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Filed under: Software, Misc, Apple, OS X

Gee, willickers. More App Store madness. In case you needed even more evidence that the whole approval process in Cupertino was in complete disarray, David Carnoy’s “contemporary medical thriller” has been rejected from Apple’s App Store twice at this time. The first time it was returned to sender due to a few bugs in the coding; the second time, it was rejected due to the inclusion of “obscene content.” Despite all of this, certain apps like iFart and Pull My Finger are allowed to remain, though it stands to reason that those programs are just as “obscene” as a few dirty words and sexual innuendos. Alexandru Brie, a developer and one of the first publishers of e-books to the App Store, feels that “each of Apple’s reviewers can interpret the obscene, pornographic or defamatory content clause in a different way.” Clearly, he’s right.

E-book barred from App Store due to obscene content originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Software, Apple

Recently we were sent a PR email about an iPhone app called BdEmailer. No big deal, press releases about new iPhone applications show up in our box in large bundles every day — but this one was different. According to the release, the program is the “the first wide email iPhone app that supports client SMTP.” That means, in essence, that it duplicates an exact function of Apple’s Mail application on the iPhone and touch. That’s kind of a very big deal, because up until this point we’ve been led to believe that this duplication of functionality is one of the company’s red flags when it comes to approval. at this time mind you, we’re not complaining. The idea of having more apps to choose from for Makethings like sending email is a great idea, but Apple… what the hell is continue? You refused MailWrangler and Podcaster for similar reasons, yet BdEmailer passes through your review process, SMTP functionality intact? This means one of two things as far as we can tell — either you’ve relaxed your policies on duplicate functionality, or you’ve gotten incredibly lazy when it comes to approving applications. We’re inclined to believe it’s the latter, as BdEmailer has a fair share of bugs that need working out, but really, people need some clarification in this place on what will and won’t pass — and moving the goalpost all the time isn’t plan to help.

Apple approves third-party email client for the App Store, violates its own policies originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, Software, ASUS, Windows Mobile, EDGE

Nice to see more updates rolling our across WinMob land, and at this time ASUS has thrown its offering out there for all you ASUS P527 owners. So what’s new aside from the .1 increment? Well, it seems they’re just sorting bugs and tweaking things a bit such as default time / date, improved multimedia playback, and a few other minor changes. Follow the read link to get to the update, though, make sure you follow the instruction to the letter or you’ll break it, and we hate crying.

[Via Mobileburn]

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