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30 June 2009

Apple Rejects Microsoft SharePoint-related App

And one more cool app rejected from app store :(

From the first hands:

For three weeks I’ve been trying to get an application our team has spent nearly six months developing and testing approved by Apple for the AppStore. The application, GainCast for iPhone, is an app which lets users connect to a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server running the open source PodCasting Kit for SharePoint (PKS). Basically, PKS turns your SharePoint server into a YouTube-like server.

The first rejection from Apple had a robotic-like response stating:

GainCast for iPhone cannot be posted to the App Store because it is transferring
excessive volumes of data over the cellular network, which as outlined in the
iPhone Developer Program License Agreement section 3.3.20, is prohibited:

" If an Application requires or will have access to the cellular network,
then additionally such Application:

-  Must comply with Apple's best practices and other guidelines on how Applications
should access and use the cellular network;

-  Must not in Apple's reasonable judgment excessively use or unduly burden network
capacity or bandwidth;"

I sent two emails back to Apple Developer Support asking for exact clarification because, upon browsing the AppStore, I found other apps which do the same thing our app does — the Consumer Reports app among them, where one can stream video reviews from a browse screen. Both requests for more info resulted in more robotic-like responses asking that I provide details of the support problem, including screenshots. It’s as if no one even reads emails over at Apple — the only technical support issue here is that Apple Developer Support folks don’t actually read emails before shooting off automatic replies asking for information irrelevant to the issue at hand.

end of story

Working as consultant for some developers i see many histories like that. Apple rejects application with no reasons. Review it for months.  Does not answer on mails.

For example Wi-Fi version of popular game Sea Battle Classic more then month “in review” with no comments from apple.

Apple doing everything to force developers to write programs for jailbroaken iPhones.  To make users use this apps.

What do you think about this policy?

Categories: Apps.
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