“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.”
Full article here.
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.”
Good job, Phil!
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.
It’s a card trick.
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.
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.
@ 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
I’m with Dave – no sex, no violence. They’re both sick.
@ 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…
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.
America, is England’s fault.
Huh. I think this proves that Microsoft really is going after Apple’s iPhone developers in a serious way.
@dave
And don’t forget the universal rule of video games – you can do anything you want to zombies!
@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!).
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.