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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/30/09

    In reply to Apple Rejects iDroid App (Thankfully)
    To be fair this is the work of a couple of morons with an SDK and is (I hope) nothing to do with Motorola or Google.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/30/09

    In reply to Apple Rejects iDroid App (Thankfully)
    So wait, they are rejecting an app simply because it advertises a competitors product? How is this a good or noble thing?
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    Image of thatsmrpotatohead2U thatsmrpotatohead2U
    11/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: It's advertising something that (apparently) replicates features on the iPhone.

    This is why apps that advertise beer & loose women do get approved, since the iPhone doesn't have those features built in yet.
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    Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach promoted this comment thatsmrpotatohead2U was starred thatsmrpotatohead2U was unstarred
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    11/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: It isn't, but it just speaks so shitty of the Droid.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment fUnKiE was starred fUnKiE was unstarred
    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    11/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Huh that's funny. If I promote a non-star reply to a star comment, it says I also promoted the star comment.
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    Image of Traveshamockery Traveshamockery
    11/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Their app store, their rules. Honestly, the app store is full enough of worthless crap...the last thing I need is an advertising app getting in the way of finding something useful.
     Reply
    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment Traveshamockery was starred Traveshamockery was unstarred
    Image of comrade_leviathan comrade_leviathan
    11/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Why would you intentionally allow a competitor to advertise on your product?

    iPhone apps are intended to boost sales of iPhones. To allow advertising on that platform which directs sales AWAY from iPhones is antithetical.

    How is this a difficult concept?
     Reply
    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment comrade_leviathan was starred comrade_leviathan was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/30/09

    @comrade_leviathan: Wow. The fact that you're attempting to rationalize this blows my mind. You're likely the kind who thinks mobile phone operators should disallow google voice/Skype use on their networks, huh?
     Reply
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    Image of comrade_leviathan comrade_leviathan
    11/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Wow, +1 for a completely unrelated comparison.

    No, I don't think cell companies should disallow VOIP on their networks. In fact, cell carriers will soon have to acknowledge that voice plans are dead as dead, and the only thing anyone needs is data.
     Reply
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/30/09

    @comrade_leviathan: You just don't get it do you? This type of restrictions is not one Apple originally said they'd hold over the App Store. Proof? There it is.

    What are you going to say? God Forbid they disallow apps that compete with them? Is that why they approved Rhapsody, Spotify, and the plethora of other apps that compete with them?
     Reply
    Edited by TheSonOfKrypton at 11/30/09 11:09 AM TheSonOfKrypton was starred TheSonOfKrypton was unstarred
    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton:
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    Image of comrade_leviathan comrade_leviathan
    11/30/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Do you honestly expect ANY company to allow something like that? So should NBC have to advertise American Idol on their network if Fox pays them? You have some seriously ludicrous expectations of the free market system, my friend! Apple, like any other company, is completely within their rights to deny an app (or any other form of advertisement) with no functional purpose other than to promote their competition.

    Don't like it? Use Android. Apple owns their app store, and reserves the right to refuse any app they see fit. A lot of their decisions to revoke apps I don't agree with because they are more based on AT&T's requirements, and not a valid flaw with the app (Google Voice, for one), but that argument in this scenario is completely nonsensical.
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    11/30/09

    @comrade_leviathan: And you've just perfectly expressed why I think the AppStore is one of the worst creations in the past 15 years of high-tech.
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    Image of comrade_leviathan comrade_leviathan
    11/30/09

    @jepzilla: Haha, an opinion to which you are certainly entitled.

    Although the billions of dollars in app sales, along with a hugely popular phone on arguably the worst cell network in the history of verbal communication might beg to differ.
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    Image of TheAxMan TheAxMan
    11/30/09

    @Traveshamockery: So don't use it. Even if it gets zero downloads (quite likely considering how useless the app is) Apple has no right to tell users what they can/cannot run on their phones.
     Reply
    jepzilla promoted this comment TheAxMan was starred TheAxMan was unstarred
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    11/30/09

    @comrade_leviathan: By that argument, Twilight is one of the finest examples of English-language literature.
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    Image of comrade_leviathan comrade_leviathan
    11/30/09

    @jepzilla: Hardly. Twilight has *maybe* been a best-seller in the US for the last 5 years. English-language literature has been around for 500+ years.

    Try comparing Twilight book sales to Shakespeare.

    The Apple App Store was the first smartphone application store on the market and has sold thousands of times as many apps as all other app stores combined. [en.wikipedia.org]

    I'm may be an Apple fanboy, but you've got to at least pose some reasonably rational comparisons.
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    Edited by comrade_leviathan at 11/30/09 1:16 PM comrade_leviathan was starred comrade_leviathan was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/29/09

    In reply to I Am T-Pain App Version 1.1 Lets You Sing Over Your iTunes Library
    Is there an I Am Lil John app? You can ruin classic songs, such as these!

    don't listen if you're one of those unfortunate shlubs stuck at work on a Sunday night
     Reply
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    11/29/09

    In reply to I Am T-Pain App Version 1.1 Lets You Sing Over Your iTunes Library
    The new slogan should read:

    99 cents. hours of drunken karaoke.
     Reply
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    Image of Zack Fostaty Zack Fostaty
    11/29/09

    In reply to I Am T-Pain App Version 1.1 Lets You Sing Over Your iTunes Library
    is it just me or does this update break recording capability???
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    macpatrik approved this comment Zack Fostaty was starred Zack Fostaty was unstarred
    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    11/29/09

    @Zack Fostaty: Still working fine for me.
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    Image of Zack Fostaty Zack Fostaty
    11/29/09

    @macpatrik: anything to suggest doing?
     Reply
    Zack Fostaty was starred Zack Fostaty was unstarred
    Image of Zack Fostaty Zack Fostaty
    11/29/09

    @macpatrik: k well all of the old songs work while recording.. but songs from my itunes library definetly dont work. it says recording but when i click on play, it doesnt play and it says cannot share and cannot publish. am i the only one?
     Reply
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    Image of Digo Digo
    11/29/09

    In reply to I Am T-Pain App Version 1.1 Lets You Sing Over Your iTunes Library
    Man, my audiobooks just got a lot more interesting.
     Reply
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/29/09

    In reply to I Am T-Pain App Version 1.1 Lets You Sing Over Your iTunes Library
    Time to bless the internets with my rousing rendition of Gay Fish.
     Reply
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    Image of MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM
    11/29/09

    In reply to I Am T-Pain App Version 1.1 Lets You Sing Over Your iTunes Library
    Never have I wanted an iPhone more. Imagine all the random people I could piss off in public. The friends I could embarrass in public. The list goes on of all other annoying activities I could do in public...
     Reply
    emag promoted this comment MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM was starred MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM was unstarred
    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    11/28/09

    In reply to Apple Rejected Me, a Site for Scorned App Developers
    FLAME WAR!!!!!!
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    Image of denisnossevitch denisnossevitch
    11/28/09

    In reply to Apple Rejected Me, a Site for Scorned App Developers
    Today I discovered a group of people, who were rejected by a fruit, had created website for us to laugh at them. MLIA
     Reply
    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment denisnossevitch was starred denisnossevitch was unstarred
    Image of Everyone likes me, even the Danish Everyone likes me, even the Danish
    11/28/09

    In reply to Apple Rejected Me, a Site for Scorned App Developers
    Wow, too bad these apps didn't get through! What to think of this one:
    [applerejectedme.com]
     Reply
    spannu promoted this comment Everyone likes me, even the Danish was starred Everyone likes me, even the Danish was unstarred
    Image of syko21 syko21
    11/28/09

    In reply to Apple Rejected Me, a Site for Scorned App Developers
    A bit more technical about the rejections and a lot less retarded.
    [apprejections.com]
    They list why an app was rejected and if the app developer "fixed" the issue to be allowed back in.
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    PotteryBarnClearanceSale promoted this comment Edited by syko21 at 11/28/09 3:55 PM syko21 was starred syko21 was unstarred
    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    11/28/09

    @syko21:
    just looked at the rejections, they could have all been avoided by reading the f---ing manual.
     Reply
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    Image of pleasenopuffin pleasenopuffin
    11/28/09

    In reply to Apple Rejected Me, a Site for Scorned App Developers
    Well, FML, TWI, TFLN, and MLIA all have apps. I wonder if Apple would reject an app for this.
     Reply
    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment pleasenopuffin was starred pleasenopuffin was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/25/09

    In reply to Don't Worry Palm, Everything's Going To Be OK
    I don't need an app for that.
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    Edited by Shamoononon: I shave my legs. at 11/25/09 1:20 PM Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/25/09

    In reply to Don't Worry Palm, Everything's Going To Be OK
    You all act so shocked, even though Chen showed on day one that the Pre was built for this.
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