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Latest, Very Fitting, Term for the App Store Reviews Process = Untenable

November 30, 2009

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MG Siegler – in  a post at his parislemon.com site – has applied a simple and very appropriate term to the iPhone App Store reviews process – untenable.
He cites a number quoted in a recent Business Week article featuring some comments from Apple’s Phil Schiller in defense of the approvals process, [...]

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Should The App Store Review Process Be Scrapped?

November 15, 2009

It’s been a hell of a rough week for the iPhone App Store; at least in terms of image and PR amongst the developer community.  We’ve seen two very high profile developers abandon their development efforts for the iPhone OS platform – first Joe Hewitt, who was previously the lead developer of Facebook’s iPhone [...]

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Should The App Store Reviews Process Be Scrapped?

August 29, 2009

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Having said that, I have only one major complaint with the App Store, and I can state it quite simply: the review process needs to be eliminated completely.

That’s an excerpt from a blog post this week by Joe Hewitt, the developer of the Facebook for iPhone app – in which he [...]

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iPhone App Store: 8,500 Apps To Review Per Week, 40 Reviewers – No Wonder The Reviews Process Sucks

August 22, 2009

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There are a number of reports on the web this weekend on Apple’s responses to the FCC’s request for information regarding the recent Google Voice app rejection – including this one at TechCrunch.   Sites like Daring Fireball have done some reviewing of some of the numbers contained in Apple’s responses about the [...]

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Biggest Threat to the iPhone App Store = Apple’s Arrogance

July 20, 2009

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With over 60,000 apps now – including lots that don’t involve farting and are very good quality – and 1.5 billion downloads in its first year, is there anything that can stop, or even slow, the momentum of the iPhone OS as a mobile platform?
I certainly don’t see Blackberry or [...]

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Maybe a Glimmer of Hope for Better Communication in App Store Reviews Process?

June 22, 2009

After all the many horror stories we’ve seen about the App Store reviews process – the stupid rejections, the stupid approvals, the lack of communication with devs, the inconsistency and the seeming lack of any real process – it’s good to hear something positive about this gateway to the App Store.
Daring Fireball has provided [...]

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