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Apple’s Phil Schiller reaches out to media, individual iPhone developers over App Store issues

Saturday, August 15, 2009 · 12:57 pm · 15 Comments

“As Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing, you’d have to imagine that Phil Schiller is a pretty busy guy. He’s also been moonlighting as Apple’s keynote speaker during Steve Jobs’ medical leave of absence. But now it’s really starting to look as if Schiller has taken on another task: App Store savior,” MG Siegler reports for TechCrunch.

“We’ve already talked at length about the two instances in the past week or so of Schiller personally reaching out to bloggers to set the record straight about a few of the App Store issues. But he has actually taken it a step farther. He’s also been reaching out to individual app makers to talk to them about their apps and offer his assistance in getting them approved, we’ve learned,” Siegler reports. “And one such app, Rising Card, is now available in the App Store thanks to Schiller.”

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15 Comments

R2

Saturday, August 15, 2009 - 1:12 pm · Reply

Good to see that Apple finally started treating their developers like human beings.

Maybe they can go beyond Schiller making a few phone calls and, hmm I don’t know, create a department of people dedicated solely to the App Store. Make it seem like a legitimate and important part of their business rather than another “hobby.”
auramac

Saturday, August 15, 2009 - 1:20 pm · Reply

Good job, Phil!
Rainer

Saturday, August 15, 2009 - 1:38 pm · Reply

Problem is: the AppStore scales, but Phil doesn’t.
His life (may it last long) is yet too short to counsel every single developer.
Even briefly looking at half the apps will take weeks.
silverhawk

Saturday, August 15, 2009 - 6:13 pm · Reply

It’s a card trick.
Fabled Poet

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 12:35 pm · Reply

Granted, most apps aren’t accepted because of nudity, software manipulation ect.. Too many developers are going underground and selling them for jailbroken phones, I’m not saying there should be XXX apps in the iTunes store, that would be sick, but I think after so many iphones they should start being a little more lenient about it. I’ve never jailbroken any of my iphones but I’ve seen some, they have their own themes and I think it would be great to be able to more personalize my phone in such a manner. Though I am proud to have an iphone. I think it’s one of the most amazing pieces of tech out there, I think Apple should start allowing it’s customers to allow themselves to be the “i” in iphone.
dave

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 1:38 pm · Reply

I will never get the American mentality that nudity/sex is ‘sick’, but hardcore violence is no big deal. You can use a chainsaw to cut a woman in half, as long as she’s fully clothed. But once her top comes off, we’ve all got to save the children.
Wandering Joe

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 2:49 pm · Reply

@ dave, I’m with you on that one.I, too, would like to pick my own music, and my ring/sms tones. The way things are now, if I choose to have extra ringtones, I’m forced to sync my music too, not cool!
I like freedom of choice, and I chose the best, so I guess I’m stuck with them choosing for me.
Catch 22
yo

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 4:37 pm · Reply

I’m with Dave – no sex, no violence. They’re both sick.
knowhowe

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 7:29 pm · Reply

@ dave.

Hear hear to that mate. It ain’t the bare ladies that are sickening, it’s the hypocricy.

@ fabled poet.

“I think Apple should start allowing it’s customers to allow themselves to be the “i” in iphone.”

Great quote. I, for one, certainly will not be buying one until we get nearer to this situation.

Have the beggars rejected the Spotify app yet btw? If not, it’s only a matter of time…
Road Warrior

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 9:10 pm · Reply

Dave you said that you don’t get the American mentality (sex evil, violence good) but you should realize it is an integral part of their culture.

Check out their history and you will see that a group of Puritans were some of the first colonizers and had a strong influence on their overall sex is bad violence is good as long as you do it for God.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritan

Also consider that the country was born out of war and has continued so. Since 1776 America has been at war well over 40% of their histroy and itching closer to 50% of the time with the Iraqi/Afghani thing.

This is the only country, at least that I know of, that has, with intent, unleashed an atomic bomb upon a civilian population.

Fortunately they have God on their side, and that is an incredible stroke of luck. I would not trust anyone else to escort them to where they are going.
;-)

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 2:30 am · Reply

America, is England’s fault.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYY1CFKzTg
Chuck

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 7:12 am · Reply

Huh. I think this proves that Microsoft really is going after Apple’s iPhone developers in a serious way.
KingMel

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 1:48 pm · Reply

@dave

And don’t forget the universal rule of video games – you can do anything you want to zombies!
KingMel

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 1:53 pm · Reply

@Road Warrior
Despite the elements of truth, the people to whom your post applies are not cable of seeing themselves in your words.

Please don’t paint all of the U.S. with that brush, by the way. Fewer than half of us voted for Bush (and far fewer will now admit doing so!).
Road Warrior

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 6:13 pm · Reply

Hey KingMel.

Regardless of how sharp I might appear to be here I do realize and value what you are saying. I certainly don’t paint the fine American individuals I have met over the years with that brush.

It is a reaction to what has just been an absolutely painful experience of watching a once great country descend into the abyss like that. I sure hope you can get out of it.

Cheers.