Ok so, I’ve loaded up Limbo and at first it looks like it should be the coolest little application, it’s very slick and seems to have options galore. Although I may need a short stint back at school for a quicky Phd in order to figure out how to use it all.

It also seems to be a product that may really only work for the MAYBE U crowd (MAny, Yet Bored Enthusiastic Updaters), so if you’ve already updated what you’re doing right now on Facebook more than three times today, please read on, this product may be for you.

I first learned about Limbo while waiting in line with a friend at the NYC Apple Store. Guys and girls, who well looked like they belonged in an apple store, were handing out cards promoting the application. So being the good consumer I am, I loaded it up as I was told and tried to get to work. Loading it up and setting up an account, worked like a charm, no problems. Once I got in, that’s when the confusion began.

Problem #1 Complexity. There are probably ten times as many option in this application as there needs to be, and it’s not readily clear what they all do at first pass or why they’re all there. There are four categories across the top, Faves, Friends, Contacts and Members… this could very easily be two: people I know and people I don’t know.

Then there is the Who, What, Where, Shout and Profile. “Who” shows who is nearby and “What” shows what the people nearby are doing categorized in one of seven categories: socializing, eating, playing, me time, chilling, working and feeling, all of which can be described in great pre selected detail. For example a mere ten taps later I can tell the world that I am Socializing>Dancing>Salsa Dancing in Chinatown and plan to be participating in that activity Today from 6 to 6:05 PM. I can also shout at people, or in other words send them a text message… presumably to let them know that I plan to commence swing dancing next, just in case they’re not around to see the update on my activity profile.

So that brings me to issue #2… I am not in the MAYBE U crowd (Many Yet Bored Enthusiastic Updaters). The product assumes that you have 50 friends all with iPhones and all the time in the world, who are all bored and willing to update their status information constantly. Anything less, and I am not sure this product really works.