Some viable arguments lost in a tirade of hysteria. I've never written an app for the iPhone/iPad, so I have no first hand experience with the approval/rejection nonsense. I do however own an iPhone, and I love the fact that I can expect a certain level of quality in the applications I buy. One thing that makes me snicker about the article in question is the purpose of the app. Why the hell would you want to waste an iPad on using it as a picture frame? With Twitter overlays? Anyway, each to their own. My main point is that so long as the people bitching publicly are gibbering loons like the idiot-in-charge at the linked blog, very few folk will pay attention.
Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
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Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#42Some viable arguments lost in a tirade of hysteria. I've never written an app for the iPhone/iPad, so I have no first hand experience with the approval/rejection nonsense. I do however own an iPhone, and I love the fact that I can expect a certain level of quality in the applications I buy. One thing that makes me snicker about the article in question is the purpose of the app. Why the hell would you want to waste an…
> Why the hell would you want to waste an iPad on using it as a picture frame? With Twitter overlays?
When you're at your laptop/desktop computer on your desk. It's handy to have a dedicated display for twitter/other dashboards, if you like keeping up on that stuff while you work.
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#43Does apple not see how this will end up badly for them? Apple, you're scaring off talented developers; soon the only people who will be left are people who can afford to have gobs and gobs of apps rejected.
I don't think these types of stories are scaring off anybody since we've been reading about App Store rejections for the last two years and it seems that companies and developers continue to want to make apps for iPad/iPod/iPhone. It sounds to me like these developers didn't read the app store guidelines. Don't make apps that do what Apple devices can already do natively. They made an app that was too much like a des…
It sounds to me like these developers didn't read the app store guidelines.
The app was accepted, and for sale in the store, and only then did it get pulled - so says the article. Not even the unnamed app store reviewers spotted that this app went against the guidlines.
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#44Apple hypocrisy at it's finest!
So it's okay to make VNC, Citrix and other kinds of apps that can connect you to remote Windows and Linux desktops, but any app that looks too different from or too similar to Apple's Springboard faces automatic bannination? At this rate, Apple is going to need to start employing teams of Theologians and Talmudic scholars to interpret and administer the Kafkaesque Laws of the App Store. Never mind the fact that Apple, nor any software company should ever be in the position of censoring the content of any software that runs on their machines.
What did Steve say on the D8 video yesterday—"companies don't have to be rude to other companies" That's the Apple we want, not the Sith Inquisition.
Big corporations bend the rules all the time to help other big corporations—everyone knows and accepts this. But when big corporations make the rules secret, and then use them to help each other while hurting the little guy, well, that's just as rude and arrogant as it gets from a company!
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#45Some viable arguments lost in a tirade of hysteria. I've never written an app for the iPhone/iPad, so I have no first hand experience with the approval/rejection nonsense. I do however own an iPhone, and I love the fact that I can expect a certain level of quality in the applications I buy. One thing that makes me snicker about the article in question is the purpose of the app. Why the hell would you want to waste an…
Why the hell would you want to waste an iPad on using it as a picture frame?
Why the hell would you want to use an iPhone to make farts? But the app store is full of them.
I, as an iPhone developer (reconsidering the thing every time I read news like this one) don't see all that quality in the app store. Sure, there are a lot of high quality apps, but there is a lot of garbage that just piles up hiding worthy applications.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are lots of complaints about how Android version incompatibilities makes it a pain for developers. The iPhone is a joy to program for, but the app store policy sucks. Android is a bitch to program for, but the app story policy is great. I'd say they're about neck and neck.
iPhone - Has greed on it's side, good environment, not too open, squanders mindshare Android - Not the 1st choice of the greedy, too many compatibility issues, very open, makes the right moves for mindshare. By this analysis, Android seems to be on a winning trajectory in the long run.
That surely depends on how you define winning.
Apple actually makes money with their mobile products. Not sure do or will do.
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#47I've already decided I'm waiting for the Android hardware/software platform to stabilize before buying a smartphone, due to Apple's policies, but I was really looking forward to buying an iPad this summer. Yes, the policies are the same, but it's got no reasonable alternative and it looks so sexy and useful.
However, reading this article outraged me so much I changed my mind. As a developer I don't want other developers to have to put up with Apple's 1984 policies, so I'll wait for an Android based device on the tablet front too.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly, I'd love too see android be a viable competitor, but until it is, Apple is going to continue reigning. Android is still ultrafragmented, and none of the tablets are out yet (nor will necessarily be that good when they come). Half the iPad development I'm seeing looked for is for B2B apps, not consumer apps.
And how will business apps be viable if you aren't allowed to install your own software?
http://developer.apple.com/programs/iphone/enterprise/
Basically this allows side loading of business apps to approved business of a large (500+) size. I'm not sure if the apps need to be approved by apple still, but I'm guessing they would.
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#49Some viable arguments lost in a tirade of hysteria. I've never written an app for the iPhone/iPad, so I have no first hand experience with the approval/rejection nonsense. I do however own an iPhone, and I love the fact that I can expect a certain level of quality in the applications I buy. One thing that makes me snicker about the article in question is the purpose of the app. Why the hell would you want to waste an…
What does your opinion of this app have to do with the app store approval process?
How does rejecting this app help Apple ensure overall quality?
Re: Apple: Make a desktop, your iPad app is toast
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are lots of complaints about how Android version incompatibilities makes it a pain for developers. The iPhone is a joy to program for, but the app store policy sucks. Android is a bitch to program for, but the app story policy is great. I'd say they're about neck and neck.
> Android is a bitch to program for, but the app story policy is great. The Android Market policy is only great if you are from one of the few countries that can publish app on it. It amazes me that this aspect is always left out while discussing the topic.
[searches a bit, finds this]
Supported locations for distributing applications: http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?hl...
Supported locations for merchants: http://www.google.com/support/androidmarket/bin/answer.py?an...