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Apple says no to CastCatcher 1.3; we cry a little inside
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — [image] As you likely know by now, I love me some Pandora ( iTunes ). So, when I stumbled across this return7 post about CastCatcher 1.3 ( iTunes ) being rejected from App Store, I couldn't help but see things through a Pandora-colored light. According to return7, CastCatcher's latest update was rejected for "transferring excessive volumes of data over the cellular network." Pandora clearly transfers massive cell data as well. Could this mean a death knell for iPhone radio stations? Exactly how hard is AT&T leaning on iPhone now that it has to follow ...

News: Mix: CastCatcher, Ferrari + iPod, Cook as CEO, Ocarina
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Apple has rejected the latest version of iPhone developer return7’s CastCatcher Internet Radio application for using too much cellular bandwidth, according to a post on the developer’s blog. “CastCatcher Internet Radio cannot be posted to the App Store because it is transferring excessive volumes of data over the cellular network, which as outlined in the iPhone SDK Agreement section 3.3.15, is prohibited,” Apple said in its rejection correspondence. The developer notes that basically every competing Internet radio app also works over cellular connections, and that Apple has ...

Apple Rejects CastCatcher 1.3 App for "Transferring Excessive Volumes of Data" [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... I think Apple's rejection of the latest update to CastCatcher—an internet radio app—is the first we've seen because it "transfer[s] excessive volumes of data over the cellular network." Interestingly, the current version, 1.2, is still in the store, and return7's co-founder, Amro Mousa, told us that CastCatcher 1.3 doesn't "use more bandwidth than prior versions (or any other streaming app)." ...

Apple’s App Rejections Get Curiouser
iPhone Atlas — Apple’s App Store rejections are making less and less sense. The latest victim, Cast Catcher, is a streaming Internet radio application in the same vein as AOL Radio and Pandora–both of which have been available through the App Store almost since its inception. CastCatcher 1.3 was rejected, according to the an Apple statement posted by return7 , because: “CastCatcher Internet Radio cannot be posted to the App Store because it is transferring excessive volumes of data over the cellular network, which as outlined in the ...

Apple Blocks CastCatcher Update
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — r7 Apple once again has closed the gates to the iTunes App Store when it decided to deny the update for the music streaming app CastCatcher 1.3 . According to Apple, the app violates iPhone SDK Section 3.3.15. Apple claims that this version of the app transfers "excessive volumes of data over the cellular network" The previous version of ...

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Cult of Mac — ... , the punting of approved apps on a third update, debacles such as the I Am Rich app - all raise legitimate questions over the capriciousness of Apple’s distribution of tickets to the big show. ...