More than 200 folks with diabetes have had a bit of a nightmare because of a dodgy iOS app that's been knocking off their insulin pumps too early.

The FDA's been on the blower to say that Tandem Diabetes Care had to tell everyone to ditch version 2.7 of their t:connect app. Why? 'Because it has been having a mare, crashing and restarting more than a dodgy old car, and it's been sucking the life out of the pumps' batteries with all the Bluetooth chatter.

This means the pumps are conking out way before they should, leaving people in the lurch. Tandem's been quick to tell everyone to get the app updated to version 2.7.1 or newer, which should sort the mess out. There's no need to send anything back, but the FDA's still calling it a "Class I" recall, which is code for "it's pretty serious, and someone could've copped it."

While no one's kicked the bucket because of it, one has to wonder how this product was tested before it was allowed into the Apple store.  Job’s Mob charges a pretty penny to allow access to its store and one of the things it brags about is security and that the product does what it says.