Rejection Archive

  • Wi-Fi Sync app rejected by Apple, headed to Cydia for $9.99

    Wi-Fi Sync app rejected by Apple, headed to Cydia for $9.99

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Can't say we're surprised to hear that Apple rejected Greg Hughes' Wi-Fi Sync app. You know, the app that allows you to wireless sync your iPhone / iPod touch with iTunes without having to USB tether to your computer. Messing with Apple's synchronization technology is a pretty big no-no as demonstrated by Palm's webOS bluff. Here's the rejection as explained by Greg from an unnamed Apple rep over the phone:
    "While he agreed that the app doesn't technically break the rules, he said that it does encroach upon the boundaries of what they can and cannot allow on their store. He also cited security concerns."
    So while you won't find it in Apple's App Store, it will make its way to Cydia as expected for a cool $9.99. You have jailbroken your device haven't you? Don't make us get all MuscleNerd up in here.

    Wi-Fi Sync app rejected by Apple, headed to Cydia for $9.99 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 00:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • New, arbitrary App Store rejection reason: “Minimum User Functionality”

    New, arbitrary App Store rejection reason: “Minimum User Functionality”

    Posted on March 1, 2010 | No Comments
    So say you're really into Jersey Shore. And you want to make a phone like the duck phone in the show. And you're like "Why not make an app that quacks like a duck and makes your phone quack like a duck?" Heck, it's a free country, as far as you can tell. This is what our grandfathers fought the Battle of the Bulge for, right? Well the cheese-eaters at Apple will say that your dumb quack app "contains minimal user functionality" and, as a result, deny your application to rock out on their App Store.

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  • Wobble iBoobs jiggles its way out of the Apple app store

    Wobble iBoobs jiggles its way out of the Apple app store

    Posted on February 18, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s no surprise that Apple’s approval and rejection process for iPhone apps can be completely arbitrary and often asinine. Take Wobble iBoobs, for instance: the application has been on the market for several months and has even earned about $300,000 in sales, but after Apple “recently received numerous complaints” from customers, the app was pulled. [...]

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  • NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?

    NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?

    Posted on November 13, 2009 | No Comments

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    NASA turnes iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away?
    People have been trying to turn cellphones into medical and atmospheric scanners for some time now, but when it's NASA stepping up to the plate with a little device to monitor trace amounts of chemicals in the air, it's hard to not start thinking we might finally have a use for all those tricorder ringtones. Developed by a team of researchers at the Ames Research Center led by Jing Li, the device is a small chip that plugs into the bottom of an iPhone and uses 16 nanosensors to detect the concentration of gasses like ammonia, chlorine, and methane. To what purpose exactly this device will serve and why the relatively closed iPhone was chosen as a development platform are mysteries we're simply not capable of answering. Damn it, man, we're bloggers not scientists!

    [Via Gizmodo]

    NASA turns iPhone into chemical sensor, can an App Store rejection be far away? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • AT&T Greenlights VoIP For the iPhone. Too Bad Google Voice Isn’t VoIP.

    AT&T Greenlights VoIP For the iPhone. Too Bad Google Voice Isn’t VoIP.

    Posted on October 6, 2009 | No Comments
    Yesterday, we saw a Vonage app hit the App Store, which seemed to go against Apple and AT&T's previous stance that VoIP apps that work over the 3G (and 2G) network would not be allowed in the App Store. Turns out there's been a policy change. AT&T has just announced that it will no longer restrict VoIP apps that use its network on the iPhone, a move which is long overdue considering that it was already allowing these on other phones. But don't be fooled. A rumor earlier today about the move suggested that AT&T was thinking about letting Google Voice on the iPhone alongside Skype, Vonage, and other VoIP apps. There's two problems here. First, Google Voice isn't actually a VoIP app. Second, AT&T did not have anything to do with the Google Voice rejection (or non-approval, whatever), that was all Apple.

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  • AT&T To FCC: We Did Not Block The Google Voice App On The iPhone

    AT&T To FCC: We Did Not Block The Google Voice App On The iPhone

    Posted on August 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Here it is, AT&T's statement on what they sent to the FCC regarding the rejection of the Google Voice app on the iPhone. As you can see, unlike last time where the statement was vague, AT&T is clearly stating here that it had nothing to do with the Google Voice rejection. This wording comes from Jim Cicconi, AT&T's senior executive vice president, external and legislative affairs. Updated with the full AT&T response to the FCC We're reaching out to Apple on this right now and will update.
    AT&T Statement on Letter to the FCC Regarding Apple App Store

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  • Interview: Jared Brown, iPhone developer about having his app rejected

    Interview: Jared Brown, iPhone developer about having his app rejected

    Posted on June 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Every day the Internet pays lip service to the “apps” “yanked” by Apple. But what happens when something Apple does in the SDK shuts down an entire type of app, namely the camera apps that added interesting new functionality to the phone? Jared Brown write Quick Shot, an app that added a number of cool features [...]

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