When I tried to update to the latest Shazam for iPhone after I installed iPhone OS 3.0, I saw this age warning pop-up window when the phone attempted to install the update: Age restriction warning on apps in iPhone OS 3.0 (Credit: Nicole Lee/CNET) I found this curious, because a) I had already downloaded the application; this was just an update — if I was okay with the original application, shouldn’t the update be kosher as well? and b) Shazam is perhaps no more “objectionable” than just turning on the radio; it’s just telling you the song it thinks the source is playing.

When I tried to update to the latest Shazam for iPhone after I installed iPhone OS 3.0, I saw this age warning pop-up window when the phone attempted to install the update:

Age restriction warning on apps in iPhone OS 3.0

(Credit: Nicole Lee/CNET)

I found this curious, because a) I had already downloaded the application; this was just an update — if I was okay with the original application, shouldn’t the update be kosher as well? and b) Shazam is perhaps no more “objectionable” than just turning on the radio; it’s just telling you the song it thinks the source is playing.

Moral questions aside, it seems the addition of this age restriction warning is due to the parental controls on the new iPhone OS 3.0. — as a parent, you can allow app downloads based on age (from 4+ to 17+), so we suspect you’ll see a lot more age restriction warnings added to apps in the App Store. This might be a wise move on Apple’s part — Apple has already come under some criticism for rejecting seemingly legitimate apps like the one from Nine Inch Nails and the Eucalyptus ebook reader just because it provides access to the publicly available Kama Sutra. Perhaps if it removes itself as mediator and simply slaps on age restriction warnings, Apple might save itself some bad press. We’ll see if this works out as intended.

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Some apps have age restriction warnings in iPhone OS 3.0