intomobile.com - 9/5/2008
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Talk about a lame excuse. Apple, long known as the tech-company that does whatever it feels like doing, has rejected an up-and-coming iPhone application on grounds that it provides “limited utility.” Granted, the iPhone application, Pull My Finger , does little more than generate a “fart” sound, ...
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Apple apparently dislikes fart sounds: Video
Phones Review —
... will not be published to the App Store.
It may be very appropriate to share with friends and family, and we recommend you review the Ad Hoc method on the Distribution tab of the iPhone Developer Portal for details on distributing this application among a small group of people of your choosing.
Regards,
Victor Wang
Worldwide Developer Relations
Apple, Inc.”
Still the video made me giggle.
Source – macrumors via intomobile
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Apple to iPhone Developers: Don’t Compete With Us?
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... . I was kinda amused by the prank but understand opposing viewpoints. It nixed an app called Pull My Finger . I wouldn’t go to the mat to defend it. But the latest hubbub involving the App Store’s refusal to list an application concerns Podcaster, a program for listening to podcasts. According to the developer, ...
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