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By: jwo

jwo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:32:47 +0000

How quickly the world owes you something. The iPhone is a great piece of technology. It’s not perfect, and neither are you.
Jeez…

By: Stand A Chance

Stand A Chance — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:38:00 +0000

Android is going to be a failure, why? Too many crapping phones running the software. Customers like clear solutions, not 8,000 variations of the same OS. One device, one OS, the NEW customer loves this. I guess Google should stick to ads

By: Stand A Chance

Stand A Chance — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:33:40 +0000

Om Malik you have a problem – Apple does more business on the App Store than all the other smartphones put together. Stop writing meaningless article when the process is an overwhelming success. It’s amazing a handful of developers get rejected and the sky is falling.

By: JPV

JPV — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:39:12 +0000

Well, I can download and install anything I want on my MBP. No problem. It was Apple’s decision to be gatekeepers of the iPhone platform, and keep it a closed system, so that they could impose their tax on every app sold. No one is forcing them to manage it that way. They should have anticipated the requirements of maintaining such a system. Since they make 30% of each app sold, maybe they need to stop being greedy and put some of that money back into the system.

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By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:52:54 +0000

Once you’ve got finally got your app approved, you’re always at risk of your competition trying to get your app pulled by claiming infringement. Even if there is no actual infringement, apple will send you a threatening letter:

http://www.osnews.com/story/22458/How_Apple_Handles_App_Store_Infringement_Complaints_Badly

By: PXLated

PXLated — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:49:01 +0000

I doubt anyone has read (or knows) what’s in the Apple/Carrier contracts. They could be obligated to review apps as everything is running over a private network. Since Apple was early to game changing the mobile space, their contracts could look entirely different than others and not allow for “trusted” developers. – Just a thought.

By: Aral Balkan · Apple is losing its iPhone Value Adders

Aral Balkan · Apple is losing its iPhone Value Adders — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:28:03 +0000

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By: gbp

gbp — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:05:46 +0000

Its a guestimate , so take it off.
Assume no APP is rejected ie.”ZERO Rejected”.

Which still leaves with reviewing the existing 100K APPs in whatever ( 10plus Languages) for upgrades. Also APPLE doesn’t merely check for technical issues with the APP ( performance , battery …) they also are the gate keeper of the content for the most part.

Which means every the reviewers team should know everything / anything about all of these APPs.
That to me is a big deal.
Much complex than the iTunes store music business.

By: Bobbe Lee

Bobbe Lee — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:44:11 +0000

Yup, Id have to agree that guy has issues

Jess
http://www.online-privacy.at.tc

By: Pete Austin

Pete Austin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:36:32 +0000

@gbp. “three hundred thousand rejected apps”.
@darwin. “a handful of apps have been denied”.

Where are these numbers from? Please show your working.
An accurate estimate of this problem would be very useful.

By: matt nowack

matt nowack — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:52:29 +0000

It seems to me that a way to lessen the iPhone App Approval process would be to have a “trusted developer program.” Once you have a functioning App out there that has jumped through all the hoops and been approved your App should only be subjected to an _automated_ test that determines software stability.

Of course you would get an unscrupulous developer who pushes through a legitimate application only to replace it or augment it with something inappropriate later on, but if you crowd source this I’m sure there are more than enough puritans out there to send in morality reports on any app that dares to show a boob.

So act as a gatekeeper, but once someone is in the gate give them preferential treatment until they show you that they can’t be trusted, then banhammer. This is the basic security model for most forums (another place where the desire for ease of access must be weighed against the desire to maintain quality) and although it is not perfect, it seems to work pretty well.

By: Spooke

Spooke — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:48:56 +0000

What? another article about App store approval? If I had a dollar for each one of these I’d be able to retire.

The answer to this problem is really simple, don’t buy an iPhone and don’t develop for it.

I have a Palm Pre.