Does this happen with every app in the app store? One appears and then there are about 4 copies before the week is through.
And the new category is 17+? For fart apps? Am I in bizarro world?
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Apple Broadens App Store Acceptance, Approves 'Pull My Finger'
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And the new category is 17+? For fart apps? Am I in bizarro world?
Too late Apple.
I jailbroke my iPhone 3G this week because I was sick of not being able to tether my Macbook to my iPhone. I have an unlimited data plan with O2 and can tether my Xda Orbit, so I don't care whether AT&T want to charge their customers extra for tethering, I have no business whatsoever with AT&T and never will. The iTunes music store restricts customers in country x buying certain music if it's not licenced to be sold in that market so I fail to see why the same doesn't apply to the App Store.
Now I've jailbroken my iPhone I can tether, record video (pretty good quality, actually) and send and receive MMS messages.
It's good to hear Apple are going to be less restrictive on approving apps but is too little too late in my case. Hopefully the apps they approve won't all be pointless humour ones like Pull My Finger though.
I jailbroke my iPhone 3G this week because I was sick of not being able to tether my Macbook to my iPhone. I have an unlimited data plan with O2 and can tether my Xda Orbit, so I don't care whether AT&T want to charge their customers extra for tethering, I have no business whatsoever with AT&T and never will. The iTunes music store restricts customers in country x buying certain music if it's not licenced to be sold in that market so I fail to see why the same doesn't apply to the App Store.
Now I've jailbroken my iPhone I can tether, record video (pretty good quality, actually) and send and receive MMS messages.
It's good to hear Apple are going to be less restrictive on approving apps but is too little too late in my case. Hopefully the apps they approve won't all be pointless humour ones like Pull My Finger though.
I agree with the call for subcategories. I think the current ones just don't cut it if you're trying to find a particular type of app. After all, the iTunes store proper has heaps of genres etc.
To all those people moaning about the fact there's going to be an avalanche of useless crap in the App store, get real, please. I doubt any one person would like every single song in the iTunes music store. I doubt any one person could walk into a mall or shopping centre and like every shop and shop at every shop. Its called a free market, and wherever there is a market for this stuff, it will survive. It may be useless crap, but its useless crap that sells. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the name of the game.
To all those people moaning about the fact there's going to be an avalanche of useless crap in the App store, get real, please. I doubt any one person would like every single song in the iTunes music store. I doubt any one person could walk into a mall or shopping centre and like every shop and shop at every shop. Its called a free market, and wherever there is a market for this stuff, it will survive. It may be useless crap, but its useless crap that sells. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the name of the game.
I don´t get it ... the Music store has what : 7 million songs ? and is not a problem for anybody . Most of the genres I don´t even care or like , but Imo I find the huge catalog great cause it offers lots of options for everybody .
A fart app ? well , I guess, it will sell well ... or maybe not but who cares ...
Saludos
A fart app ? well , I guess, it will sell well ... or maybe not but who cares ...
Saludos
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It is nice to see Apple opening things up a bit.
It is nice to see Apple opening things up a bit.
There's a huge difference between a music store that has a good variety, from great songs, to okay songs and even dumb songs...
... and an App Store with basically "okay" apps, suddenly adding on dumber apps.
The store needs the great apps much more than it needs the poor ones. We want Slingplayer, Flash, Java, TomTom, Firefox and so forth.
... and an App Store with basically "okay" apps, suddenly adding on dumber apps.
The store needs the great apps much more than it needs the poor ones. We want Slingplayer, Flash, Java, TomTom, Firefox and so forth.
Don't forget Opera that was rejected a few months ago. Apple thinks that it would cause competition with Safari and people would demand a way to remove It. I don't see what's wrong with being able to remove safari on an iPhone. You can do it on a Mac, so you should be able to do it on an iPhone.
I think Adobe said a while back that they are working on Flash for iPhone. Does anyone know if Apple said they would accept an Application like that in the App Store (or maybe even a Safari plugin)?
That will happen and many many more , no worry . As soon as Android / BB and Nokia starts taking a big piece of the iphone market cause they will offer all these things we don´t get on our iphones, Apple will do it .
It´s just a matter of time
Saludos
well, i guess this can be good and bad. the good is that maybe developers won't be hesitant to develop for the iphone since there is less of a chance of their apps not being allowed in the app store.
but the bad is that more and more apps are going to be let in that are not all that great. and then it will be harder to separate the good ones from the bad
but the bad is that more and more apps are going to be let in that are not all that great. and then it will be harder to separate the good ones from the bad
XXX apps will be just around the corner. Porn is the biggest money making web "catagory" if I'm not mistaken.
In Jan 2006 the domain name Sex.com was sold for $14 Million!!!
In Jan 2006 the domain name Sex.com was sold for $14 Million!!!
...Then don't buy them?
Seems easy enough. How do you survive in the physical purchasing world?
Also another smartphone that I think will be big is the new Blackberry with a touch screen.
I'm sure that Google has already started to create something similar to the App Store for the G1. If they could create some amazing applications with even better graphics than the iPhone, they could make some good money.
What genre? "Super Crapware", because just plain crapware wasn't bad enough ?
Apple will go down in computer history as inventing the "99 cent pile".
Congratulations on being the first app in the "Useless" category. Hopefully this will be joined by all the 99-cent one-icon-per-name-dialers.
Apps shouldn't be censored simply based on their critique of whether or not it is useful. There are tons of worthless, ****** apps for the iPhone. The idea that he is charging for such an app is beyond me, but as long as there are plenty of morons out there willing to buy then there will be plenty of people who are more than willing to take advantage of them. Such is life.
Rather, Apple should create a, "Worthless and stupid, just like you," and a, "Probably a Scam, but your too busy browsing the app store at the bar," category in the app store to accommodate such things.
I'm never going to buy and it won't bother me when it takes up space while I'm searching for other, better fart apps. It's just that it's there to begin with; that someone actually took the time to make it. I guess that's more of a problem with people than it is with the app store though.
For the record, I have an iPhone. I also hate people who go out to a public place with there friends to hang out and socialize but end up playing with their phones by themselves or showing off their fart apps to people. I also think that people who have their bluetooth headsets on at a bar at 1am need to get their priorities straight and just ostracize themselves from society already. Plus, you look like a total d-bag, and women don't think you're cool cause your ear flashes blue.
Also, while I'm at it, people who do answer their phones without question or polite excuse while with friends or guests at a restaurant or something similar should be shot because they exude an attitude of total irreverence towards the people who are actually with them. As if what Sarah has to tell you about her day at the spa is way more important than what you are currently doing at the moment and can not wait for 45 minutes.
Ok now, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, farting...
Anyway, to whomever asked about iPhone flash support, it's done-ish. They've claimed to have it running in an emulator, but Adobe has also said that they need more than the available SDK in order to integrate it. That's possibly due to Apple's limit on background apps or more likely due to the fact that it will either need to be integrated into Safari or the firmware itself (can Safari call upon third party apps to open them? Or just the App/iTunes Store?). Either way, it all just comes down to whether or not Apple will allow it, just like this.
Rather, Apple should create a, "Worthless and stupid, just like you," and a, "Probably a Scam, but your too busy browsing the app store at the bar," category in the app store to accommodate such things.
I'm never going to buy and it won't bother me when it takes up space while I'm searching for other, better fart apps. It's just that it's there to begin with; that someone actually took the time to make it. I guess that's more of a problem with people than it is with the app store though.
For the record, I have an iPhone. I also hate people who go out to a public place with there friends to hang out and socialize but end up playing with their phones by themselves or showing off their fart apps to people. I also think that people who have their bluetooth headsets on at a bar at 1am need to get their priorities straight and just ostracize themselves from society already. Plus, you look like a total d-bag, and women don't think you're cool cause your ear flashes blue.
Also, while I'm at it, people who do answer their phones without question or polite excuse while with friends or guests at a restaurant or something similar should be shot because they exude an attitude of total irreverence towards the people who are actually with them. As if what Sarah has to tell you about her day at the spa is way more important than what you are currently doing at the moment and can not wait for 45 minutes.
Ok now, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, farting...
Anyway, to whomever asked about iPhone flash support, it's done-ish. They've claimed to have it running in an emulator, but Adobe has also said that they need more than the available SDK in order to integrate it. That's possibly due to Apple's limit on background apps or more likely due to the fact that it will either need to be integrated into Safari or the firmware itself (can Safari call upon third party apps to open them? Or just the App/iTunes Store?). Either way, it all just comes down to whether or not Apple will allow it, just like this.
Very well said!
When can we get a Skype app already (and fring blows!)? Give me Skype and my computer can stay in the bag a lot more while traveling abroad.
are you people serious?
MAYBE, if apple concentrated on the product itself, and we could actually download apps from anywhere they're available, and nobody was censoring what could go on the product we bought and OWN, people like you could find what they were looking for better?
lol. you want people to not make applications so it would be easier for you to use the app store? are you for real?
MAYBE, if apple concentrated on the product itself, and we could actually download apps from anywhere they're available, and nobody was censoring what could go on the product we bought and OWN, people like you could find what they were looking for better?
lol. you want people to not make applications so it would be easier for you to use the app store? are you for real?
maybe podcatcher will make it in . . . since the current podcast still doesn't allow for subscribing to podcasts that are password protected.