Every few months or so among those offers is a plea for us to try a new mobile app. Invariably the dialogue goes one of two ways. If they are lucky Amy gets to the mailbox first and it goes like this:
Excited entrepreneur: I would love it if you would test and review my new mobile wine app!
Amy: Sure, just tell me where to download the Android version.
Less excited entrepreneur: It’s for the iPhone.
Amy: Oh, well we don’t review applications that are only available for iPhone. But feel free to let us know when it is also available for Android.
Then there are the poor bastards who have to deal with me: