Apple rejects Wi-Fi Sync from App Store

invisibleSHIELD case for iPad“Apple has formally rejected Wi-Fi Sync from the App Store,” iPodNN reports. “The title allows an iPhone or iPod touch to sync files without a USB connection, making the process significantly more convenient.”

“Developer Greg Hughes says he contacted an Apple representative over the phone,” iPodNN reports. “‘While he agreed that the app doesn’t technically break the rules,’ the developer mentions, ‘he said that it does encroach upon the boundaries of what they can and cannot allow on their store. He also cited security concerns.'”

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32 Comments

  1. I’ve been waiting for something like this. The good news is that someone has demonstrated that this will work. I guess that either Apple will come out with their version in OS 4 or will allow devs to make their own versions with the new release.

  2. Remember the story about Audion? During their meeting with SJ and brass, SJ asked.

    ‘What else you got?’.
    “Oh a photo management app…”
    “I wouldn’t do that either…..”
    “Oh…thanks..”

    iphoto at the next turn…

    I will bet you money they rejected it because it will be a feature.

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