I see, because in the electronics industry, companies support their first gen devices forever...🙄
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Emoji Apps No Longer Welcome in App Store Following Native iOS 6 Support
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I see, because in the electronics industry, companies support their first gen devices forever...🙄
The most popular emoji apps were free ones, including the one I downloaded. Honestly if you paid for an emoji app, you're a sucker.
Let's bring back all the fart apps too while we are at it. How am I supposed to feed my family without the income from them?!
Because only now are the apps being pulled. Hence why the title is about the apps being pulled out, rather than ios getting emoji
i wasnt specifically talking about emojis. I was referring to an actual useful product that was really good and apple decides to make something exactly like it - then kick your app out - after you have invested all the time and perhaps multiple $99 licensing fees in it.
I know the Emoji came from Japan, but I wish the symbols provided in iOS were a little more tuned to Western culture. Maybe Apple could add a "US Emoji" keyboard - I'd like that.
Ignorant people everywhere. There are still people who believe that these Emoji apps actually come with Emoji icons. No, they don't!
Emoji is a Japanese standard, which Apple licensed (and probably helped to make better) for the iPhone. Due to initial licensing issue, the keyboard is hidden from phones sold outside Japan.
All these Emoji apps did was to hack the iOS and enable the keyboard that Apple made. Later on as iOS5 made Emoji keyboard available for all, they don't even have to hack anything.
Let's make this clear once and for all: Apple licensed/created the Emoji keyboard in the first place. The Emoji apps people created nothing but little scams.
Emoji is a Japanese standard, which Apple licensed (and probably helped to make better) for the iPhone. Due to initial licensing issue, the keyboard is hidden from phones sold outside Japan.
All these Emoji apps did was to hack the iOS and enable the keyboard that Apple made. Later on as iOS5 made Emoji keyboard available for all, they don't even have to hack anything.
Let's make this clear once and for all: Apple licensed/created the Emoji keyboard in the first place. The Emoji apps people created nothing but little scams.
I got the email as well, though my emoji app never ever got approved because they told me it was already cluttered 😛
justperry
macrumors G5
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2.12 Apps that are not very useful, are simply web sites bundled as apps, or do not provide any lasting entertainment value may be rejected.
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Amazing Iceman
macrumors 603
Well, they are behind I their scheduled tasks.
So, I guess it's time to write Emoji 'enhancement' apps.
It's about time to start cleaning up the App Store. Too many junkie apps, even tho not as bad as the Android Market.
Rodimus Prime
macrumors G4
there is a difference between supporting first gen devices and yank apps that they may need to get access to things like Emoji.
No one is asking them to that. All that they would require to change is have those Apps block from being downloaded on iOS 5 or higher.
Don't make yourself feel too important. Apple didn't side with you. You side with Apple. Only ever heard of Apple fanboy, never donrsd fanboy.
many of these apps had what looked like new imojis on their app icon and pics but there were never new ones. they scammed people to download.
As a developer on the App Store, I am glad Apple did this. These Emoji apps were really crowding the higher positions and pretty much all they did was just enable Emoji. There were TONS of them and I found them to be pretty much worthless.
Now that the app count wars are over, I'm happy to see Apple clean up the store and look at quality over quantity. That is the way it SHOULD be.
Ethan
Now that the app count wars are over, I'm happy to see Apple clean up the store and look at quality over quantity. That is the way it SHOULD be.
Ethan
STiNG Operation
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Nightarchaon
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Tinmania
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iOS 5 didn't support all of the emoji characters that iOS 6 does. I would assume that is why Apple didn't do this sooner.
Michael
Sorry, turning on Emoji is not a "killer idea for an app". App developers need to be MORE CREATIVE if they don't want Apple to include their stuff in the OS.
Tinmania
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To access Native Emoji in Lion or later, go to Edit > Special Characters or Cmd-Alt-T. The shortcut doesn't work in all applications (it hides the address bar in safari, for example), but it does in iMessage and probably many others.
Edit: Corrected shortcut. Thanks, Tinmania!
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if there is no this cluttered apps, Apple can't anymore admire how many thousands apps they have in Appstore. they build their advertising and attacking strategies with those "clattered" apps. If they remove they should do it for all of the "cluttered apps" and there will not be 700 000 apps anymore
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in App store more than 50% apps repeated (copied each other and ****** stability ), why they leave alone these apps and let users decide, once they don't care about other less than useless apps.
Or just sue all the developers, because iOS has functions those offered couple years ago from those developers, That would be another good highlight like iFone