Apple beefs up iPhone NDA, looks to quiet squawking over App Store rejections
MacDailyNews —
... in late August. The app lets users quickly switch between multiple Gmail accounts without having to log in and out of each one. Apple refused to host the app, however, saying it "duplicates the functionality of the built-in iPhone application Mail without providing sufficient differentiation or added functionality," and that it could cause confusion. This mirrors reasons given for the blocking of Podcaster, which was said to mimic iTunes too closely," MacNN reports. Full article here .
App Store Rejection Letters Now Subject to NDA
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... them to listen to at a later time, was also made the subject of rejection. The biggest shame here is that these apps in question have typically been some of the most unique and interesting of them all.
Many developers have viewed Apple’s SDK terms as being far too regulated to promote the evolution and exchange of ideas. Yet developers have found crafty ways to bypass the restrictions by paying each other nominal amounts as “sub contractors.”
[via MacNN via MacRumors]






