app store

There is no question that amongst the massive amounts of the good applications out there for the iPhone, there is also no shortage of really crappy applications. In the past, the best approach to handling this was to simply trial and error your way through a muddled list of iPhone applications.
These days, there is a [...]

Trying to get ones mind around how the approval process takes place with the Apple App Store is almost overwhelming, to be honest. So many applications entries coming in each day. Trying to ensure the Apple policies are being met, that no laws are broken along the way. Almost sounds like an impossible task.
But while [...]

So if the problem with Google Voice on the iPhone is not due to AT&T, then what is it? Well apparently, there is some strong speculation that Apple is having a fit over their own efforts like visual voicemail being overtaken by Google’s efforts.
Okay, fine. By all means restrict what we can do with the [...]

Looks like even the big companies out there fall victim to Apple’s crazy approval process when it comes to dealing with getting an application approved to be offered in the iPhone App Store. Frankly, to point out that it is frustrating, is an understatement.
Recently Yahoo discovered this first hand and from what I can tell, [...]

Apple really crossed a line here in this instance. While some apps are rightfully pulled, I think Apple overstepped commonsense when they pulled the app described in this article. While I am sure the charge would be pulling this app helps to avoid any potential for violence against offenders or worse, lawsuits against Apple. At [...]

With as ridiculous as Apple has been to App Store developers recently, perhaps it is time for Microsoft to take a stab at creating an app store of their very own. The phones supported might not be seen as sexy as the iPhone, but something tells me that this won’t be an issue for the [...]

There is really no question that the Apple Tablet is destined to be a game changer for Apple as a whole. But there are also some concerns that it might translate into extra headaches for iPhone developers. Allow me to explain why.
In the past, developing for the iPhone has translated into understood consistency amongst certain [...]

Despite the technology being out there, available, today…Apple is forcing iPhone devs to wait on releasing Augmented Reality applications. To say this is a raw deal, would be an understatement.
On the flipside of the coin however, it should also be noted that this kind of technology is so new that privacy concerns are not totally [...]

So if we were to take this article at its face value, we would be safe in assuming that there is no way that Apple’s App Store is a reflection of the future for software distribution.
My take on this is that yes, app stores for mobile devices is most certainly where things are at. Apple [...]

Apple has had presence from the beginning thanks to iTunes and the iPod. Based on the sheer success of these two offerings, tossing in an application store while making sure the SDK for the iPhone/iPod Touch was accessible was largely a big reason why the app store has become a runaway success.
So just how popular [...]

So it is really no secret that the BlackBerry App World has been less than a stellar success in contrast to Apple App Store. But rather than seeing RIM giving up, they are going to try an approach that is actually rather clever. Enter MyBlackBerry.
Rather than spending a lot of time trying to convince people [...]

Wait, I thought that Apple had branded itself as a hardware company? You know, a hardware company that happened to also deal in software? It seems that this fact is changing right before our very eyes. These days, Apple is fast becoming an App Store in both a literal and virtual sense.
With a reduction in [...]

For many people, using the iPhone application known simply as Qik is something that has changed the way they share their day with the world. And for those who are willing to Jailbreak their iPhone, it is certainly one option to be sure. But not everybody is willing to go this route. And with concerns [...]

Until today, I must confess that I had never heard of PhoneGap, possibly being due to the fact that I am not a developer. Despite this issue, I was shocked to hear that apps built with the PhoneGap development platform are apparently, being rejected by the iPhone App Store?
This is not to say that everyone [...]

Only $20 to 45 Million made from the app store so far? Really, is that all? While this might sound like a tremendous amount of money to some, the fact of the matter is that most of us actually believed that these numbers would have been much higher.
Regardless of these numbers not being as high [...]

As difficult as this is for me to believe, it seems that as of right now, since its inception, the iPhone app store has seen roughly 40,000 in its midst at one time or another. Seriously, 40,000! Just getting my mind around that number is something else.
But this perhaps raises another question. Can other companies, [...]

It’s comical, but it seems like only yesterday I was someone who used to proudly ring my default Nokia ringtone on my old Nokia phone. How times have changed! Today, it seems like Nokia has dropped off the face of the planet, what with the wars going on with the iPhone, G1, BlackBerry Storm and [...]

So as we can see from this article, getting yourself banned with prohibited app submissions with Microsoft Windows Marketplace is apparently pretty black and white. Also, I would say the above linked piece explains what apps will simply be rejected as well.
So why is everything so secretive about Apple’s reasons for blocking or banning an [...]

Wrap your heads around this figure for a minute - one million dollars in iPhone revenue. Can you imagine that? Crazy as it might sound, the MLB app for the iPhone has been a real cash cow for the sports franchise. But to be totally fair, I would say that the MLB franchise is hardly [...]

People never cease to amaze me. And to a greater degree, the fact that one application can be rejected due to having the wrong icons while another promoting abuse of infants is accepted to the Apple iPhone App Store.
Today I was dismayed to find an application called “Baby Shaker”. Apparently the human filth that submitted [...]