iPhone Blogs

Author: niteshnon 19 Nov There has been a recent push of developers that have not been so secretive about their unhappiness with the whole vetting process that Apple uses to decide who can have an app in the store and who cannot. While it is generally believed that the denials are not supposed to be disclosed, these things have a way of leaking out and Apple has been getting put under the microscope. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been in the press quite a lot lately for various reasons and it is no wonder that all of this is coming back out again. In ... Read Full Story

E-books aren't the only digital booty on pirates' minds. The explosive growth of the iPhone and Apple's iPhone App store has sparked a free-for-all across the Internet for pirated Apps -- and there is little Apple CEO Steve Jobs is doing about it.... Read Full Story

The UK’s rail service can be excellent at times, and annoying at others. Hundreds of thousands of people travel by train every day in the UK to commute or to go on holiday. As such, they have just released an official iPhone app (it’ll work on the iPod touch too) for the train service. Basically, you set up the app by entering your home location. You can then enter in other locations such as where you work or where you’re going on holidays. Then, you can check schedules and status updates on trains so you won’t ever miss your train. The best feature on ... Read Full Story

Despite a slow start in official handset sales, the iPhone has found success in China with customers flocking to the App Store, even with the device’s lack of Wi-Fi. Read more from the original source: Apple’s iPhone App Store takes off in China Related posts: Apple’s iPhone sees tepid sales debut in China Hundreds of people showed up for the iPhone launch party... Apple’s iPhone abroad: Orange UK to sell; China debut in October When O2's exclusive contract for the iPhone expires this year,... Despite disappointing China debut, iPhone’s 2010 predicted to be strong With only 5,000 new iPhone customers signed up at launch,... Read Full Story

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Developer , iPhone , App Store It would have been nice for the App Store’s public relations team if the biggest news in the past few days was the introduction of a more transparent progress report for applications under review, giving developers some of the feedback they need to see where their apps are in the pathway towards approval and release. Unfortunately, that minor but tangible step toward a more open approval process is overshadowed by a story of frustration and disaffection from one of the platform’s rising stars: Joe Hewitt, the man behind Facebook’s popular iPhone app, ... Read Full Story