It's the typo that has the Twitterverse buzzing.
Just as Mitt Romney scored the GOP presidential nomination last night, his campaign released an iPhone app called "With Mitt" â€" only to discover it had one major error. The free app lets users customize photos with Mitt-inspired frames and messages, then post the images directly to Facebook or Twitter, or email it to a friend. The email recipient receives a message saying "I'm with Mitt Romney in 2012. And here's a photo showing my support. Check it out!"
But there's just one problem. One of the 14 slogans you can add to your image reads: "A Better Amercia."
Yes, you read that correctly. Amercia.
The typo quickly went viral, inciting a wave of jokes on Twitter.
"Apparently Obama doesn't have anything to worry about. Romney is running to be the president of Amercia," tweeted @AmericanHumor [1] .
"Turns out Obama is running uncontested as Romney shifts focus to be the president of 'Americia,'" tweeted @wesleyverhoeve [2] .
"I don't know where #Amercia is but I fear it has a low literacy rate," quipped @asifintoronto [3] .
Another Twitter user, @KatieHudkins pointed out [4] that "While #Amercia does have a nice ring to it, Romney's developers of "his" app may want to begin looking for new jobs."
A Romney campaign spokeswoman reportedly told MSNBC [5] that, simply, "mistakes happen." The campaign has submitted a corrected app to Apple, which has yet to approve the new error-free version.
As of Wednesday morning, the typo was still live. The app is available for free in the App Store.
For more from Angela, follow her on Twitter @amoscaritolo [6] .
Links
- ^ tweeted @AmericanHumor (twitter.com)
- ^ tweeted @wesleyverhoeve (twitter.com)
- ^ quipped @asifintoronto (twitter.com)
- ^ @KatieHudkins pointed out (twitter.com)
- ^ reportedly told MSNBC (content.usatoday.com)
- ^ @amoscaritolo (twitter.com)
- ^ @PCMag (twitter.com)
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