April '09 - A controversial program for the iPhone called "Baby Shaker" was added to, then pulled from, Apple's App Store this week after protests about the program's offensive nature dealing with a deadly serious subject.

Child protection groups were outraged by the 99-cent app for the iPhone and iPhone touch, which encourages those frustrated with babies' crying to shake them, or in this case, shake their devices to change drawings of a crying baby to a calm one.

Apple, "which notoriously and routinely rejects new apps from developers with a 'rigorous' vetting process, nonetheless apparently allowed this horrible application to be sold through its store," said the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, whose aim is assist in the research of new developments for children with pediatric acquired brain injuries such as Shaken Baby Syndrome.

"Not only are they making fun of Shaken Baby Syndrome but they are actually encouraging it. This is absolutely terrible," said Marilyn Barr, founder of the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome and a board member of the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation.

Apple, asked about why the Baby Shaker app was approved and how long it was available before being pulled, did not answer those questions.

why do the baby's eyes get red x's in them?

KidaDynamite said:

The X mean the baby's dead.

JayJai said:

So are you supposed to shake the baby to a certain extent to calm it, is it able to get calm, I didn't even see the baby crying in the 1st place, the fuck kinda game is this?!

KidaDynamite said:

No...When u open the application, u hear a baby cryin.
The objective of the application/game is to shake the baby til it's dead in as little time as possible (hence the timer @ top of the screen) to stop the cryin