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Mentioning Android Is a No-No In iPhone App Store

Posted by kdawson on from the wash-your-mouth-out dept.

donberryman writes "Apple has told a software developer that its application cannot be included in the iPhone App Store if it mentions Google Android. The developer just wanted to mention that the app was a finalist in Google's Android Developer's Challenge." The developer complied with apparent good humor. Here is their blog post, which includes the text of the iPhone store's not-quite-rejection.

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  1. Re:Remember a time.. by bsDaemon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes, it does depend on what company does it. Anti-competitive behavior is legal until you're a monopoly, then its not. Doing things to undermine the competition is perfectly competitive until you're in a position where there is no more serious competition left in the market. Also, please be advised that the app store isn't the whole of "the market," the app store is apple's contribution to the market.

  2. New app submission by ArhcAngel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder how a game where an archer (who just happens to look like a certain Android) shoots an Apple (that just happens to have a bite taken out of it) off of it's pedestal would be received? Hrmmmm...

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  3. Re:We're all mind readers by maxume · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've had it explained to me that it makes much more sense to build the metadata index on a powerful PC, rather than building the functionality into each mp3 player.

    My $40 sandisk indexes a couple of gigabytes in about 10 seconds, so I scratched my head too.

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