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November 12, 2009

AppStore claims another developer

Joe Hewitt, developer of Facebook application for iPhone announced via Twitter that he's handed off the development of the app because he was frustrated with how the App Store review process works (or doesn't work, depends how you see it). Hewitt has sworn off iPhone apps.

Yes, Apple has 200 thousand iPhone developers and 100 thousand apps on the App Store and counting, but there's been a steady stream of news of developers quitting app development for iPhone OS and going back to Mac work or switching away to other mobile platforms because they see them as having a more open process.

Mike Rose of TUAW has some sound suggestions regarding the App Store approvals:

Once a developer has had an app pass the traditional review, any further releases by the same developer would be pushed but not made public until a proper review is completed. People would still be able to search and find the updated versions but it won't make it on to the lists or the front page of the App Store. Said app will also carry a warning on its App Store page that it's not completely approved yet, so buyer beware.

This does however mean that people are expected to not irrationally complain if the app goes awry, because they knowingly download an untested app.

via TUAW

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September 28, 2009

Tweetie 2.0 coming very soon

via news.atebits.com

The excellent Tweetie apps on both iPhone and Mac will have version 2.0 coming real soon. Loren Brichter, the developer, will submit the app to Ap Store this week and the Mac version will follow soon after.

It looks like a heck of a lot of work was put into making this one as it now looks like a completely brand new app (well, Brichter did say it's a new app). There is an insane amount of changes and new implementations in the iPhone version of Tweetie 2.0, which will be available for $2.99, and unfortunately owners of Tweetie 1.x will have to buy it again but it's going to be worth it.

Tweetie 2.0 for iPhone will require OS 3.0 and best used on iPhone 3GS but older iPhones are good for it too, they just won't be able to take advantage of some of its more advanced features.

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May 8, 2009

iPhone OS 3.0. Are you ready?

As of today, iPhone developers who want to have their applications available from the App Store must ensure their apps work with 3.0. If their app fails to work properly with OS 3.0, Apple will yank it out of the App Store when 3.0 hits public and they'll have to recode it.


Macworld published this excerpt from Apple's iPhone Developer email notice:

"Beginning today, all submissions to the App Store will be reviewed on the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0. If your app submission is not compatible with iPhone OS 3.0, it will not be approved. 

Existing apps in the App Store should already run on iPhone OS 3.0 without modification, but you should test your existing apps with iPhone OS 3.0 to ensure there are no compatibility issues. After iPhone OS 3.0 becomes available to customers, any app that is incompatible with iPhone OS 3.0 may be removed from the App Store."

Apple seems confident that beta 5 is pretty close to what will be the final build of OS 3.0 because they are strongly encouraging the developers to test their apps with this latest release, more so than with previous beta releases.

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is one month away and it is likely that Apple will release OS 3.0 to the public at that event. Should they choose to do so, that would leave two to three weeks time to ensure the developers get things right.

Some of the new features in 3.0 include built in system level cut, copy, and paste, bluetooth file transfers for images and contacts, bluetooth network gaming, dock tethering for third party accessories, USB tethering for data connection sharing, MMS, SMS forwarding, more internationalization, in-app purchasing, and much more.

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April 29, 2009

WWDC Sold out


For the second time in history, Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference is sold out. This time however it was sold out barely four weeks after it was first announced at the end of March. Half the time it took last year.

No doubt iPhone OS 3.0, Mac OS X 10.6, and the near certainty of the unveiling of the next iPhone fueled the surge.

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