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The Trouble With the iPhone Apps Business [Behind The Curtain]
The Trouble With the iPhone Apps Business [Behind The Curtain]
It's no secret that being an iPhone app developer is at times rough business, mostly due to Apple's goofy authoritarianism . But judging by some recent soul-spilling by a few leading devs, things are getting rougher. Craig Hockenberry of Iconfactory, developers of Frenzic and Twitterific, ...
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furbo.org — Dear Steve, As an iPhone developer who’s been in the App Store since its launch, I’m starting... to see a trend that concerns me: developers are lowering prices to the lowest possible level in order to get favorable placement in iTunes. This ... (more) Ringtone apps
Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"
Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"
engadget.com — According to extremely reliable and embarrassingly handsome Engadget sources, at an iPhone event held today, John Geleynse... (AKA Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple) made some statements regarding the iPhone platform that should seriously ... (more) Apple: "the iPhone is a gaming console"
SimCity May Be the First Must-Have iPhone Game [IPhone Apps]
SimCity May Be the First Must-Have iPhone Game [IPhone Apps]
gizmodo.com — While there are plenty of apps to help you kill time on your iPhone/iPod touch, there hasn't... been a killer app to launch the system as a powerful gaming platform. SimCity may change that. So far, developer EA has, no pun intended, phoned it in a bit ... (more) SimCity May Be the First Must-Have iPhone Game [IPhone Apps]
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The Trouble With the iPhone Apps Business
textually.org — It's no secret that being an iPhone app developer is at times rough business, mostly due to Apple's goofy authoritarianism. But judging by some recent soul-spilling by a few leading devs, things are getting rougher. Gizmodo reports. ...

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