arstechnica.com - 12/5/2008
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Even if your application is flawless, small details in your write-up or support materials can put your App Store submission in jeopardy. Ars looks at four reasons details can trip you up. Read More...
appcubby.com - 12/12/2008
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appcubby.com —
There have been a lot of uninformed people
spouting nonsense about Craig Hockenberry s Ringtone Apps blog...
post, so I thought I d set the record straight with some real numbers from the App Cubby bank account. There are some amazing success stories on ...
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Financial Realities of the App Store | None
iphonesavior.com - 12/6/2008
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iphonesavior.com —
"Santa Live", an iPhone app that was launched
into a storm of controversy back in mid November,...
has been pulled down from Apple's wildly successful App Store by developer Adam Majewski after a recent string of complaints by users over the ...
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'Santa Live' App Gets Run Over By A Reindeer
macrumors.com - 12/1/2008
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macrumors.com —
While several sites have reported that 10,000 iPhone
Apps have been released into the App Store, the...
actual number of active iPhone apps that can be downloaded is about 9,676 as of today's count. The discrepancy comes from the fact that many apps ha...
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App Store Almost Reaches 10,000 Apps
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How NOT To Submit An App to the App Store: Four Fatal Fails
iSmashPhone —
... If it plugs into an iPhone, Apple wants to know -- and know that it's supposed to plug into said iPhone.
Erica learned some of these lessons the hard way: her voice recognition app languished in approval hell for three months before being reject. The offense? Suggesting the use of an unauthorized external microphone (on a first-gen iPod Touch). By the time she corrected the app, enough vox-recog apps had already flooded the market. [Via ArsTechnica]
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