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Applications Apple Has Removed from the AppStore
iPhone Atlas — ... some users to jailbreak (enable unofficial application installation) their phones and install the easy-to-use iPhoneModem tethering tool. Jailbroken iPhone software market is completely unrestricted. Google’s Android marketplace claims a similar unfettered approach. The unrestricted mobile application market is ground already tread by Palm, where concerns over malicious software and feature encroachment have been virtually non-existent. A posting on boredzo.org reads: “When Apple bans an application from their App Store (especially ...

iPhone App Graveyard: It's where unloved apps go
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... That is the basis of the iPhone Application Graveyard -- it is a website designed to document all of the rejected iPhone applications. The site is run by Peter Hosey of ...

The iPhone Application Graveyard is Where All Rejected App Store Apps Rest in Piece
Touch Podium — ... Graveyard, albeit there are already eleven apps as of this posting. If Apple feels the need to reject your application from being sold, or downloaded for free, on the App Store, feel free to get in contact with Mr. Hosey, as he would be delighted to share the news on his graveyard website for the public to view, however here’s to hoping that none of Touch Podium’s readers applications end up in the graveyard. Here’s a link to the iPhone Application Graveyard. (via TUAW) Related Stories: There are ...

My Underwear has More Chance of Getting into the App Store than this Game
Apple Eclectic — ... For your wannabe dealer, however, the iPhone is a natural choice. Which only makes all the more unfortunate the fact the new location-based distrubition sim Druglords stands about the same chance of getting into the App Store as Russell Brand does of being invited to Andrew Sachs’ 79th. I mean, really? You think the company which turned down a squeaky knife will go for this. I think you’ve been indulging in a little too much ‘research.’ ...

Apple Rejects Obama Trampoline iPhone App, Leaves Us Puzzled
TechCrunch — ... Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.” But does the Obama Trampoline app actually ridicule public figures? It’s not obscene or pornographic of nature, so why was it deemed either offensive or defamatory? Judge for yourself: Not so bad, right? Either way, the app goes in the … not the deadpool, but Mac developer Peter Hosey’s iPhone Applications Graveyard. ...

How did "Baby Shaker" slip through the cracks?
The Apple Core — ... from at around 1pm PT yesterday. The description literally turns my stomach: On a plane, on the bus, in a theatre. Babies are everywhere you don’t want them to be! They’re always distracting you from preparing for that big presentation at work with their incessant crying. Before Baby Shaker, there was nothing you could do about it. See how long you can endure his or her adorable cries before you just have to find a way to quiet the baby down! Nice one Apple. It has denied dozens of apps — for much lessor reasons — and it sees fit to approve Baby Shaker? There are only two ...